LAMBORGHINI 400 GT 2+2 RHD at Tom Hartleys

[Streetrod]

Yes I know Tom Hartley's have had a lot of stick on here, I myself have not been overly impressed when I last spoke to them, but I have to say their recent move into buying and selling classics is producing some very nice cars, and here is a classic(sic) example.

I not sure what the general consensus on the LAMBORGHINI 400 GT 2+2 is on this forum but I love them and this example looks absolutely perfect. If I had the spare cash I would snap it up. What do others think?

http://www.tomhartley.com/usedcar//LAMBORGHINI/Mid...

[bromers2]

Stunning. Know nothing about them - how much do you think that's worth ?

[Streetrod]

I did a quick search on auction sales over the last couple of years and it appears decent cars have sold for about £170k on average which sounds reasonable to me.

[M3John]

Oh my, now that is gorgeous.

[Robert W]

Hmm. I'm told that this car was supplied new to Paul McCartney before being owned by someone for 30 years. Odd that this isn't mentioned by Tom Hartley - so is this incorrect? What a gorgeous car.

[Ianv12]

coyft said:

Anyone know the price? Annoys me all this POA.

agreed - if they can quote a Veyron at £745k, why the cloak and dagger about the other 3 cars at POA

[Bluebottle911]

Ianv12 said:

coyft said:

Anyone know the price? Annoys me all this POA.

agreed - if they can quote a Veyron at £745k, why the cloak and dagger about the other 3 cars at POA

Yes, it is one of the most irritating things about the motor trade. There should be a law against it!

The car is indeed drop dead gorgeous.

[Try5t]

Bluebottle911 said:

Yes, it is one of the most irritating things about the motor trade. There should be a law against it!

The car is indeed drop dead gorgeous.

£275k on autotrader ......

[graemel]

coyft said:

Anyone know the price? Annoys me all this POA.

Agreed. But as explained to me. If the car is on SOR you may not wish the owner to know the price that you are marketing their car for.

[_Nathan_]

Didn't these used to be £90k recently ?

[Karl911]

A red one for £157K. Not as nice as the Grey and LHD.
http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/lamborghini/400gt...

[johnnyreggae]

Robert W said:

Hmm. I'm told that this car was supplied new to Paul McCartney before being owned by someone for 30 years. Odd that this isn't mentioned by Tom Hartley - so is this incorrect? What a gorgeous car.

Wrong plate wrong colour wrong car it would appear http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/nei...

[Streetrod]

Try5t said:

Bluebottle911 said:

Yes, it is one of the most irritating things about the motor trade. There should be a law against it!

The car is indeed drop dead gorgeous.

£275k on autotrader ......

Well that would make it the most expensive 400 GT that has hit the market so far in the world.....

[Try5t]

Streetrod said:

Well that would make it the most expensive 400 GT that has hit the market so far in the world.....

It's in the right dealer then !!

[Robert W]

johnnyreggae said:

Robert W said:

Hmm. I'm told that this car was supplied new to Paul McCartney before being owned by someone for 30 years. Odd that this isn't mentioned by Tom Hartley - so is this incorrect? What a gorgeous car.

Wrong plate wrong colour wrong car it would appear http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/nei...

Duh - most things wrong then :-)

[Bizzarini]

Just seen this post
I owned this 400GT in 1978.
Bark find (sorta) £5000
Solf it to Nicholas Portway in Suffolk £6000
He did inded own it for 30 years

[Ferruccio]

I did think about getting this car - given what prices have done since, not buying it was probably a mistake.
But it seemed very over restored , which is not to everyone's taste.

As regards Paul McCartmey, Del Hopkins told me years ago that he'd never had a 400GT, as the Pullicinos were selling one with the same claim. He'd had an Espada. Del also said that none of these were original RHD, they'd all been converted subsequently.

Beautiful cars; and the kids can come too.......

[FalconWood]

coyft said:

Anyone know the price? Annoys me all this POA.

+1 on POA - I see these cars and never chase them s as I cannot see why thesellers cannot just put the price on the advert. I am told it is to only attract real buyers but I have bought enough to dispel that s%@t!!

[Adam B]

graemel said:

Agreed. But as explained to me. If the car is on SOR you may not wish the owner to know the price that you are marketing their car for.

Why not? I thought most SOR is on a fixed fee basis, and surely as the owner you would want to know the price it will be marketed at and so if it will take longer to sell than average.

Unless the garage wants to lie to you and pocket the difference

[DevonPaul]

FalconWood said:

+1 on POA - I see these cars and never chase them s as I cannot see why the sellers cannot just put the price on the advert. I am told it is to only attract real buyers but I have bought enough to dispel that s%@t!!

+2 I was looking at 1960s classics a couple of years ago and didn't bother with several as I thought I couldn't have afforded them. As it happens, I was probably wrong. The one dealer I did phone (based on the way into Hendon) never bothered to call back anyway, which might not have been a bad thing.

They always used to say "if you have to ask, you can't afford it", however I think "If you have to ask, they're taking the p155" is possibly more appropriate these days.