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I knew the Challenger had a 'following' but didn't realise it had got that silly...
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1988 DUTTON LEGERRA MK1 - SPARES DONOR
1989 DUTTON LEGERRA MK2 - CURRENT PROJECT
1990 DUTTON LEGERRA ZS MK2
1990 DUTTON LEGERRA ZS MK2
DUTTON PHAETON S2 - Resting
DUTTON PHAETON S4 - Resting
DUTTON PHAETON S4 - PROJECT X
DUTTON SIERRA S2 - Resting
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Where can u get an e type for around 30k
That's ready to use
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tdk
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Each to their own but, really, that's madness.
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2016 10:17:32 GMT by rmad
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Neighbour offered me his flat floor SI E-Type that was scruffy but MOT'd - for £500 !
This was in 1976 though and £500 was a lot of money (I only paid £7500 for a brand new semi bungalow).
If you could turn the clock back ?
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A friend used to regularly buy e types for £500 in the late 70s early 80s for breaking and keeping a race car on the track, in his words you would never believe who many scrap e types there were in Sheffield!!
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I find it hard to imagine a time when an E Type wasn't desirable but I can't deny the evidence. I tried a bit of back of the envelope maths on that figure. A copy of a magazine (Custom Car) cost 60p in 1980, compared to £4.50 today so that's an increase of 7.5 times over 36 years. By that same rate the Jaguar would be worth £3750 in today's money. Makes me wonder what Classic/ retro cars you could buy for that now and will they appreciate at a similar rate to an E Type in the future?
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i would say the early slk Mercedes, very sought after when new, cheap as atm, and if you look at values for previous SL mercs although slow to appreciate they do rise considerably.
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It's interesting to look through old mags at secondhand prices.
I think it was 1975 issue of Motor Sport where i spotted a Ferrari Daytona for no more than a 1 yr old 3 Litre Capri,less than 3k from memory.
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Ryannn
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I find it hard to imagine a time when an E Type wasn't desirable but I can't deny the evidence. I tried a bit of back of the envelope maths on that figure. A copy of a magazine (Custom Car) cost 60p in 1980, compared to £4.50 today so that's an increase of 7.5 times over 36 years. By that same rate the Jaguar would be worth £3750 in today's money. Makes me wonder what Classic/ retro cars you could buy for that now and will they appreciate at a similar rate to an E Type in the future? When my grandad was a car dealer in the 60/70's he had loads of stuff which he couldn't sell due to no demand that would be worth money now! Amongst the usual mk1 escorts and big Jag's, he's had a handful of Lotus Cortina's for example and probably scrapped/broke half of them for engines/running gear to go in more roadworthy cars. He once used a ford consul to help his mate fill in an underground garage! Lol |
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I find it hard to imagine a time when an E Type wasn't desirable but I can't deny the evidence. I tried a bit of back of the envelope maths on that figure. A copy of a magazine (Custom Car) cost 60p in 1980, compared to £4.50 today so that's an increase of 7.5 times over 36 years. By that same rate the Jaguar would be worth £3750 in today's money. Makes me wonder what Classic/ retro cars you could buy for that now and will they appreciate at a similar rate to an E Type in the future? When my grandad was a car dealer in the 60/70's he had loads of stuff which he couldn't sell due to no demand that would be worth money now! Amongst the usual mk1 escorts and big Jag's, he's had a handful of Lotus Cortina's for example and probably scrapped/broke half of them for engines/running gear to go in more roadworthy cars. He once used a ford consul to help his mate fill in an underground garage! Lol Mate had a G reg MKII Lotus Cortina in early 70's (bought new when he was in army but like all 6 year old Fords of the era was getting tired and scruffy !) that he couldn't sell due to high insurance. He offered it to me for a pittance after he'd removed the engine as somebody was interested in just that. I was interested and approached my insurers to see how they'd treat it if I fitted a 1300 Kent. Their reply was it would make no difference and premium would still eb the same as the original Lotus even though a samller and far less powerful engine fitted. My stepbrother had same problem in early 90's with a Cosworth Sierra he'd taken in PX and was delighted when it got written off in a garage fire. |
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On the other hand if you want the cheapest car (and drive straight out of the box) with twin DCOE Webers, probably a Seven replica is the cheapest entry to it at 6-7000 pounds.
Relatively, a E-type is still cheap (ahum) just compare it to Ferrari prices of their 60s/70s cars.
Now, early Porsche 911 prices are a funny development.
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A question I've been pondering recently, is why nobody else has started production of an E Type kit. I know the Eagle E Types are around but they're very different.
I'm working on the design of an MG TC kit as a real one is £25k, I reckon it's possible to make one for a lot less but of course an authentic looking kit will always trail the value of a real one.
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