26-03-2018, 07:57 AM
Yes,as you say Ian times change and values are relative but there's also "auction fever".
In any other scenario the idea of parting with hard earned without even having experienced driving the car would be considered nuts.. in many cases without even hearing it run !!
Brightwells recently sold a 32 RP, £5000+ premium- £5600.. a shoddy car, wouldn't start,I suspect it had been many years since it last started supposedly having been in receipt of a £7000 expenditure before being laid up !! heaven knows what that went on.
The same week a lovely RN found its way onto Ebay,rebuilt engine and gearbox,very presentable although a later rear axle,sold for £6,650.
What should have been a restoration project,presented as " for light recommissioning" commanded far more than a private sale would have harvested.. but,point taken,there are two bidders out there that disagree with me.
In any other scenario the idea of parting with hard earned without even having experienced driving the car would be considered nuts.. in many cases without even hearing it run !!
Brightwells recently sold a 32 RP, £5000+ premium- £5600.. a shoddy car, wouldn't start,I suspect it had been many years since it last started supposedly having been in receipt of a £7000 expenditure before being laid up !! heaven knows what that went on.
The same week a lovely RN found its way onto Ebay,rebuilt engine and gearbox,very presentable although a later rear axle,sold for £6,650.
What should have been a restoration project,presented as " for light recommissioning" commanded far more than a private sale would have harvested.. but,point taken,there are two bidders out there that disagree with me.