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Mtyte
8 posts
16 months
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Apologies for bringing up an old thread but I've been looking into the purchase of a Ginetta and saw one for sale on this web-site: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C286416However I found this thread and I'm trying to fully understand the situation with this car and what has happened to it? Thanks for any help.
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AussG4
11 posts
14 months
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I suspect such instances of vehicle 're-birthing' are quite common-place.
It's likely that there is a 1967 square-tube G4 'alive and well' now residing
somewhere in the United States that long ago came to grief at a Bodiam Hill Climb
and was written off.
You have to wonder whether the registration plates are all that was left of
the original car and what, if any, subsequent owners know of the history
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JTeb
122 posts
41 months
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There's another G27R up in Cheshire that has been for sale for a while and looks well kitted out, if you fancy a long excursion. I have an inkling that it's an IRS model, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. It also has an unusual headlight arrangement which someone might be able to shed some light on. Off topic: I was unaware that Bodiam had such a racing heritage aside from the car club. I'm about 15 minutes away, so I find this all very interesting. Managed to stumble upon this: http://www.bygonebodiam.co.uk/Bodiam%20Hill%20Clim... I was clearly born a few years too late!
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Carnage
Original Poster
491 posts
101 months
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Send me a PM with your phone number and I will explain all...
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rockgod42
6 posts
14 months
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I owned the silver G27 for about a year. No idea of the history as bought it on the spur of the moment as a cheap track day car. I would say it was a great track car for the money (e.g. compared with a more expensive Seven), with lots of racing bits to play with and drove very tight (did get kicked off Bedford for noise redlining past one of the noise monitors but was fine at other circuits). However, if you want something mainly to drive on B roads it was a bit hardcore, and although I used to drive it to the circuits it would be better to take it on a trailer.
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JTeb
122 posts
41 months
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Darkspeed
108 posts
76 months
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Strange that - last week it went up from £4595 to £4895 and now its down again to £4295 - looks a half decent car if you can get past the colour and the wheels and the chrome hoops and.....
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whiteonyx
216 posts
84 months
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i have been watching this one for several weeks now, £3895 to £4995, everytime the watch list increases, they change the price, very strange.
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eps
3,382 posts
138 months
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whiteonyx said: i have been watching this one for several weeks now, £3895 to £4995, everytime the watch list increases, they change the price, very strange. Years more like! They've had it for ages. It was my car, before I sold it. I bought it directly from Ginetta a number of years ago, when they were based in Sheffield. It needs a number of things done to it, but somewhere very close to 4k or possibly just under it, is a fair price for the car.
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GinG15
188 posts
40 months
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and here it is again: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...what a poor advert: wrong category, lousy pictures, even promising to upload better pictures the aution is soon ending and the seller was not able to do so. would yo buy with condifence from such a person???
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h4887
195 posts
109 months
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...and it's gone again!
Geoff
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blitzracing
3,287 posts
89 months
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GinG15
188 posts
40 months
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and again advertized in the wrong category:
Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Car Manuals & Literature > Kit Cars
unbelievable.....
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dandarez
4,471 posts
152 months
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GinG15 said: and again advertized in the wrong category:
Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Car Manuals & Literature > Kit Cars
unbelievable..... Crafty. Advertised in that category it costs him just £1.30... in 'correct' category of vehicles for sale would cost £10.00
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GinG15
188 posts
40 months
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