8000 mile Sunbeam Lotus

[200Plus Club]

Wow. Is it a fully restored concours car?

[MikeyC]

2172cc said:

£51.750 was the hammer price. Apparently, by the time you've added the auction fees and VAT it works out at around £60k. So definitely a record road car price.

Well, Silverstone Buyers Premium is 12.5%
Probably a bit too much of a coincidence that 51,750 divides exactly by this so I'm guessing:

Hammer price £46K + £5750 (BP) + 20% VAT = £52900 Final Price

[aeropilot]

200Plus Club said:

Wow. Is it a fully restored concours car?

No, 8,000 miles from new, all original and unmolested.

[200Plus Club]

aeropilot said:

No, 8,000 miles from new, all original and unmolested.

Ah right makes sense also. Can't be many left like it now.

[Touring442]

I saw DAC40Y on the road last week.

[2172cc]

Touring442 said:

I saw DAC40Y on the road last week.

DAC 40Y originally blue but now black with silver stripe.

[Touring442]

And wide arches.

[sideways man]

200Plus Club said:

sideways man said:

An upward trend is no good if you want to buy one. I sold mine for £4200 which was the going rate for a good, not concours example. I’d have another tomorrow for similar money.

That must have been a long time ago then.

Ha, must have been feeling a bit down that day, I’m not one to usually moan about prices- I passed my test in a £50 mk1 escort. Same car now would be five figures.
Ok, my sunbeam lotus ownership would have been around 15 years ago, boy time goes quickly! It was a clean car, good interior, lower half just resprayed and with new silver stripes. It also had the Skip Brown Roadsport conversion done by a previous owner. But mid £4K was the going rate.