I had to bid on this......

[Liquid Knight]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrari-512-BB-P4-12cyl-...

£100 start so if nobody else bids on it I'll have an open day at Rockingham for everyone to look at the car.

[soad]

Must sound amazing

[sleep envy]

sorry, you've just been outbid

[DanDC5]

Someone bid more than me

I put £1000 on and didn't even get chance to win for a while.

[Liquid Knight]

You're all a bunch of spoil sports.


Would have let you have a go as well.

[kambites]

doogz said:

What do we think it'll go for?

It seems like a thoroughly odd thing to sell on ebay, especially with such a pathetic description and photos. Do we actually think it's genuine? Surely it's got to be worth well into six figures?

[ZesPak]

kambites said:

It seems like a thoroughly odd thing to sell on ebay, especially with such a pathetic description and photos. Do we actually think it's genuine? Surely it's got to be worth well into six figures?

My thoughts exactly.

[Chris71]

kambites said:

It seems like a thoroughly odd thing to sell on ebay, especially with such a pathetic description and photos. Do we actually think it's genuine?

My thoughts too.

No reserve, so technically I guess they would have to part with it even if it ends at two-thousand-and-something pounds. That sounds even dafter than selling a car like that on eBay...

[dibblecorse]

its a replica built on a 512 chassis, why would it be worth into 6 figures ?? its basically a posh kit car, no ????

[Liquid Knight]

The lack of description I put down to Google Translate English from French, no reserve I thought was a lapse. Stock looking photo's are the sign of someone who's putting a advert up because they have to rather than want to. So it could easilly be genuine.

[hornetrider]

dibblecorse said:

its a replica built on a 512 chassis, why would it be worth into 6 figures ?? its basically a posh kit car, no ????

[Risotto]

dibblecorse said:

its a replica built on a 512 chassis, why would it be worth into 6 figures ?? its basically a posh kit car, no ????

It depends on the quality of the conversion, the value of the donor car, etc. There are plenty of Ferrari replicas that go for six figure sums:

http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?...

http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?...

...but I'd be surprised if the P4 replica was one of them, although it's difficult to judge on the basis of those photos and that description.

Having said that,

Wikipedia said:

A high-quality P4 replica built with genuine Ferrari engine (e.g., a 400i V12) may command as much as $200,000, but simpler ones (often with Rover engines and Renault drive-trains) fetch around $50,000.

Edited by Risotto on Wednesday 28th September 11:16

[Johnboy Mac]

The steering wheel & handbrake put me right off for starters, never mind the lack of info and limited photos. If ever a car needed to be viewed in the flesh it's this imo. Interesting all the same.

Edited by Johnboy Mac on Wednesday 28th September 18:34

[Liquid Knight]

My bid was canceled.

Guess he should have put a reserve on it.

Ebay in time wasting shocker.