Price Guide

Concours cars don't felt driven, simple. Or trailered to a show, parked outside and driven in, seen it many times with Shelby Mustangs.
 
franky said:
What I mean is that the club has this info as its said a guide has been produced?
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Originally Posted by SeanDezart View Post
................A guide has been produced - let's see it please as a base-starting point.
Sean I can't find it! Does anyone have a copy of the Classic Car Weekly it was in?

Already explained by Rob mate !

I'll copy over what I've done for the French market translated and you can all rip into that but its a start !:D
 
SeanDezart said:
Originally Posted by SeanDezart View Post
................A guide has been produced - let's see it please as a base-starting point.
Sean I can't find it! Does anyone have a copy of the Classic Car Weekly it was in?

Already explained by Rob mate !

I'll copy over what I've done for the French market translated and you can all rip into that but its a start !:D
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well lets say.............. 240z

in the uk:

LHD £7000+for a project
LHD upto 30K for the best?
RHD £7K plus for a project?
RHD upto £40k for the best?

260Z's - 20% from the above?
280Z's - 27.5% from the above?
 
Define 'project' ... !

That orange one just went on the bay for £5400. That's over 20% less than the above figure ... BUT, I've seen a 100% rust free one go for over £8000. Both LHD.

I don't think personally a LHD one should ever make £30k in the UK.
 
Buying public.Where are they as there seem to be the same cars up for sale for a very long time,and when a puka car comes up for sale it doesn't sell,so are these figures correct,and I'm talking RHD as lhd don't mean jack s--t to most over here,which puts the question to how much is a modded Zed worth,
 
uk66fastback said:
Define 'project' ... !

That orange one just went on the bay for £5400. That's over 20% less than the above figure ... BUT, I've seen a 100% rust free one go for over £8000. Both LHD.

I don't think personally a LHD one should ever make £30k in the UK.
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Well I'm sorry you think it 'shouldn't'. I guess you've a rhd car? There's been a coupe sell for 25kish, were in a European market, only blinkered people would think otherwise.

I've actually been bothered to put up an idea of a price guide. Others are welcome to do the same.

For me, lhd or rhd, I'd buy the better more original car.

For example I like the early cars with the vented tailgates more just for the extra details, I'd pay more for one. Others would pay more for a car with 17" wheels and a hilux brake kit.
 
I've a LHD car, not a RHD one. I just think if you are spending £30k on a LHD 240z, you'd be MUCH better off going to the US and getting much more for your money. Also some parts of Europe as well ...

Which to me, should keep the price of a LHD car IN THE UK, down under that figure.
 
uk66fastback said:
I've a LHD car, not a RHD one. I just think if you are spending £30k on a LHD 240z, you'd be MUCH better off going to the US and getting much more for your money. Also some parts of Europe as well ...

Which to me, should keep the price of a LHD car IN THE UK, down under that figure.
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Except that most cars availaible in the States are not up to the league of cars sold here whether RHD or LHD so please don't over simply it as RH and LD drive - a car should merit its price by condition and spec however sided.
 
SeanDezart said:
Except that most cars availaible in the States are not up to the league of cars sold here whether RHD or LHD so please don't over simply it as RH and LD drive - a car should merit its price by condition and spec however sided.
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Exactly. We all agree there's no such thing as a rust free car. you will find it, you just have to be brave enough to look.

A LHD car thats been nicely treated in europe(bare metal respray etc), would be a 10000x better prospect than one done in the states or a left to right conversion using rhd numbers etc.
 
SeanDezart said:
Except that most cars availaible in the States are not up to the league of cars sold here whether RHD or LHD so please don't over simply it as RH and LD drive - a car should merit its price by condition and spec however sided.
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For a country with 250m people that's a pretty bold statement!

You know Sean, and this goes for ANY LHD car, the price achieved in the UK will not reach that of a RHD version. So don't say it all goes on the car's condition. We know that for a similar LHD and RHD car (in the UK) the RHD will be higher.

Again, my opinion!
 
Due to the popularity of Zeds over the past 5 years or so, the best one's have been purchased by lovers of the car itself and hoarded for a variety of reasons.

In the states, what is left is a whole lot of Zeds that have been neglected for years and a sprinkling of nice cars ready for market.

The sprinkle, although LHD, is still a very large number compared to cars available in Europe.

Price still comes down to locating the right car and negotiating the right deal, much easier to do in the states compared to Europe just due to supply.

Agree with everyone else, same condition RHD zeds bring more money than LHD zeds, no question in my opinion.
 
Obviously Sean has been to the states many times like myself to come out with a statement like that regarding us cars,I noticed some really tasty Zeds each time I've been there and the detail in the condition second to none,the U.K. Zeds have crept up a in respect of workmanship and quality over the last 10 years and there are some really nice Zeds which have had a lot of time and money thrown at em which are equally as good as anything but don't say that about the us Zeds unless you've been there and seen em in the flesh cos when you say something like that you are talking out of yer backside dear boy
 
Depending on country most cars would merit their price on condition and wot side the steering wheel is on,correct in saying that,it's personal preference,if I wanted a left hooker it would be a mustang with a proper v8 in it , but I don't want one at the moment
 
There are rust free cars - I have one, and I know Rob G has two. But I grant you that's a rare occurrence.

If you are in the UK, a RHD car in the same condition as a LHD will command a premium. A good LHD car versus a rough RHD is going to be the much better buy - or many reasons.

My tuppence...
 
There are great cars all over the world but I know where Sean is coming from. Don't forget in the States until very recently Zs were seen as college kid cars and values were accordingly low. When you could pick up a perfectly useable running driving car for just a few $k there was no incentive or sense to restore a car to anywhere near perfection. The only exception being a personal project with more sentimental value to the restorer than any financial concern for the end value.

That said there will always be true survivors, genuine original low mileage cars that are the holy grail for some ( me included ) and there will be a lot more of those cars in the States than anywhere else by definition ie sheer weight of numbers originally shipped there and the superior climate. Holy grail yes, but inferior factory spec. Can be brought up to Euro. spec of course but pay your money, takes your choice.

Now values are much higher on both sides of the pond it is economically viable to take more time and care over work and consequently we should be seeing more and more nicely restored cars appearing. This does seem to be the case and can only be a good thing going forward.
 
Over the last ten or more years we have been seeing the standard of the U.K. Zeds get better and better,you very rarely see an old Zed that's waiting to be done up like you did in the nineties,although one reason being there ain't as many but wot you do see is generally tidy ,in the us they have been a bit of a Colt car in a lot of states,in Dalas alone I think something like 16,000 Zeds were sold ,they were at one time the best selling sports car,think it's some sort of Toyota now ?
 
You're posting a lot considering you're on holiday Status, rain keeping you indoors ?
Get that surfboard strapped to the Subaru roof and go and dip yer toes in the Atlantic.
Don't suppose you put that gearbox in the boot this time ?
 
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