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A quick Google made my eyes water... https://www.desperateseller.co.uk/cars-for-sale/ad...
LordOfTheManor said:
How much will a really nice MKII RS2000 in white cost me? 
You know there's a classifieds section on PistonHeads, right?£30K
LordOfTheManor said:
Didn't want the X pack on it !, I've been offered one at £40k but it as a odd ball engine in it, which I'm not sure about,
offered £35k but this didn't buy it
£28K for this one and a £7K respray in white? offered £35k but this didn't buy it
LordOfTheManor said:
Didn't want the X pack on it !, I've been offered one at £40k but it as a odd ball engine in it, which I'm not sure about,
offered £35k but this didn't buy it
As someone that owned quite a lot of original RS2/Mex's in the 80's, and then a RS2 X-Pack for the nostalgia in the late 90's, I really don't get £40k for a mongrel today. offered £35k but this didn't buy it
I know it's an older thread, but just doing some research myself: I'm finishing work at the start of April, so I'm hoping to get on a bit more with the restoration of my 1979 RS2000 Custom. It's been off the road since 1998, annoyingly for fairly minor (by Mk2 standards) rust on the strut top/inner wing area. I did start doing some work in 2012, but injured myself with an angle grinder, so it took a few years to get confidence back and to start working on it again. I used some holiday each November the last few years to get on with it, but wasn't able to do that in 2021. I'm not too far off finishing the welding (I wanted to do a really decent job that looks good as new once repairs are painted).
Planning to start my semi retirement getting this work finished and then the task of sorting out all the mechanicals that will have suffered with such a long lay off, then a bit of minor paintwork/blowing in, so I can (hopefully) just detail the whole car and get it looking good again.
Mine has 60,000 miles on it, owned by my parents since 1980 (it was an ex-demo car), but has a 'pop up' sunroof and door speakers were installed years ago. That's probably enough to put the concourse guys off, but if I start filling the roof hole in, etc it'll never end up on the road, knowing the speed I work...
I am pretty stunned at how much people are trying to sell these for now though.
Given the sums involved I think I'd be tempted to take it to a specialist auction house and take the charges on the chin in return for not having tyre kickers and people scoping out my security, etc.
Anyway, part of my point of posting was to ask: Would buyers these days prefer a sympathetic restoration, where the car looks great from the outside, but maybe a few signs of use/wear closer up, ie like it's had a major detailing job done. Or is the expectation for everything to look 'better than new' in the concourse style?
It'll be a sad day when it goes (after being in our family for 42 years now). I want to maximise selling price, but also conscious of taking too long to finish it and missing the boat (ie petrol not on sale by the time I've finished it
and I'm only half joking there. 
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Planning to start my semi retirement getting this work finished and then the task of sorting out all the mechanicals that will have suffered with such a long lay off, then a bit of minor paintwork/blowing in, so I can (hopefully) just detail the whole car and get it looking good again.
Mine has 60,000 miles on it, owned by my parents since 1980 (it was an ex-demo car), but has a 'pop up' sunroof and door speakers were installed years ago. That's probably enough to put the concourse guys off, but if I start filling the roof hole in, etc it'll never end up on the road, knowing the speed I work...
I am pretty stunned at how much people are trying to sell these for now though.
Given the sums involved I think I'd be tempted to take it to a specialist auction house and take the charges on the chin in return for not having tyre kickers and people scoping out my security, etc. Anyway, part of my point of posting was to ask: Would buyers these days prefer a sympathetic restoration, where the car looks great from the outside, but maybe a few signs of use/wear closer up, ie like it's had a major detailing job done. Or is the expectation for everything to look 'better than new' in the concourse style?
It'll be a sad day when it goes (after being in our family for 42 years now). I want to maximise selling price, but also conscious of taking too long to finish it and missing the boat (ie petrol not on sale by the time I've finished it
and I'm only half joking there. ).Edited by OldSkoolRS on Monday 3rd January 00:39
LordFlathead said:
I'd love one of these but the theft horror stories are real and insurance quotes seem to back this up (new owners not existing clients).
It would have to be garaged in a secure establishment not on the drive.
Another thing I'm probably very out of touch with as I used to have it insured on a Classic car policy, 3000 miles a year (might have been less) and agreed value of about £5k at the time. Cost £120 a year as I had a daily car that I used my NCB on. I was always worried about where I parked it, so it hardly ever got taken anywhere other than a 'round trip' or sometimes to work in the summer as I'd be able to see it out of the window. The pile of old RS Owner magazines my parents gave me are full of readers letters talking about stolen ones to look out for. Made it hard to enjoy and part of the reason I'm nervous about trying to sell it privately when the time comes.It would have to be garaged in a secure establishment not on the drive.
I'm going to get some kind of insurance sorted out for it as a project, because even as it currently stands it looks like it would be worth a fair bit.
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