Sell track day BEC

[slider2]

Hi Guys,
Have had my Hayabusa engined locost (Stuart Taylor) for nearly 5 years up here in Nelson and still no tracks built around here
So am thinking of selling it. I could put it through LVA and get it on the road or sell it as it is. Not acceptable either for NZ MSA as they want me to do all kinds of red tapey things to accept the Roll Cage (OMG regulations regulations ...)
What do you all think? Spend money on compliances (road track) or sell as is?
I used in UK as a track day car and what a fine weapon it was, annihilating all kinds of high priced exotica on the tighter twistier circuits like Rockingham, Bedford Autodrome and Cadwell, so I assume folks here would use it on track days with no probs.
Cheers
James

[Kiwibirkin]

You could try selling on my Clubman forums www.lotus7.co.nz as people are always looking for a Locost car

Cheers Stephen

[dnorth]

The only track days I've done have been at Teretonga and a current WOF is required for those. I don't know about other circuits but I suspect you're going to either have to get it road or circuit legal (regulations!) or else sell as is for the purchaser to do the work - which will obviously negatively impact on the price you'll get. Up to you to work out which is the best option for you but check out TradeMe for track cars and specials to see what sort of thing sells. I haven't seeen many, if any, BECs for sale over here in the 3 and a bit years I've been here, so you might struggle to get any sort of decent money. The only 7 style cars that consistently seem to fetch decent money tend to be good Frasers or MacGregors, the Locost-style go for Locost prices

[Omerta]

IMO.... If you're confident of getting it road registered you should probably do it as you'll have a bigger market of buyers. Not many people here want track-only toys. Sure the buyer could do it instead, but they'll be expecting a much discounted price for the hassle and risk of being refused compliance.

[GravelBen]

dnorth said:

The only track days I've done have been at Teretonga and a current WOF is required for those...

Ahh I see you're also residing in the tropical metropolis of Gore... will keep an eye out for interesting cars If you see a noisy black MX5 (potentially behaving in a slightly antisocial manner) that will most likely be me.