Essex Esprit

Essex Esprit

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bencollins

3,486 posts

204 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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essex004 said:

Essex 004
i wonder if there is anyone else out there also annoyed by something about that car & photgraph wink
GRRRRR! mad
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Trevsked

55 posts

190 months

Tuesday 4th March 2014
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I'm guessing your OCD about the rear wheel lettering

Trevor.

bencollins

3,486 posts

204 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Correct. Stonking car. Also hope someone buys that bronze esprit thats for sale soon, my empty wallet is twitching.

essex004

7 posts

148 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Some more white lettering taken outside Brooklands Hotel

Mutley00

258 posts

122 months

Friday 9th May 2014
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bencollins said:
i wonder if there is anyone else out there also annoyed by something about that car & photgraph wink
GRRRRR! mad
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Insanely jealous yes, but annoyed nope. What's there to be annoyed about other than the fact that Bazza wont sell or even trade for my S4S!!

Bazza 2174

193 posts

219 months

Monday 12th May 2014
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laugh

essex004

7 posts

148 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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GrahamRuthven

6 posts

104 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping that the current owner of Essex No10, that I used to own, is also a member and could post some photos of the car as I only took two or three when I owned it and these have now been lost.

Thanks

Graham R

Bazza 2174

193 posts

219 months

Monday 27th July 2015
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LPM 83W? According to the Essex database it's in storage but I'm sure Steve T will be along soon to give an update if there is one. It appears not to have been taxed since Feb 1993.

Of no use to you but I have Essex No.11 - close but no cigar..



Edited by Bazza 2174 on Monday 27th July 14:06

GrahamRuthven

6 posts

104 months

Monday 27th July 2015
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Thanks Bazza for the info.

I'm in contact with Steve and he has told me that the car has been in storage for years, with nothing being done to it.

I was hoping that this owner is a member of this forum and would kindly take a few, or has some before it was put into mothballs, as I haven't any photos of the car and would like a reminder of it.

I also hope that someone has my other long lost turbo, see topic "where is it now", again I have only two outside photos of it, and would like some others.

I believe Steve's car is for sale, but even if I could afford it I couldn't get it into my new home Peru, as its RHD.

The prices have greatly increased since I paid nineteen grand for it when it was 5/6 months old in 1980.

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

245 months

Monday 10th August 2015
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GrahamRuthven said:
The prices have greatly increased since I paid nineteen grand for it when it was 5/6 months old in 1980.
That's just as well, because the inflation-adjusted value of £19,000 in 1980 is about £75,000 today.

The Pits

4,289 posts

239 months

Tuesday 11th August 2015
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List price was £21k in 1980. Slightly MORE than a Ferrari 308.

Still, £80k or so looks like an absolute bargain compared to what they charge for a 458 with a few options these days. Most of the recent cars out there well past £200k.

The whole 'super car' price inflation happened without a squeak from any of the car mags. I still think anything over £100k is way to much to spend on a car. In fun terms the return on the investment diminishes dramatically beyond that. The new McLaren LT675 is pushing £300k!

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

245 months

Tuesday 11th August 2015
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The Pits said:
I still think anything over £100k is way to much to spend on a car. In fun terms the return on the investment diminishes dramatically beyond that. The new McLaren LT675 is pushing £300k!
Agreed. The law of diminishing returns sets in pretty savagely once you head towards £100k.

bencollins

3,486 posts

204 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Great documentary... and this portion covers the Essex saga.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCz4wbWK9s8
Makes the version even more enigmatic in my opinion, all interwoven in the unravelling Chapman dealings.

Jetrangerb3

1 posts

98 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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I used to own the Essex number 13 car , would love to buy it back , I owned it back in about 1986/7
Has anyone seen the car or know of its where abouts ?
I would consider any other Essex car that's for sale .

Bazza 2174

193 posts

219 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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To find out about No.13 the best person to ask is Steve (Essex 004) who posted pics here already - he looks after the Essex resister.

They don't come up for sale very often. I think mark at Stocks Coachworks had a LHD Essex lookalike (one of two US Essex copies) for sale a few months back.

Values appear to start at around £50k depending on the condition.

Bazza 2174

193 posts

219 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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From a 2008 post on TLF Essex 013 was "last seen for sale in Switzerland back in 1998"

Yardelli

90 posts

244 months

Sunday 13th March 2016
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All I have for No.13 was it was in Monaco at some point......
It was sold new by the dealer Cubleys and the PDI was 28/10/1980.
It was last due UK tax in 1987 so seems to have moved overseas sometime around then.

essex004

7 posts

148 months

Saturday 12th November 2016
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Essex 013

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

245 months

Saturday 12th November 2016
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Did those ever exist or has that car been faked up to match this old rendering?

Interior colour appears right for an Essex, although to my eye looks horribly wrong with the black & gold. Exterior would look better if the logos were completed.



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