The seller phoned me back yesterday and asked if I still wanted to see it, a bit of prodding later and he had a sale but it fell through, so weather permitting I'm going to have a look tomorrow (I'm not into viewing old Fords in the rain, although when I was younger that was always a good time to sell them
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Very good find Mike, but a bit far for me to travel at the moment, if not I'd be going to look at that first TBH at half the asking price of the other one.
Capri prices are all over the place at the moment, but the asking price is always just that, when you point to the example I posted in the top section of the board about the lowish mileage 2.8 special that went through Kings Lynn classic auction for £8800 including the buyers and sellers premiums plus VAT the seller ended up with just over £6500 in his pocket, and that's with some pretty heavy duty buyers in the room, since then it's been through at least 2 dealers and been marked up to £15k, but to my knowledge hasn't sold yet, so I think the vast majority of cars that are advertised are being done so with sellers asking what they think the market will stand, but the fact that they're still for sale means that the buyers aren't in general interested at those prices, and market price is being artificially driven, I suspect that more examples are being sold for sensible money by word of mouth rather than by feeding Ebays pockets.
Having driven a BMW E30 325 today (sadly not for sale), I can honestly say that despite me always having had a Capri in the garage if I don't find the right car soon at sensible money I'll just walk away from "the scene" and buy a nice E30, cheaper to buy, parts are sensible money, and resale values are I think set to rise, similarly the Mk1 is even in danger as we speak, greedy parts sellers who call themselves "enthusiasts" out to make a nice tax free living are trying to drive up prices, good luck to them, as much as I love my Capri's I know what I can sell the Mk1 for, and my stockpile of parts for, and what that money would buy outside of a "scene" driven by greedy unregistered traders, it's getting to the point where people are being priced out, luckily I'm in a position not to be, but I know when it's time to walk away and find something which represents better value, and that time is getting very near.
Saturday night rant over
) last year, had a bit happen healthwise which knocked me off my feet for a while, but I'm back, and still looking.
