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£137,000 Seven.. - Albert S - 11-12-2020
https://ddclassics.com/car-listing/austin-7/
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Mike Costigan - 11-12-2020
To be fair, that's the cost of the restoration; the selling price is a mere £59,950! A lot of money for a car that is not VSCC-eligible, nor road-legal.
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Steve kay - 11-12-2020
I seem to remember that this machine graces the forum from time to time, different salesmen offering with equal optimism and lack of reality. Is there not usually comment on the engine being subjected to psi closer to a steam boiler but the head secured by the most basic number of nuts, probably on original studs.
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Tony Betts - 11-12-2020
hi steve,
i thought id seen it on here before myself.
the price rang bells.
perhaps they should advertise £136,000 and it would throw me off a bit
tony
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Tony Griffiths - 11-12-2020
No doubt a superb engineering job - but all the many modern parts strike a discordant note. How much more interesting it would be if it looked, in all its details fittings, to be of pre-war origin. One does wonder if the person who commissioned the work had his money's worth of fun out of it.
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Ivor Hawkins - 12-12-2020
There are so many great things about this car, but it looks like the final stages of the build have been hurried, with no thought given to the car’s history...I think it may be bouncing around the market for a while yet!
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Albert S - 12-12-2020
Just watched a replica of a 2003 Bentley Speed 8, fibreglass,no mechanicals, no engine, no chassis number a replica fibreglass shell on wheels hammer at £102,000 At Historics auction .. plus 20%.. £59,950 looks a bargain !
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Tony Press - 12-12-2020
The saying 'One born every minute' springs to mind
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Marcus Ling - 13-12-2020
As the advert says this car was used on the Chelsea Hill-climb in NZ.
The car was built in the 1990's and the man who built it always does a superb job, he has gone on to build a number of fabulous cars since and always excels at what he does.
Here are a couple of photos of when it was in NZ. I hope the later owner got good value out of the £137,000 spent on the "Restoration"
RE: £137,000 Seven.. - Greig Smith - 13-12-2020
You need to wear tight undies driving that........ I see they've relocated the carb to the other side of the prop shaft now...
Aye
Greig