Somebody buy this please!
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) What about this car steering wheel on wrong side though. Filter for Aston Martin one-77
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Edited by dig123 on Friday 12th September 22:04
Stuart Dickinson said:
This has been on sale for a long time. Just too much for a DB4 in that molested condition to put right - unless you want to race it.
If you want to race, I could think of a whole load of modern metal to use instead for the money.
OT: I see that the Richard Williams website continues to set the standard in DB4 pricing.
DB4DM said:
Desmond Smail is not far behind. The beauty of that car is that it's been highly modifed, not molested, without caring whether it's an investment. I "molest" my DB4 more every year and it's not about the money, because it's my daily driver
DB4DM, This is a road car that has been converted to a Racer. Call that highly modified or "molested" is a position of perspective and each to their own. The car has been on the market for some time and is described as "A true get in and go race car ready for the season ahead OR a great base for a back-to-the-road project or Zagato evocation donor".
Whether its about the money or not, the Racer config is a very small niche market (and would appear to have no takers yet in that knowledgeable sphere) and to get that back to a road-spec could be quite costly. May be better to buy one that is "original" road-spec. As for a donor car, well.....best not go there.
Personally, I like the look of the "pseudo-racer" DB4 without bumpers....but that would be as far as I would dare.
Kind Regards.
G
I'm right with you on Zagato evocation donor cars, real waste (like owning a Lorex) and actually the business case must be marginal even now.
I guess the issue for a race car is not the annual cost (£40k? to be truly cmpetitive) but the uninsurable cost of hitting the armco at 140 mph when not your fault (£300k?)
In the early days I ran my car with no front bumper and stick on number plate on the valence, was pulled over by police and cautioned because the plate was not upright, there are no vertical surfaces on a DB4!
I guess the issue for a race car is not the annual cost (£40k? to be truly cmpetitive) but the uninsurable cost of hitting the armco at 140 mph when not your fault (£300k?)
In the early days I ran my car with no front bumper and stick on number plate on the valence, was pulled over by police and cautioned because the plate was not upright, there are no vertical surfaces on a DB4!
Edited by DB4DM on Sunday 14th September 16:50
Edited by DB4DM on Sunday 14th September 16:57
DB4DM said:
In the early days I ran my car with no front bumper and stick on number plate on the valence, was pulled over by police and cautioned because the plate was not upright, there are no vertical surfaces on a DB4!
Should have told Plod to do one and go and munch dougnuts:-2001 No. 561
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
PART II REGISTRATION PLATES
Interpretation of Part II
Fixing of front registration plates: vehicles registered on or after the relevant date
6. (1) This regulation applies to vehicles, other than works trucks, road rollers and agricultural machines, first registered on or after the relevant date.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (5), a registration plate must be fixed on the front of the vehicle in the manner required by paragraph (3).
(3) This paragraph requires the plate to be fixed—
(a)vertically or, where that is not reasonably practicable, in a position as close to the vertical as is reasonably practicable, .
(b)in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable from every part of a relevant area having the diagonal length specified in paragraph (4).
Thought it was the norm to have a lot of 1960's sport cars (or those prior to 1973) to have the Silver on Black stuck on the bonnet.
Yep £150k and then what, another £250-300k probably on top of that? So £400-450k all in for a non-matching numbers car, albeit one with some more recent race history. Unless you're in a position to do much of that resto work yourself it feels a bit marginal. Albeit I do love the de-bumpered Db4 look, one of the best of any AM imho
Edited by downr on Wednesday 17th September 22:47
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