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Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Wednesday 16th September 2015
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rich888 said:
dinkel said:
Yes I remember reading that article by Mel Nichols in Car magazine (I think) when it was originally printed, and particularly remember reading about the poor old Jaguar XJS driver being overtaken whilst driving flat out at 155mph by not only one Lamborghini, but three of them in succession, how embarrassing for him!

Am sure I still have that 'Car' magazine somewhere, because back in the 1970s and 1980s the quality of 'Car' in those days was so much better than 'Motor' or 'Autocar', was just a brilliant read for a young petrol-head before all this nanny state safety camera parasitic tax revenue funded nonsense reared its ugly head.
Many years ago, before attitudes changed, I got 165mph on the speedo in the Jalpa running from Paris to Calais with the top off.
You get a suprising amount of yuk on your forehead........
The engine let go subsequently, so fun but expensive.

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Tom Hartley has a Jalpa up for £110k................!?!

fyfe

195 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Ferruccio said:
Tom Hartley has a Jalpa up for £110k................!?!
I'll be watching that with some interest. It is a good example but that's a major step above where I've been estimating mine. I imagine the point is that 308s are changing hands at around or above that mark and so a rarer car must at least be comparable. We'll see what the market thinks.

Honk

1,985 posts

203 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Me too!

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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fyfe said:
Ferruccio said:
Tom Hartley has a Jalpa up for £110k................!?!
I'll be watching that with some interest. It is a good example but that's a major step above where I've been estimating mine. I imagine the point is that 308s are changing hands at around or above that mark and so a rarer car must at least be comparable. We'll see what the market thinks.
When I got my car (1987) I got it because it was c.60% of the price of a 308 and I couldn't afford a 308.
That ratio may still hold today?? Rarer doesn't always mean more valuable.

fyfe

195 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Ferruccio said:
When I got my car (1987) I got it because it was c.60% of the price of a 308 and I couldn't afford a 308.
That ratio may still hold today?? Rarer doesn't always mean more valuable.
I agree, I'm just thinking that that may be the angle Tom will be taking with it - 1 of 35, a fraction of the production run of the 308s etc. I suspect he'll get damn near the asking price too - he normally does.

Now, as for that orange Urraco P250 he's also got - wow. That interior is just awesome.

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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fyfe said:
I agree, I'm just thinking that that may be the angle Tom will be taking with it - 1 of 35, a fraction of the production run of the 308s etc. I suspect he'll get damn near the asking price too - he normally does.

Now, as for that orange Urraco P250 he's also got - wow. That interior is just awesome.
I believe that there were 42 RHD made.

fyfe

195 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Ferruccio said:
I believe that there were 42 RHD made.
That's what I thought too but the advert states 35. Either way, interesting times.

P300V8

263 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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The 35 cars may refer to UK market cars and there were at least 55 RHD cars in total, though the precise number cannot be verified without physical examination.




Edited by P300V8 on Thursday 24th September 11:16


Edited by P300V8 on Thursday 24th September 14:29

P300V8

263 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Ferruccio said:
Tom Hartley has a Jalpa up for £110k................!?!
This is 12068 the car that made £74.3K including buyers premium at Bonhams Goodwood sale on 21st March....

100 IAN

1,091 posts

162 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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P300V8 said:
This is 12068 the car that made £74.3K including buyers premium at Bonhams Goodwood sale on 21st March....
If i remember correctly, guide price was about 1/2 of what it achieved.

I'm sure previous owner was delighted it made twice estimate, but how do they now feel seeing it for sale at around 3x estimate?

50% increase in 6x months - WOW!....... or has the car had considerable expenditure/work done since?

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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100 IAN said:
If i remember correctly, guide price was about 1/2 of what it achieved.

I'm sure previous owner was delighted it made twice estimate, but how do they now feel seeing it for sale at around 3x estimate?

50% increase in 6x months - WOW!....... or has the car had considerable expenditure/work done since?
It hasn't sold for £110 k.............

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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fyfe said:
That's what I thought too but the advert states 35. Either way, interesting times.
They said that the 400GT they had was original RHD but I remember Del Hopkins telling me that all 4 were conversions

rich888

2,610 posts

199 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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Tom Hartley also has a very nice looking 1974 2.5 litre Lamborghini Urraco for sale priced up at a mere £99,950




Edited by rich888 on Saturday 26th September 07:34

rich888

2,610 posts

199 months

Saturday 26th September 2015
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Can I also make a further comment that although Ferrari always seemed to manufacture better finished cars than Lamborghini in the 1980s, I always thought Ferrari were too well finished and almost mass produced on a scale similar to that envisaged by Ford. Lamborghini on the other hand have always felt hand made with a rougher edge to them.

As for Lamborghini classic car values, well a Countach valued at £35,000 in 2003 is now worth approximately £1000,000 which demonstrates quite clearly that the buyers are finally realising the values of proper hand-built cars from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Given the choice between buying a Ferrari 308 and a Lamborghini Silhouette my accountant would pick the 308 for future values, whilst my heart would pick the Silhouette for the pure wow factor and because I would intend to drive and enjoy it smile

P300V8

263 posts

176 months

Saturday 26th September 2015
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Marry for money or marry for love? I did the latter and have never regretted it.

Motorheads

22 posts

154 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Turn up at a classic car event and they'll be a load of 308/328s. Turn up in a Lamborghini Silhouette/Jalpa and most won't know what it is let alone have even seen one before. The market likes rarity, but not obscurity.

dinkel

26,947 posts

258 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Motorheads said:
Turn up at a classic car event and they'll be a load of 308/328s. Turn up in a Lamborghini Silhouette/Jalpa and most won't know what it is let alone have even seen one before. The market likes rarity, but not obscurity.
A quick look will learn: a V8 Lamborghini is worth more than a V8 Ferrari.

P300V8

263 posts

176 months

Thursday 15th October 2015
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Perhaps the most famous production Urraco is for sale in Australia! The owner was not aware of its illustrious past until recently.

http://www.oldtimeraustralia.com/wp_car_dealer/197...


P300V8

263 posts

176 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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rich888 said:
Tom Hartley also has a very nice looking 1974 2.5 litre Lamborghini Urraco for sale priced up at a mere £99,950

It looks like this car has just been sold...