So who buys Vixens? & What do they want?
Discussion
Recently had my car up for sale, which is a good usable car which is used at least twice a week, goes on trips to France, looks pretty good, is reasonably sound underneath and sounds great. 
Had it up for a reasonable £8500 and had loads of emails asking for pictures which showed it as exactly what it is, a good usable rare car which could be improved by somebody who wanted to do it.
I got back replies like, "It needs a full restoration" "Not as good as I was expecting" "Too much work for me" "Does it have full service history?"
What?
So who buys what these days, do people want cheap wrecks, if there any anymore? Restored cars are silly money and are they selling? Are there good usable cars for sale (well yes, there was)?
What do people want, are they frightenend if there is the slightest bit of weldable rust on a chassis?
Every time I put it up for sale, I get in it and it's like falling in love again and I wonder whatever possessed me to do it, as chances are if it went I'd never get another. Even if a nice modern V8 Griff replaced it, it wouldn't be the same.
Had it up for a reasonable £8500 and had loads of emails asking for pictures which showed it as exactly what it is, a good usable rare car which could be improved by somebody who wanted to do it.
I got back replies like, "It needs a full restoration" "Not as good as I was expecting" "Too much work for me" "Does it have full service history?"
What?
So who buys what these days, do people want cheap wrecks, if there any anymore? Restored cars are silly money and are they selling? Are there good usable cars for sale (well yes, there was)?
What do people want, are they frightenend if there is the slightest bit of weldable rust on a chassis?
Every time I put it up for sale, I get in it and it's like falling in love again and I wonder whatever possessed me to do it, as chances are if it went I'd never get another. Even if a nice modern V8 Griff replaced it, it wouldn't be the same.
Warwick67 said:
People are asking some surprising money for Vixens at the moment, I looked at a Vixen 2500 which had been used as a club racer but stored for the alst 10 years. Would have been ideal for me, I plan to sprint / hill climb it. The chap was asking 13k (ebay), took it for a drive & although he had "recommisioned" it, it clearly needed a lot of work to make it safe let alone enjoyable to drive... Prices are definately on the up....
Spoke to somebody a couple of weeks ago who went to see that one and he said exactly the same thing. nwarner said:
I always thought that there was a lot more to do than just bolting on the wheels but of course I could be wrong.
I've tried finding a picture that was on here a while back, but can't of a Vixen/Tuscan being delivered in 'kit form' by the factory Land Rover. Virtually a complete car apart from the front wheels being missing. Although I'd imagine there would have been other smaller items to do too.
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