Capri prices

[Jasonmarie]

So as I buy and sell on eBay I also watch the cars that come up for sale , we know the 3.0 Capri on The Market web site sold £22.5k the other week and also another 3.0 S sold on eBay for £24.1k so the prices are still going up . But I also noticed this
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/mot ... ssic-cars/

So I wonder when things will level out

[andyd]

I was reading that link earlier, it appears the Capri is just as popular as it has been in the past.

Some models make good money some hang around for months. I think you have to price your car accordingly and not think that just because it's a Capri it will sell for X amount.

My car has a £20k agreed value, but how many would actually pay that for it

[Andrew 2.8i]

Are you back then, Jason?
I thought you'd taken the Mother-in-law to the beach at Clacton-on-Sea....

Andrew.

[Caprigear]

From where I'm looking there are far too many people paying out ludicrous amounts of money for what are at best mediocre cars. They pile in without doing the proper research and more often than not end up investing in a money pit.
People see this and they think there car is worth thousands more than it actually is, this is very true of the lower end cars, the "projects", barn finds etc. These will almost certainly cost far more in the long run to make good than actually buying a nice car in the first place.
I am constantly gobsmacked by prices asked and quite often paid for cars, when you think of the money spent on some occasions especially for questionable cars it is quite laughable.

[Peter-S]

From where I'm looking there are far too many people paying out ludicrous amounts of money for what are at best mediocre cars. They pile in without doing the proper research and more often than not end up investing in a money pit.
People see this and they think there car is worth thousands more than it actually is, this is very true of the lower end cars, the "projects", barn finds etc. These will almost certainly cost far more in the long run to make good than actually buying a nice car in the first place.
I am constantly gobsmacked by prices asked and quite often paid for cars, when you think of the money spent on some occasions especially for questionable cars it is quite laughable.

You seem to be describing this one that I saw the other day

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-capri-2 ... SwHv1eyhTn

I laughed at the start price but it seems to have some interest but then it can be worth '£40k+' if restored right! Perhaps I should place a bid after all

[Jasonmarie]

Andy
Yes I think you should add another 5k on that price as it would cost you that to replace .

Andrew
I thought she was having her hoildays at your place also last time she went on a beach , green peace was called in to get her back in the sea

Martin
Totally agree mate

Peter
What a mess it must need 20k of parts .

I did read that the pinto is the most sort after Capri after a book out last year mentions the pinto engine being the best in the world

[Caprigear]

From where I'm looking there are far too many people paying out ludicrous amounts of money for what are at best mediocre cars. They pile in without doing the proper research and more often than not end up investing in a money pit.
People see this and they think there car is worth thousands more than it actually is, this is very true of the lower end cars, the "projects", barn finds etc. These will almost certainly cost far more in the long run to make good than actually buying a nice car in the first place.
I am constantly gobsmacked by prices asked and quite often paid for cars, when you think of the money spent on some occasions especially for questionable cars it is quite laughable.

You seem to be describing this one that I saw the other day

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-capri-2 ... SwHv1eyhTn

I laughed at the start price but it seems to have some interest but then it can be worth '£40k+' if restored right! Perhaps I should place a bid after all

I'm not particularly thinking of a specific car but there are certainly a great many that are doing the rounds that are quite simply way overpriced and will require even more money sunk into them after purchase. I love the Capri but some of the prices I see being asked for very average cars I have to ask, Why?

[Not_Anumber]

Sorry, couldn't resist winding up that bloke.
" Hi, this sounds very exciting as an opportunity the way you have presented it . Please do you have any links to prove an Injection Capri could be worth £ 40k potentially. Also do you know any specialist workshops that could take this one and how much their daily rate is ? "

In a quiet moment its great fun to tie bullshitters up in knots . Almost as much fun as telling cold callers to ring me in ten mins on a different number and ask for Mr Lyons (at London Zoo)

[aikmanmosquito]

The reason people are asking silly money for cars , is simply greed!!! I am convinced that once upon a time when this mental Ford pricing nonsense began someone somewhere had a very nice car that someone badly wanted and paid them top money for it, then every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks their Capri, Escort etc is worth mega money!!!! It ruins a good hobby for those of us who don't have bottomless pits of money!! I'd also read somewhere that the people who usually invest in fine art and watches have now taken an interest in classic cars and it is these people who are forcing the prices so unrealistically high! I'm also into Military vehicles and have a 45 MB, and the prices of WW2 Jeeps is hitting daft money also! Everyone thinks that if they own a classic car, it's a quick trip to being rich! Old cars are to be driven and enjoyed, not stuck away to make money!!

[A17 LTF]

From where I'm looking there are far too many people paying out ludicrous amounts of money for what are at best mediocre cars. They pile in without doing the proper research and more often than not end up investing in a money pit.
People see this and they think there car is worth thousands more than it actually is, this is very true of the lower end cars, the "projects", barn finds etc. These will almost certainly cost far more in the long run to make good than actually buying a nice car in the first place.
I am constantly gobsmacked by prices asked and quite often paid for cars, when you think of the money spent on some occasions especially for questionable cars it is quite laughable.

You seem to be describing this one that I saw the other day

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-capri-2 ... SwHv1eyhTn

I laughed at the start price but it seems to have some interest but then it can be worth '£40k+' if restored right! Perhaps I should place a bid after all

This one i think was posted about on facebook where it was dragged out of a field with other cars. Looks pretty rotten from the top so underneath i wonder what its hiding.

[andyd]

The reason people are asking silly money for cars , is simply greed!!! I am convinced that once upon a time when this mental Ford pricing nonsense began someone somewhere had a very nice car that someone badly wanted and paid them top money for it, then every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks their Capri, Escort etc is worth mega money!!!! It ruins a good hobby for those of us who don't have bottomless pits of money!! I'd also read somewhere that the people who usually invest in fine art and watches have now taken an interest in classic cars and it is these people who are forcing the prices so unrealistically high! I'm also into Military vehicles and have a 45 MB, and the prices of WW2 Jeeps is hitting daft money also! Everyone thinks that if they own a classic car, it's a quick trip to being rich! Old cars are to be driven and enjoyed, not stuck away to make money!!

When I bought my 4 speed 2.8 from a dealer in 2014, I know he had put about 4k on what he paid the previous owner, but the car was original and I thought ok I'll buy it part exing against it.
Due to lack of use and a few other issues I sold it back to the same dealer about a year later. They asked me what i wanted for it so considering they were going to collect the car from me I told them a figure that was £850 less than when I bought it, and thinking they would probably put £1000 on it to sell it on again. I was shocked to see an asking price of £7k over what they paid me and then dropping about 2k a week or so later the car then sold I presume.

So to me 2014 onwards was the time certain Capri prices shot up. You don't see many good 2.8 under 15k now!

[aikmanmosquito]

Proving my point about sheer greed!!!

[aikmanmosquito]

Proving my point about sheer greed!!!

[Caprifan Rob]

You don't see many good 2.8 under 15k now!

For Sale, Grey 2.8i ..

Pretty surprised by this as I don't look at prices, just happy to own one. Everyone knows a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay but a quick look on car and classic at escort prices shows RS2000s in decent condition at £25k. Exceptional ones £35/40k and really special collector ones at £100k.
Have no idea who pays those prices for an old escort but someone is as they're all priced around the same. By that reckoning Capris are way under priced
The good thing is that most of us who own them on here are probably up on the values we paid for them which can only be a good thing

[andyd]

You don't see many good 2.8 under 15k now!

For Sale, Grey 2.8i ..

Pretty surprised by this as I don't look at prices, just happy to own one. Everyone knows a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay but a quick look on car and classic at escort prices shows RS2000s in decent condition at £25k. Exceptional ones £35/40k and really special collector ones at £100k.
Have no idea who pays those prices for an old escort but someone is as they're all priced around the same. By that reckoning Capris are way under priced
The good thing is that most of us who own them on here are probably up on the values we paid for them which can only be a good thing

I don't get the Escort thing either Rob Capri is much better imo, (But Escort fans probably say the same about the Capri )

For what it's worth I keep the agreed value as high as possible

[andyd]

Proving my point about sheer greed!!!

It only takes one dealer to sell at an over inflated price, then many dealers/private sellers over estimate their cars

[Andrew 2.8i]

The good thing is that most of us who own them on here are probably up on the values we paid for them which can only be a good thing

The Capri is the only car I've ever owned that I won't lose money on if I ever decide to sell. I've got no plans at the moment though, regardless of how high the prices go.

Andrew.

[ESSEXV6ESSEX]

Always interesting isn't it prices. Everything sells on eBay to someone at some time. I have seen a lot of difference between web sites and owners alike for similar cars. I would agree with Martin and would go on to say any car below 5-7k you can put AT least another 20k on that for restoration, so if there's a mint car up at 25k it kind of makes sense to buy it, thing is you can only see, feel and sniff out so much, at least if you've seen the resto you know it's pitfalls or where there are issues to rectify later. The other issues are trusting your restorer and not having a small wallet with big ideas. I think prices have shrunk from where they were but it's hard to say as no two cars are the same. I'd love to see prices drop so the working man's ferrari or whatever they call it come back to being the working man's car, the only way this could happen is when owners reach an age where they can't drive or die and the younger generation aren't interested then the middle ages can have plentiful working man's ferraris. That and electric which will never affect classics in my eyes, the prefab didn't get rid of cathedrals.

[Jasonmarie]

Talking prices this caught my eye tonight , at first I thought that’s nice and very yellow then the true picture was there , I am apologise first if this is your car but one thing I was always taught was studie the picture .
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124208727237


Here’s the picture and to me somebody has given this Capr a quick blow over as many of us are discussing, as the garage floor is a nice yellow I mean there’s any one bloke we know who pants his garage floor the same as the car

[D366Y]

Always interesting isn't it prices. Everything sells on eBay to someone at some time. I have seen a lot of difference between web sites and owners alike for similar cars. I would agree with Martin and would go on to say any car below 5-7k you can put AT least another 20k on that for restoration, so if there's a mint car up at 25k it kind of makes sense to buy it, thing is you can only see, feel and sniff out so much, at least if you've seen the resto you know it's pitfalls or where there are issues to rectify later. The other issues are trusting your restorer and not having a small wallet with big ideas. I think prices have shrunk from where they were but it's hard to say as no two cars are the same. I'd love to see prices drop so the working man's ferrari or whatever they call it come back to being the working man's car, the only way this could happen is when owners reach an age where they can't drive or die and the younger generation aren't interested then the middle ages can have plentiful working man's ferraris. That and electric which will never affect classics in my eyes, the prefab didn't get rid of cathedrals.

I hope this is what comes to pass, rather than those older people stop driving/die and whoever inherits the car to sell it then cashes in on it rather than being sold cheap!