Washed and polished my car and took it down to Mathewson’s Auctions to be filmed as they are hoping to feature the 3 US import Zs which are for sale in their next auction in an episode of “Bangers and Cash”. I did my bit by looking round the cars and giving them my expert ( = ill-informed bullshit) opinion on their condition and confirming the cars actually were what they thought (1 x 240, 2 x 280). The 240 looked very sound, good basis for a resto. One of the 280s looked decent too. The other, although a more complete car (all the trim etc still in, if a little dirty) had issues with the tailgate, slam panel, sills, doglegs, front wing bottoms, and the back vertical edge of the wings which align with the rear face of the tailgate had rusted through.
No idea if it will be included as an item on the program, it will depend if anybody actually buys them. No sale, no follow-up story, and my piece will be assigned to the cutting room floor. They filmed a piece with the Z sitting moodily in the background as they asked me general questions about it, then filmed me driving it to the auction house (cameras in my car and also filmed from a rear-facing cameraman in an SUV that I followed). Then they set up at the side of the road and filmed a couple of drive-bys.
They had no estimates on the Zs, (edit - Estimates up now.) and I have no idea what they will go for. Not sure why anybody would sell these via an auction house, given the fees involved and the relatively small audience compared to the on-line sites, but I guess there must be a reason that I haven’t thought of. If anybody would like to have a gander at them, there are links to each car on the Classified Discussions section.
Highlight of the day for me was not seeing the rusty Zs, by the way, but the beautiful Alfa Romeo Montreal they have in the sale. Check out their website, it’s gorgeous.
Oh, and if you are wondering how I got the TV gig....it’s because the producers and camera team of Bangers and Cash are old friends of mine. I also blagged an appearance in their original “taster” episode, which was made to show the buyers of the various channels what they would be getting if they commissioned a series. In that one I was a potential buyer of a VW camper
No idea if it will be included as an item on the program, it will depend if anybody actually buys them. No sale, no follow-up story, and my piece will be assigned to the cutting room floor. They filmed a piece with the Z sitting moodily in the background as they asked me general questions about it, then filmed me driving it to the auction house (cameras in my car and also filmed from a rear-facing cameraman in an SUV that I followed). Then they set up at the side of the road and filmed a couple of drive-bys.
They had no estimates on the Zs, (edit - Estimates up now.) and I have no idea what they will go for. Not sure why anybody would sell these via an auction house, given the fees involved and the relatively small audience compared to the on-line sites, but I guess there must be a reason that I haven’t thought of. If anybody would like to have a gander at them, there are links to each car on the Classified Discussions section.
Highlight of the day for me was not seeing the rusty Zs, by the way, but the beautiful Alfa Romeo Montreal they have in the sale. Check out their website, it’s gorgeous.
Oh, and if you are wondering how I got the TV gig....it’s because the producers and camera team of Bangers and Cash are old friends of mine. I also blagged an appearance in their original “taster” episode, which was made to show the buyers of the various channels what they would be getting if they commissioned a series. In that one I was a potential buyer of a VW camper
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