RE: Freddie Mercury's Rolls-Royce to be auctioned
Discussion
Blown2CV said:
uncle tez said:
I don't think I would pay any extra for a car just because its had a celebrity owner. Especially since the whole Jimmy Saville thing and that range rover that someone is now stuck with.
jimmy savile's range rover? Think the Freddie Mercury connection is worth something but not enough for it to be worth significantly more than any other half decent Shadow, if it was like John Lennons Roller, i.e. very specific to him then I could see why it would be expensive but as it is it is just a shadow with a famous ex owner.
I think the guide price is £11,000. If there are two keen fans bidding against each other, it could go much higher.
It was last used for the premiere for We Will Rock You which was a long time ago so I fear it may need more than £11,000 spending on it to get it running smoothly.
Aside from that, my wife says I can buy it if I fund it by selling my XKR!
It was last used for the premiere for We Will Rock You which was a long time ago so I fear it may need more than £11,000 spending on it to get it running smoothly.
Aside from that, my wife says I can buy it if I fund it by selling my XKR!
LewisR said:
I think that the 6.7 litre non-turbo was about 175bhp when they eventually had to disclose it.
Wow! How did they manage to get such low power?? 
Good as a wedding car but otherwise i wouldn't touch one.
I knew a bloke who had a couple he used for his sideline in Wedding car hire. He once told me he upset the owners club once by stating that he'd like to fit a Jag 5.3 V12 engine as it was far better.
pauloroberto said:
I think the guide price is £11,000. If there are two keen fans bidding against each other, it could go much higher.
It was last used for the premiere for We Will Rock You which was a long time ago so I fear it may need more than £11,000 spending on it to get it running smoothly.
Aside from that, my wife says I can buy it if I fund it by selling my XKR!
Only £11k. Del Boys lime green Capri is up for auction at Coys soon. Estimate £24-28K.It was last used for the premiere for We Will Rock You which was a long time ago so I fear it may need more than £11,000 spending on it to get it running smoothly.
Aside from that, my wife says I can buy it if I fund it by selling my XKR!
Devil2575 said:
Wow! How did they manage to get such low power??
Good as a wedding car but otherwise i wouldn't touch one.
I knew a bloke who had a couple he used for his sideline in Wedding car hire. He once told me he upset the owners club once by stating that he'd like to fit a Jag 5.3 V12 engine as it was far better.
It wasnt low, it was "Adequate", it isnt a huge amount of power, granted but it did have around 300 pounds/ft of torque at a whisper quiet 2500 rpm, plus it wasnt that heavy, ok you wouldnt want it on your foot but at 2.1 tonnes it is lighter than most modern SUV's, in fact I did read that a specced up diesel Audi Cabrio weighs pretty much that.Good as a wedding car but otherwise i wouldn't touch one.
I knew a bloke who had a couple he used for his sideline in Wedding car hire. He once told me he upset the owners club once by stating that he'd like to fit a Jag 5.3 V12 engine as it was far better.
Back then people werent fixated on power figures, most people didnt have a clue how many bhp their car had, I think they did it on displacement and assumptions lot more, they knew a 2.0 was better than a 1.6 and a 3.0 Capri was proper fast, a lot didnt understand turbos and that a 2.0 Cosworth was much faster than the 2.8 Capri, they knew a Rolls Royce was fast enough but supremely comfortable and would doff their caps dutifully.
I think now, rather than driving a car and seeing if we enjoy it for what it is, we fixate on numbers and assume more is always better, its like choosing a partner soleley on Bra size.
Adequate power was the RR mantra back then. I recall getting in to a bit of a duel with a Shad on a motorway; his lordship seemed to be sitting about 5 feet higher in the Roller than I was in my 6 month old company Golf MK 1 GTI.
My maxed-out velocity turned out to be about 5 mph more than an RR Shadow could muster; (I think the sheer amount of frontal area on the Rolls was his limiting factor).
His Lordship was not best pleased.....
My maxed-out velocity turned out to be about 5 mph more than an RR Shadow could muster; (I think the sheer amount of frontal area on the Rolls was his limiting factor).
His Lordship was not best pleased.....
J4CKO said:
Blown2CV said:
uncle tez said:
I don't think I would pay any extra for a car just because its had a celebrity owner. Especially since the whole Jimmy Saville thing and that range rover that someone is now stuck with.
jimmy savile's range rover? Think the Freddie Mercury connection is worth something but not enough for it to be worth significantly more than any other half decent Shadow, if it was like John Lennons Roller, i.e. very specific to him then I could see why it would be expensive but as it is it is just a shadow with a famous ex owner.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/ca...
uncle tez said:
J4CKO said:
Blown2CV said:
uncle tez said:
I don't think I would pay any extra for a car just because its had a celebrity owner. Especially since the whole Jimmy Saville thing and that range rover that someone is now stuck with.
jimmy savile's range rover? Think the Freddie Mercury connection is worth something but not enough for it to be worth significantly more than any other half decent Shadow, if it was like John Lennons Roller, i.e. very specific to him then I could see why it would be expensive but as it is it is just a shadow with a famous ex owner.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/ca...
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