[ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera
Glen Wilson
rovercar at comcast.net
Fri Jul 28 16:01:18 BST 2006
"That's a little over $15k USD and I would not think that unreasonable
for a really nice P5, although I suspect there is more demand for them
in Australia than in the UK."
That should have read USA, not UK. I think there's sufficient demand for
P5's in the UK!
Glen Wilson
http://stores.ebay.com/EasyAuctionServicesPA
A bit of this, a bit of that...
Glen Wilson wrote:
> That's a little over $15k USD and I would not think that unreasonable
> for a really nice P5, although I suspect there is more demand for them
> in Australia than in the UK. I think that number is above "market
> value" (in the USA, there isn't really a market value because too few
> change hands), but $15k USD is not an astronomical figure for any car
> that is in really nice shape. I don't have $15k, but lots of other
> people do. I think that falls into the region where if you got the
> cash, just get what you like. When you get above $25,000 for a typical
> 50-60-70's Rover, that's getting a bit obscene. My opinion is that you
> can by a very, very nice Rover in the USA for between $4,000 and
> $7,000 USD and often much less, if you are patient. That would be a
> car that has a nice original interior, decent paint, no rust and
> roadworthy. Of course, you can't restore a car that's really gone for
> that kind of money.
>
> And, as many of us know, two or three or four Rovers are sometimes
> cheaper than one Rover when someone is under pressure from a spouse or
> the executor of an estate!
>
> ;-)
>
> Glen
>
> Glen Wilson
> http://stores.ebay.com/EasyAuctionServicesPA
> A bit of this, a bit of that...
>
>
>
> Winchester, Miles wrote:
>> In reply to Glens comment. I am aware of two P5B coupes that have
>> sold this
>> year around the A$20,000 mark. One was at auction that still required
>> addition work to bring IT back to original condition.
>> Miles
>> VDP
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
>> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf Of Paul Smith
>> Sent: Friday, 28 July 2006 15:13
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera
>>
>>
>> (unless I give up on this infernal wiring harness.)
>>
>> Either P5B coupes were Vastly different to other Rovers (I haven't owned
>> one, had P4 and P6), or Kent fails to see the consistency.
>>
>> PVS
>>
>>
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