Considering a 308, what will £40K buy ?
Discussion
AndrewE said:
Definitely a Steel car - look at the rear number plate - it has a recess around it, glass cars don't
Still nice to see a 60,000 + mile car not slated for being high mileage
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
Hard to believe they realised anything more than £35-£40k for that car. If it hit £60k surely Vetros are worth £120k all day long?Still nice to see a 60,000 + mile car not slated for being high mileage
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
Edited by AndrewE on Monday 10th March 09:34
AndrewE said:
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
As the engines switched to injection, I don't suppose the guys doing the interior were too bothered what was in the back & they just finished the cars off with what was available. I've seen other muddled interiors. But mine is the same as yours...rubystone said:
Hard to believe they realised anything more than £35-£40k for that car. If it hit £60k surely Vetros are worth £120k all day long?
Bear in mind that although that car had 68k on the clock, it had been restored (and it looked like a good job) with little mileage since the restoration. The cars are very scarce at the moment and whilst the original price was speculative, it may have triggered some interest in the 50k region.Interesting market. I expect these prices to drag a few more cars into the market place.
Andy 308GTB said:
Bear in mind that although that car had 68k on the clock, it had been restored (and it looked like a good job) with little mileage since the restoration. The cars are very scarce at the moment and whilst the original price was speculative, it may have triggered some interest in the 50k region.
Interesting market. I expect these prices to drag a few more cars into the market place.
Indeed. When I think that I bought my QV for £18k in 2005, sold it a year later at £18,500 and was offered it back at £12k in 2007, I kick myself for not buying it and storing it for a few more years!Interesting market. I expect these prices to drag a few more cars into the market place.
Still, I console myself with knowing that the prices for steel cars must push the prices for my Vetro up even further!
Not sure this will clarify the comments in respect of the number of fibreglass cars but reading a guide I have on Ferrari road cars, it would seem that when the 308 GTB was introduced in 1976, there were 154 UK RHD fibreglass cars imported and 211 steel. If I am reading the guide correctly, the total factory build numbers were 712 fibreglass cars and 2185 steel. The 308 GTS arrived in the UK in 1978 and all 184 were steel (total factory production 3219), as were the later 308 GTBi, GTSi and GTB/GTS QV variants. Happy to be corrected if any of this information is wrong.
rubystone said:
Indeed. When I think that I bought my QV for £18k in 2005, sold it a year later at £18,500 and was offered it back at £12k in 2007, I kick myself for not buying it and storing it for a few more years!
Still, I console myself with knowing that the prices for steel cars must push the prices for my Vetro up even further!
Ouch, I knew prices slipped a few years back but 12k!Still, I console myself with knowing that the prices for steel cars must push the prices for my Vetro up even further!
Best not to look back but you've come out on the right side.
I bought my car in 1998 - only after failing to buy a glass car that was for sale for just 3k more...
The trader who is held in high esteem by many told me the car was for sale but he wanted to sell it to someone else... all very odd.
Usually most people take a dislike to me after meeting me, he managed to save time and do it in the space of a phone call...
AndrewE said:
Definitely a Steel car - look at the rear number plate - it has a recess around it, glass cars don't
Still nice to see a 60,000 + mile car not slated for being high mileage
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
That's interesting re the rear number plate. I didn't know that. Just checked my fibre body car and you're right. ThanksStill nice to see a 60,000 + mile car not slated for being high mileage
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
Edited by AndrewE on Monday 10th March 09:34
AndrewE said:
But i note it has the clock/oil temp gauge on the centre console. Didn't think they had those on teh carbed cars. Mine is an 81 which has them down by my right knee
When they were first moved to the centre console, they were stacked vertically. Sometime in 1980, they were set horizontally (which looks better). I'm not sure that it's a carb/FI difference. On my 1980 FI, they are side by side.Jonty355 said:
theadman said:
I'll be really surprised if Slades achieve the asking price for their car - but stranger things have happened.
Looks like that one at Slades garage has sold already. Wonder what it went for?The price (£75k) suggests that may have got close to the asking price on the previous car?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221394747313
Not too much in the way of the details but looking at the positioning of the clock and oil temp gauge, this is a carb'd car.
Edited by Andy 308GTB on Sunday 16th March 08:19
Andy 308GTB said:
Jonty355 said:
theadman said:
I'll be really surprised if Slades achieve the asking price for their car - but stranger things have happened.
Looks like that one at Slades garage has sold already. Wonder what it went for?The price (£75k) suggests that may have got close to the asking price on the previous car?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221394747313
Not too much in the way of the details but looking at the positioning of the clock and oil temp gauge, this is a carb'd car.
Edited by Andy 308GTB on Sunday 16th March 08:19
Andy 308GTB said:
looking at the positioning of the clock and oil temp gauge, this is a carb'd car.
Definitely carburettor.But it looks like a 1979 or early 1980 car to me. By 1981, those gauges were on the centre console whether carburettor or injection afaik. The first part of 1980 had them vertically stacked and by autumn they were side by side.
Behemoth said:
Andy 308GTB said:
looking at the positioning of the clock and oil temp gauge, this is a carb'd car.
Definitely carburettor.But it looks like a 1979 or early 1980 car to me. By 1981, those gauges were on the centre console whether carburettor or injection afaik. The first part of 1980 had them vertically stacked and by autumn they were side by side.
My car was first registered by Maranello's on 1st January 1981.
Carb'd with the gauges by the door (i.e. not in the centre console)
rubystone said:
£60k surely Vetros are worth £120k all day long?
We'll know in about six weekshttp://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/24-04-201...
johnnyreggae said:
That will be interesting- especially as, without wanting to be rude, it's not exactly original spec when you look at the pics on the pdf you can downloadSimonMorris said:
johnnyreggae said:
That will be interesting- especially as, without wanting to be rude, it's not exactly original spec when you look at the pics on the pdf you can downloadI guess it may go quite cheaply then in comparison to others, then may be worth investing in some original bits and taking them horrid stuckers off and may well be a good car afterwards.
If I had room for another I'd be tempted. One to drive and one to have as an investment then!
Jonty355 said:
Eeewww!!! Those stickers, seats and wheels make it look like a replica!
I guess it may go quite cheaply then in comparison to others, then may be worth investing in some original bits and taking them horrid stuckers off and may well be a good car afterwards.
If I had room for another I'd be tempted. One to drive and one to have as an investment then!
I would not be surprised if it went for around £90k !I guess it may go quite cheaply then in comparison to others, then may be worth investing in some original bits and taking them horrid stuckers off and may well be a good car afterwards.
If I had room for another I'd be tempted. One to drive and one to have as an investment then!
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