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Today's topic of discussion : With all these companies making new cars out of "old stock", for example Singer etc. Does the original car's history have any bearing whatsoever on the value post re-imagination?
Or is it just a new car and valued as such?
Would you have any concerns if the old shell had done 200k miles or 20k miles?
If it's original, mileage is pretty much everything. If it's not original, does no one care?
That's my thought from the bog today.
Olie
If it’s gone right through to the extent that Singer/Paul Stephen/Eagle do then what they started with is less relevant as originality is long gone so mileage is only to do with whether it’s going to let you down. If it’s had engine rebuild, gearbox refresh and new everything else then the mileage doesn’t matter. If it’s a more cosmetic re-imagining then the mileage on the oily bits remains very important to me.
5 hours agoI think nostalgia will be a reason for people buying the car and that will affect the selling price to some degree, but I wouldn’t imagine that it would hold a huge value in premium. There has to be some form of emotional link otherwise people would simply ignore them, especially when you consider the point you raise regarding wear and tear etc. If someone did this with a bog standard 1980s Rover very few people would be attracted to them, but do it with a Jaguar E type and you’ve got a waiting list.
7 hours agoPretty much think it’s a blank slate so history is less important. May be a factor if it has had a previous famous owner or some other sort of unusual story, mind you cars like that tend to remain largely standard. What I do know is that the Singer cars for instance are sensational pieces of engineering/art and it’s clear a lot of love and effort goes into each one.
7 hours agoCurrent dilemma....
Your 2018 racing budget evaporated some time ago, the season is over, the car is in one piece, you're miles behind with a hundred things at home and then.....
....you find out that there is a place available for a race at Spa at the weekend and your upgrade to 310R spec will be completed in time for the car to squeeze onto the truck.
Do you...
a) enter full ludicrous-man-maths mode and decide which precious thing you will sell to fund this madness
b) forget all about it and give the Defender cross member another coat of POR15
???
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