SootySport Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e6edf9d12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolf Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What a cracking car! I might need a second mortgage to afford it though Who ever buys this is in for a world of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrG Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 And it's on PistonHeads too... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3965653.htm Way out of my league though... both in terms of budget and driving talent needed too!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander72 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 i can offer a 1990 1700 x-flow and my GF in part ex...... gf revs higher than the car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 It's a great car, it will be very interesting to see if he can get that price for it. I am sure it cost way more than that, but in current times anything at the top of the market can take a while to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Mmm stunner, lot of money, but I'm sure it cost a fortune to build..... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Having looked at it in detail I reckon it's cost polly about 60k. If you add the labour, even at a modest cost, then you must be approaching £100,000. Forget the name on the nose cone, how much have you got to pay to get anywhere near that performance? A lot more than £100,000. However it's not going to be easy to get that money for, what is after all a Westfield. Better change the name on the front to..... McLaren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 :d :d Great one Norman, there I was expecting Caterham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 No, McLaren has more heritage. Actually I think there was a heritage link when Caterham were owned by the Nearn family. Now it's owned by someone with no historical links to Lotus I wouldn't buy a new model based on the heritage connection. I'LL STOP THERE, DON'T WANT TO UPSET ANYONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 OK, I will quote Wiki on the subject. Modern Caterham kits differ from the majority of kit cars as all parts are supplied ready to assemble, not requiring a donor car, fabrication or any special skills. This is why a lot of people prefer the Caterham to the Westfield (or others) and not the "heritage". Some of the younger owners don't even know the Lotus 7 connection - even though they belong to the LOTUS 7 CLUB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreigM Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 It's a great car, it will be very interesting to see if he can get that price for it. I am sure it cost way more than that, but in current times anything at the top of the market can take a while to sell. Can I be blunt and say I don't think he's a hope in hell of achieving anywhere near that price. As we all know with westfields (and any other car) "cost to build" equals the square root of f-all. The car looks VERY nice, but VERY nice westfields struggle to top £15K - to see one sell for a 2 as the front number is almost unheard of, never mind a 3... Objectively if a punter is spending £35K on a 7-style car would you take something which is maybe a bit special, but in reality is a one-off, possibly expensive to maintain (in terms of parts and specialist knowledge to keep it going) or would you buy a R500 which would appear to be quicker to 60mph, has factory support, proven residuals etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Once upon a time, when I got into the "kit" scene back in the eighties, it was still fairly common to differentiate between them, you had Kit Cars, like, Westfields and so on that you built from a collection of bits that you sourced and you had Component Cars, like Caterhams, that were complete cars supplied in bits. IIRC, one of the mags at the time even had both names in the total. Admitedly there was, even then a lot of grey area and crossover between the two. (The Component Car term seems to have almost faded out now). The main difference I remember at the time, and it's one that comes back to me when I here some of the build manual whinges, or general assembly moans, is that Component Cars were essentially just bolt together jobs, even if you did buy the odd part from another manufacturer. Whereas Kits, generally had very limited assembly instructions, often non at all, and almost always required at least some fettling of parts in order to make them fit. And usually required the builder to fabricate all minor bracketry etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Once upon a time, when I got into the "kit" scene back in the eighties, it was still fairly common to differentiate between them, you had Kit Cars, like, Westfields and so on that you built from a collection of bits that you sourced and you had Component Cars, like Caterhams, that were complete cars supplied in bits. IIRC, one of the mags at the time even had both names in the total. Admitedly there was, even then a lot of grey area and crossover between the two. (The Component Car term seems to have almost faded out now). The main difference I remember at the time, and it's one that comes back to me when I here some of the build manual whinges, or general assembly moans, is that Component Cars were essentially just bolt together jobs, even if you did buy the odd part from another manufacturer. Whereas Kits, generally had very limited assembly instructions, often non at all, and almost always required at least some fettling of parts in order to make them fit. And usually required the builder to fabricate all minor bracketry etc. I think back in those times, you could avoid the "car purchase tax" by assembling the last items yourself and that was a driving force behind selling the cars like that as it was a significant amount, ie 15 to 25% but memory fails me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Can I be blunt and say I don't think he's a hope in hell of achieving anywhere near that price. As we all know with westfields (and any other car) "cost to build" equals the square root of f-all. The car looks VERY nice, but VERY nice westfields struggle to top £15K - to see one sell for a 2 as the front number is almost unheard of, never mind a 3... Objectively if a punter is spending £35K on a 7-style car would you take something which is maybe a bit special, but in reality is a one-off, possibly expensive to maintain (in terms of parts and specialist knowledge to keep it going) or would you buy a R500 which would appear to be quicker to 60mph, has factory support, proven residuals etc etc I was trying not to be that blunt Greig, but that was my thinking as well. I am sure Jeff C will be along to confirm Caterham's command the big money, but Westfield's struggle unfortunatley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 This is not really helping Polly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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