Delivery Mileage F1, Anyone?
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Muzzer79 said:
robm3 said:
Patrick-Peter said:
Its a funny ol' world...
Here is a F1 car that will likely never be used and is worth north of 20million and on the other side of the world in a Brunei collection around five low milers F1 cars sit rotting away.
That's right, there was a great article in a car mag many years ago about a chap trying to buy one from the Sultan's family ( a disgraced family member I believe). It was in a terrible state due to humidity. From memory he got as far as tacit approval from various family members but was stumped by the local governments refusal to release for re-export.Here is a F1 car that will likely never be used and is worth north of 20million and on the other side of the world in a Brunei collection around five low milers F1 cars sit rotting away.
Fascinating story, does anyone have the link anymore?
Ps he also made mention of the 200 or 300 other classics rotting away in a humid warehouse..
Edited by robm3 on Thursday 19th October 23:35
That said, they must be gathering dust now, unless the Sultan has moved them to his private car collection underneath his palace.
One hopes so as there's a lot of history sat in those garages.
king robot now?robm3 said:
Muzzer79 said:
robm3 said:
Patrick-Peter said:
Its a funny ol' world...
Here is a F1 car that will likely never be used and is worth north of 20million and on the other side of the world in a Brunei collection around five low milers F1 cars sit rotting away.
That's right, there was a great article in a car mag many years ago about a chap trying to buy one from the Sultan's family ( a disgraced family member I believe). It was in a terrible state due to humidity. From memory he got as far as tacit approval from various family members but was stumped by the local governments refusal to release for re-export.Here is a F1 car that will likely never be used and is worth north of 20million and on the other side of the world in a Brunei collection around five low milers F1 cars sit rotting away.
Fascinating story, does anyone have the link anymore?
Ps he also made mention of the 200 or 300 other classics rotting away in a humid warehouse..
Edited by robm3 on Thursday 19th October 23:35
That said, they must be gathering dust now, unless the Sultan has moved them to his private car collection underneath his palace.
One hopes so as there's a lot of history sat in those garages.
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swindler said:
This GTR sold for £276,500 including premium at the Brooks auction at 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed...
Didn't Chris Evans buy #005 from the Brunei collection?
Unless speedo has been changed its covered only about 5k km (or possibly miles?) in the last 20/21 years, plus whatever has been added this year.
If the £9M figure and <5k km is accurate (and similarly the £20M+ figure for the yellow one) then CH bought himself a bargain!
Unless speedo has been changed its covered only about 5k km (or possibly miles?) in the last 20/21 years, plus whatever has been added this year.
If the £9M figure and <5k km is accurate (and similarly the £20M+ figure for the yellow one) then CH bought himself a bargain!
swindler said:
The F40 prices I remember. Simply because at the time I was trying to convince my OH that we should re-mortgage and buy an F40 for £160k because I was convinced they were going to go up in value. Sadly that was dismissed as one of my more stupid ideas...now if I just had the balls to say, "I told you so"....
PhantomPH said:
That 250 GT Lusso HAS to be wrong, surely??!!! Aren't they a couple of million now?? That's one hell of an ROI, if so.
The F40 prices I remember. Simply because at the time I was trying to convince my OH that we should re-mortgage and buy an F40 for £160k because I was convinced they were going to go up in value. Sadly that was dismissed as one of my more stupid ideas...now if I just had the balls to say, "I told you so"....
The Lusso is cheap because it's been messed about with and is non-original, as well as the random auction price factor. I remember around that time that one London dealer specialising in these always had a few in stock around £100-120k-ish.The F40 prices I remember. Simply because at the time I was trying to convince my OH that we should re-mortgage and buy an F40 for £160k because I was convinced they were going to go up in value. Sadly that was dismissed as one of my more stupid ideas...now if I just had the balls to say, "I told you so"....
Regarding the F40 'investment' plan, how much would 17 years of maintenance and upkeep on an F40 cost, and how much profit would that have yielded based on prices then and now? Also, if you needed to remortgage to buy the thing you probably couldn't afford the upkeep either.
thegreenhell said:
The Lusso is cheap because it's been messed about with and is non-original, as well as the random auction price factor. I remember around that time that one London dealer specialising in these always had a few in stock around £100-120k-ish.
Regarding the F40 'investment' plan, how much would 17 years of maintenance and upkeep on an F40 cost, and how much profit would that have yielded based on prices then and now? Also, if you needed to remortgage to buy the thing you probably couldn't afford the upkeep either.
f40's aren't too expensive maintenance wise, the problem is having the patience to not sell it @ 300/600k Regarding the F40 'investment' plan, how much would 17 years of maintenance and upkeep on an F40 cost, and how much profit would that have yielded based on prices then and now? Also, if you needed to remortgage to buy the thing you probably couldn't afford the upkeep either.
WCZ said:
thegreenhell said:
The Lusso is cheap because it's been messed about with and is non-original, as well as the random auction price factor. I remember around that time that one London dealer specialising in these always had a few in stock around £100-120k-ish.
Regarding the F40 'investment' plan, how much would 17 years of maintenance and upkeep on an F40 cost, and how much profit would that have yielded based on prices then and now? Also, if you needed to remortgage to buy the thing you probably couldn't afford the upkeep either.
f40's aren't too expensive maintenance wise, the problem is having the patience to not sell it @ 300/600k Regarding the F40 'investment' plan, how much would 17 years of maintenance and upkeep on an F40 cost, and how much profit would that have yielded based on prices then and now? Also, if you needed to remortgage to buy the thing you probably couldn't afford the upkeep either.
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