RS Replica at Goodwood Revival Auction

[Deutscher]

There was a tasty looking 73 RS replica at the auction at Goodwood.

I missed the bidding, but the car failed to make its reserve (around £45k).

Does anyone know where the bidding stopped?

Any views on the car?

[Agent Orange]

Pale blue one again???

[freedman]

Black and pink?

[Agent Orange]

Are u serious Black and Pink? Did nt go in for a look , if u are serious have nt seen that one , theres been a pale blue doing the rounds of Pork style auctions ..........

[ian964]

Agent Orange said:

theres been a pale blue doing the rounds of Pork style auctions ..........

This one? - http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot.php?auction=65&id=48476 

[Agent Orange]

Thats the one , bit hard to get excited as i remember when it was offered at abt £26k ..................has it finally sold ?

[anonymous-user]

Looks great in the pic, but I'd want to know a LOT more detail about its spec, history and donor car before paying out over £30K. If it drives like the real thing, it should be awesome though

[rubystone]

The Goodwood car was white. It was roped off on Saturday and I guess if I were that interested I could have had a poke around.

What put me off was that those lots that had sold had gone for a lot of money - I am betting this is more a reflection on the venue than the quality of those cars - true examples of "Auction Fever".

[clubsport]

rubystone said:

The Goodwood car was white. It was roped off on Saturday and I guess if I were that interested I could have had a poke around.

What put me off was that those lots that had sold had gone for a lot of money - I am betting this is more a reflection on the venue than the quality of those cars - true examples of "Auction Fever".

They tend to put the auction venue next to the Chamapagne tent for a reason

[Geneve]

There's a Coys 'Excellence of Porsche' auction at this weekend's Ragley Hall Festival.

Check out the lots at www.coys.co.uk - there's bound to be some replicas.

[Agent Orange]

Seems pale blue has not been sold then !

[lightweight]

Trouble is the auctions always have one or two interesting cars and a lot of filler's. Coys are amoung the worst for providing real info on what they are selling the listing will witter on and on about a model then tell you that this is a replica of that model or the model that followed a great one... every car they sell is a great example, they never sell tired old dogs that the trade has had for a year or two and cant shift. As Vic points out the estimates are always higher than the cars were retailing for for the past year.
I was intested in the Charles Ivey group B they sold at brands but getting info from them was impossable I even called in at there mortlake showroom in the end it sold without me bidding.

[Deutscher]

At a glance the Goodwood white replica looks a lot better than the Coys blue one.

What are these things really worth?

An aficionado will want the real thing, while a flash-Harry will spend £40k on a 996 C4S.

Edited by Deutscher on Monday 3rd September 16:42

[lightweight]

I was recently offered a nice replica car with FIA papers for just north of £50K however FIA papers just mean you can race it, getting in to any top events with a replica is virtualy a non starter.
That is why I think the Group B cars are good value at around 80k they are a cheep way into classic Le Mans, Historic group C... etc

[rubystone]

lightweight said:

I was recently offered a nice replica car with FIA papers for just north of £50K however FIA papers just mean you can race it, getting in to any top events with a replica is virtualy a non starter.
That is why I think the Group B cars are good value at around 80k they are a cheep way into classic Le Mans, Historic group C... etc

Yep Grp B is the way to go, but the prices are rising.

Also agree with you on Coys - you'd think the cars were all top notch, if you relied on their descriptions!

[Rob_T]

the pale blue one was being sold a few years ago by a private punter in windsor for around £20k as i recall. the prices for these cars are all over the shope. the guide price coys are asking for is a nonsense.

[lightweight]

Is that the same car? the blue one in windsor was an ex race car with the engin built by bob whatson.

[Geneve]

There's a Gulf Blue rep (EUF 342L) in the Coys sale next Sunday. Guide is £32-40k.

Didn't sell at Silverstone IIRC.

[Agent Orange]

Windsor etc , thats the one ex race ,built up reasonably nothing special , wanted a swap with my high mileage 993 rs at the time ,adjustment my favour for cash .............fair enough i just did nt wantit . I think u also must consider if u wanted to create one today what will it cost .............of course as others suggest depends what u start with but possibly hard to do it at least half decently for less than £35/40k................nice Gemini blue '72 S based ,with 7 " rims and non matching number 2.7 rs engine , body fair NOT BRILLIANT,quite acceptable , with fully set up Bilstein suspension and proper steel calipers finally went thru abt 3 months ago abt £30k....................so there u have both sides i think cost to do it against resale value ..............always what someone who wants it will pay !

[964RS]

Really top notch reps in first class condition seem to go for between 40-50k.

Guess that is not too surprising when top notch originals can be £150k+