CGT - Salvage Auction

[KevinBird]

Does anyone know the history of this car?

http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/individualLot.html?lotI...

[Wilmslowboy]

Makes no mention of previous damage, so perhaps just listed to drive some traffic/interest


I would think JZ, reading Porsche, SCOM etc etc will have queues of buyers on waiting lists for one of these

Photos look out of proportion, makes it look squishy, over tall and fat

[R129 300SL]

Is probably this one.

http://ww2.copart.com/us/Lot/29965623

Salvage title in USA. HPI clear in UK.

As per the black one in Yorkshire..

[R129 300SL]

There are pics of the black one in Yorkshire on a salvage auction site in the US. It has rolled and was extensively damaged.

Chassis number matches.. I've checked.

http://www.salvageautosauction.com/vehicle_detail/...

[dom9]

R129 300SL said:

Is probably this one.

http://ww2.copart.com/us/Lot/29965623

Salvage title in USA. HPI clear in UK.

As per the black one in Yorkshire..

Is it being sold as damaged, repaired? I've often wondered what happens when cars cross borders and lose their history!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

dom9 said:

I've often wondered what happens when cars cross borders and lose their history!

People make money

[KevinBird]

Just a few hours to the auction and its disappeared....

[monthefish]

KevinBird said:

Just a few hours to the auction and its disappeared....

I looked at the link when this thread started and there was certainly no hint the car was, or even previously was, in this condition....

R129 300SL said:

There are pics of the black one in Yorkshire on a salvage auction site in the US. It has rolled and was extensively damaged.

Chassis number matches.. I've checked.

http://www.salvageautosauction.com/vehicle_detail/...

[dom9]

Hang on - Are we talking about two different cars?

Is one for auction (damaged) in the US and is one, previously damaged in teh US, for sale (minus the history) in Yorkshire?

Sorry if I am being slow, chaps - I have the man flu!

I am starting to get interested in a CGT...

[roygarth]

dom9 said:

Hang on - Are we talking about two different cars?

Is one for auction (damaged) in the US and is one, previously damaged in teh US, for sale (minus the history) in Yorkshire?

Sorry if I am being slow, chaps - I have the man flu!

I am starting to get interested in a CGT...

I assumed it was this one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[Ravi355]

roygarth said:

I assumed it was this one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

yes and explains why its so cheap

[KevinBird]

So why is a different colour?

[Ravi355]

KevinBird said:

So why is a different colour?

you are looking at the wrong link

http://www.salvageautosauction.com/vehicle_detail/...

[KevinBird]

Both these links show black cars, the one at auction is silver

[R129 300SL]

Hi

Just to clarify. I posted 2 damaged ones from the USA.

My first post links in to a damaged silver one with fire damage with similar mileage to the one offered in the UK by the same auction house as in the US. (Copart). My feeling is that with such similar mileage and the same year is probably the same one.

My second post links to an extensively damaged black one from the USA. This is definitely the same one offered in a repaired condition in Yorkshire. The chassis number matches. I have checked. It has a Pennsylvania Salvage title.

The chassis number of the black one is on the link I have posted. They certainly spent a lot of money repairing it.

Thanks

[R129 300SL]

KevinBird said:

Both these links show black cars, the one at auction is silver

Hi

This is the silver one in my first post

http://ww2.copart.com/us/Lot/29965623

[KevinBird]

R129 300SL said:

Hi

This is the silver one in my first post

http://ww2.copart.com/us/Lot/29965623

Yep, totally with on this but the other posters seem to keep mentioning the black one

[Scooty100]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

People make money

Rather sweeping statement.

Be careful what you say on public forums.
Very silly

[Ravi355]

Scooty100 said:

Rather sweeping statement.

Be careful what you say on public forums.
Very silly

Silly why? Car has a history overseas that isn't declared or registered in the UK and then not reflected in the asking price. The car in question started being advertised for sale around the £330K mark about 9 months ago so the owner was being less than honest about it's past and would have been making a few quid out of it. When the hidden history was discovered and became public knowledge the price was "adjusted".