Wheeler Dealers cars: What are they worth now?

[TwinCammedDan]

Stratstone have released an article on Wheeler Dealers and what the cars would be worth in today's market.

https://www.stratstone.com/blog/wheeler-dealer-car...

What's everyone's thoughts on this?

(sorry if posted in wrong section)

[cbmotorsport]

Restoration costs are enormously unrealistic, only possible due to the programme funding it, and generous suppliers looking for some free advertising.

Makes the article pretty pointless.

[littlebasher]

There's lots of incorrect negative amounts shown when the car has increased in value, so may even be more than their estimate

As mentioned though, we'll never really know the true restoration costs!

[neutral 3]

Years ago, they had a white N registered 3.0CSL on their show, from memory they paid circa £4,500 for it ??

[3.8 MOD]

I agree, a pointless exercise.
Yes, they sold them at market prices in the first series, 2003.
True the market prices have increased but in the intervening 16 years how much would have to have been spent on them to keep them in good condition?
Whoever compiled that has wasted their time and now mine!

[classicaholic]

WD and SOS have made hundreds of people think they can get a car restored in just a few weeks and cost hardly anything, the reality is very different and there must be hundreds of 'projects' sitting in garages that will never get restored because of these programs.

[Muzzer79]

anonymous said:

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To be fair, SOS restores wrecks and skeleton cars

WD takes cars that need a smaller amount of work to bring them up to scratch. The cars either need some mechanical or body work but it's rarely both to any great significance.

[p4cks]

Their '£1K' Porsche Boxster epitomised the BS on this program so everything associated with it just simply can't be trusted/believed

[LuS1fer]

I am pretty sure that WD cost out repairs before they ever buy. Brewer always pretends to look knowledgeable about detecting faults and is rarely wrong, surprise, surprise. Their profit is also small and other things have obviously been done and trade favours seem to be key to the budget.

[CaptainSensib1e]

It's a bit of fun, I'm sure some of the valuations are way off but interesting nonetheless.

Particualrly interesting to see how most of the cars they have worked on have appreciated further. Does make you think that buying a well sorted classic and taking good care of it might not be a bad idea...

[dartissimus]

anonymous said:

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The tarting up was never truer than for the Volvo P1800 that they did.

It was completely rotten within a couple of years and required over 750 hours for a proper strip down / restore.

It is now rust free and immaculate and was recently sold for a very big price (for a P1800)

[P5BNij]

The '67 Mustang Fastback they did in 2012 is still with the guy who bought it on the show, there's an article on his collection in the latest issue of 'Classic American' magazine, it looks beautifully done.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Muzzer79 said:

To be fair, SOS restores wrecks and skeleton cars

WD takes cars that need a smaller amount of work to bring them up to scratch. The cars either need some mechanical or body work but it's rarely both to any great significance.

The idea was to show what a reasonably knowledgeable enthusiast could do, and the that it would be possible for them to make money

I still kick myself at how cheap Dino's used to be and i always said they where stupidly cheap ... could have bought 5 of them ... if only

[Chris32345]

They are done cheep as there no labor costs as that's paid for by the show even though some cars may have had 4 guys working on it for 300 hours

[ashway]

It winds me up when the never clean behind the bumpers etc before remounting them.

[aeropilot]

dartissimus said:

anonymous said:

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The tarting up was never truer than for the Volvo P1800 that they did.

It was completely rotten within a couple of years and required over 750 hours for a proper strip down / restore.

It is now rust free and immaculate and was recently sold for a very big price (for a P1800)

Hardly surprising, as IIRC, when Ed heated up/knocked out the bashed in front cross member, he did it without even cleaning it off, and they showed him rattle canning it over the oil/dirt on the cross member afterwards...!!
And you can clearly see that the lower part of the front panel on it is as rotten as fk.....and there was no mention of it being repaired or fixed on the show, so not surprised to here it was well cattled elsewhere.
Which is a surprise, given Brewer actually owned one of them at the time according to his ramblings on the show.

[H1TCH38]

It's certainly interesting seeing everyone's opinions on the article and show. Clearly loads of variables need taking into account, but I thought it was cool reading which cars have (on average anyway) gone up in value.

I was also quite astounded by how cheap some of those cars are even today. I'll be interested to see what cars they have coming up on the new season later this year!