LOVELY CHIMAERA IN THIS WEEKS "CLASSIC CARS FOR SALE"
Discussion
)phillpot said:
Then someone will start making fibreglass replicas with tubular chassis' and using Rover V8 engines with old Granada brakes.......
Yeah, so? Where would they be able to suck out cost so that it wouldn't be £45K or thereabouts (which is what a 1990s new Chim would cost in today's money) - with about 6,000 Chimmies built it's not like there would be a dearth of them at realistic prices anytime soon...I had to chuckle the other day watching some crap show late at night on discovery...a restoration/custom show they had a late 60's corvette, and kept banging on about how rare it was, as it was only made for 1 year... something like 28,000 of them!!!! so 6000 chimaera's in 10 years is the preverbial rocking horse dropping in comparison 
TOV!E said:
Lovely write up in this weeks edition, Vol 11 Issue 6 all about how much the Chimaera is going to rocket in price, and that it will be the next BIG HEALEY.
Get one while you can is the message
Finally someone has seen the light.Get one while you can is the message
I've been making the Big Healey comparison for while now.
Having restored & driven one or two of these charming & iconic 1960's British sports cars I can tell you the only differences between a Chim & a Big Healey are:
- The Chim is faster
- The Chim (if looked after) is more reliable
- The Chim is more economical
- The Chim has better brakes
- The body on a Chim doesn't rust (but the chassis does)
- The Chim is way more refined (ride, comfort, touring)
- The Chim is at least £20,000.00 cheaper (at the moment)
There is a big trend towards making classic cars more usable in modern traffic, a good example is the Eagle E-Type.
An Eagle E-Type (as nice as it is) will set you back over £100,000, however I challenge the classic car fraternity to ask themselves is it £90,000 more of a car than a really nice TVR Chimaera.
In the usability stakes the Chim is there already, just buy a good one & drive, simple.
So what's holding the values back?
I would speculate its a number of things: Age of the cars, the TVR reliability myth, and good old fashioned snobbery!
The classic car brigade may not be ready to embrace the 1990's TVR's just yet, but this will change for sure.
In 10 years time the 1990's will be retro cool & in the year 2020 the misty eyed nostalgic classic car buyers will all be looking to TVR as an antidote to their dull as dishwater everyday electric car.
In 1993 a really nice Healey 3000 would sell for £14,000, you now need at least £35,000 - £40,000 to buy the same car.
I really cant see why nice Chims wouldn't be fetching at least £25,000 by 2020.
But that's not why I bought my car, I bought it to drive.
Now where's me keys
Chimpafrolic said:
TOV!E said:
Lovely write up in this weeks edition, Vol 11 Issue 6 all about how much the Chimaera is going to rocket in price, and that it will be the next BIG HEALEY.
Get one while you can is the message
Finally someone has seen the light.Get one while you can is the message
I've been making the Big Healey comparison for while now.
Having restored & driven one or two of these charming & iconic 1960's British sports cars I can tell you the only differences between a Chim & a Big Healey are:
- The Chim is faster
- The Chim (if looked after) is more reliable
- The Chim is more economical
- The Chim has better brakes
- The body on a Chim doesn't rust (but the chassis does)
- The Chim is way more refined (ride, comfort, touring)
- The Chim is at least £20,000.00 cheaper (at the moment)
There is a big trend towards making classic cars more usable in modern traffic, a good example is the Eagle E-Type.
An Eagle E-Type (as nice as it is) will set you back over £100,000, however I challenge the classic car fraternity to ask themselves is it £90,000 more of a car than a really nice TVR Chimaera.
In the usability stakes the Chim is there already, just buy a good one & drive, simple.
So what's holding the values back?
I would speculate its a number of things: Age of the cars, the TVR reliability myth, and good old fashioned snobbery!
The classic car brigade may not be ready to embrace the 1990's TVR's just yet, but this will change for sure.
In 10 years time the 1990's will be retro cool & in the year 2020 the misty eyed nostalgic classic car buyers will all be looking to TVR as an antidote to their dull as dishwater everyday electric car.
In 1993 a really nice Healey 3000 would sell for £14,000, you now need at least £35,000 - £40,000 to buy the same car.
I really cant see why nice Chims wouldn't be fetching at least £25,000 by 2020.
But that's not why I bought my car, I bought it to drive.
Now where's me keys
. Of course, they could always call any replica a Griffith
Errmm, it seems appropriate to add to this particular thread that, in the next month or so, a rather special year 2000 450 Chim will be available for new ownership. Why special.....?
....well, simply because it is in absolutely show car condition, with very low mileage, a fab private reg' and in unmarked gleaming Viper Blue with cream leather. The current owner would challenge anyone to find a better one. This isn't intended as a classified advert, (that might follow in that section later), but rather a response to this thread about future rocketing prices of these awesome cars. Despite this prediction, coupled with the knowledge that a reputable dealer would ask at least £18k for an example to match this one (in the unlikely event that they could find one like it in the first place), this car will be available for far less, with an agreed private warranty too. The specialist who maintains this car says it's the most pristine and best he's seen - as do many TVRCC members. It really is in jaw dropping condition and ticks all the necessary boxes. PM me if you don't want to lose out, or to discuss prices, as this thread post is intended as a reference to,...... Ed!
....well, simply because it is in absolutely show car condition, with very low mileage, a fab private reg' and in unmarked gleaming Viper Blue with cream leather. The current owner would challenge anyone to find a better one. This isn't intended as a classified advert, (that might follow in that section later), but rather a response to this thread about future rocketing prices of these awesome cars. Despite this prediction, coupled with the knowledge that a reputable dealer would ask at least £18k for an example to match this one (in the unlikely event that they could find one like it in the first place), this car will be available for far less, with an agreed private warranty too. The specialist who maintains this car says it's the most pristine and best he's seen - as do many TVRCC members. It really is in jaw dropping condition and ticks all the necessary boxes. PM me if you don't want to lose out, or to discuss prices, as this thread post is intended as a reference to,...... Ed!
It would be nice if prices did rise. Not for any personal reasons but for the image of the marque. How can I put this politely......?
I've noticed over the last couple of years that as prices of (mainly Chimaeras) have dropped the cars have come into the financial range of the 'justs'. They can just about to afford to buy a manky one but can't afford to run, maintain or renovate it. I've met a few owners who can barely string a sentence together, can't even pronounce let alone spell 'Chimaera' and moan about their TVR (which they've 'serviced' themselves) spending most of its time wrapped in a blue tarpaulin outside their house in (insert a dodgy area or town of your own choice here). They seem surprised that it can't be run on the same budget as their Zafira. During a forecourt conversation one owner told me how he'd picked up a Land Rover alternator from a breakers for £25 and wouldn't believe that it would do anything than fail in short order. "It don't matter what the output is mate". Right
Frankly the sooner the cars are back out of their price range the better.
I've noticed over the last couple of years that as prices of (mainly Chimaeras) have dropped the cars have come into the financial range of the 'justs'. They can just about to afford to buy a manky one but can't afford to run, maintain or renovate it. I've met a few owners who can barely string a sentence together, can't even pronounce let alone spell 'Chimaera' and moan about their TVR (which they've 'serviced' themselves) spending most of its time wrapped in a blue tarpaulin outside their house in (insert a dodgy area or town of your own choice here). They seem surprised that it can't be run on the same budget as their Zafira. During a forecourt conversation one owner told me how he'd picked up a Land Rover alternator from a breakers for £25 and wouldn't believe that it would do anything than fail in short order. "It don't matter what the output is mate". Right
Frankly the sooner the cars are back out of their price range the better.
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