GVP 294N for sale £6000

marina1300coupe · Post by **marina1300coupe** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:04 am

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/det ... ina/112979

description states 'never used in the rain', easier said than done, surely we have all got caught out at some time, even if a vehicle has not yet been driven for 5000 miles. Weather forecast looks good this morning so my Marina is being taken on a shopping trip, that forecast had better be correct.

Ian

DrSebWilkes · Post by **DrSebWilkes** » Mon May 23, 2016 7:11 am

Just to be brutally honest, these have been seen for sale for a long time with the good reason is that these cars are ... a tad ... overpriced.

timspencer · Post by **timspencer** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:09 pm

I guess any car is worth what your prepared to pay for it, also with a car like that you cant really use it, as with such low miles its a museum piece, I would love to own it though as its as near to a new Marina as you can get!

DrSebWilkes · Post by **DrSebWilkes** » Mon May 23, 2016 1:22 pm

timspencer wrote:I guess any car is worth what your prepared to pay for it, also with a car like that you cant really use it, as with such low miles its a museum piece, I would love to own it though as its as near to a new Marina as you can get!

Of course, I'd love to own that too! And true, it is basically a museum piece. But, then (this is just me here, no offence intended to anyone) I would buy a Jaguar XJS if I had £6000.

Post by **balmy** » Mon May 23, 2016 2:44 pm

I reckon my special is as good though has 'high' miles - just gone over 20k.

lock1506 · Post by **lock1506** » Mon May 23, 2016 5:53 pm

This is an old advert, belonged to a very good friend of mine known to the club but he sold it well over a year ago. Think it went somewhere in the midlands so defo not in Sunderland anymore. Still had paper stickers on parts underneath.

JubileeNut · Post by **JubileeNut** » Mon May 23, 2016 8:33 pm

Just to be brutally honest, these have been seen for sale for a long time with the good reason is that these cars are ... a tad ... overpriced.

Its not over priced! Just waiting the right buyer.
That car is one of the best and a genuine car. The original price it was up for was still a bargain.
If you ever have to fork out cash to restore a car you soon begin to appreciate how cheap and original a car is!
The TC coupe is also a very good buy at the price it probably would cost double the money to get it looking that way provided you can find the parts that is.
I had a long conversation with Adrian Flux and Lancaster insurance about values.
Adrian Flux lost my custom because of it and then tried to pay me back more on the cancelled policy to gain back ground as a good will gesture! Mainly as I was also going to cancel the other car I had insured with them, still will change when expires.
Lancaster reduced my agreed valuation and then said it was an error and put it back to £15K
They agree it is a hard car to replace like for like.
Not saying I would get 15K for it but to replace or restore another you will need all of that cash. So 6K to 8K a steal.
There are loads of other good cars cheaper but if you want a fully restored show winner or a very good original then you pay more for it.

Well that's me done

david painter · Post by **david painter** » Mon May 23, 2016 9:01 pm

I agree entirely you can soon spend serious money restoring a car. Even if you arn't forking out for someone else's labour. How often do you see the advert that reads £ 15k spent on restoration on a car that advertised for less than 10k, even on some quite exotic metal. Once you have paid the Ford Tax you don't get much for £6K the cars were no better than a lot of BL tin when new
Dave

marina12 · Post by **marina12** » Mon May 23, 2016 9:22 pm

I have priced up a few options and it soon goes up- however for a keeper it would be worth it. Even maintaining modern cars as I want seems pricey- properly (over?) maintained and therefore minimal problems. Things like specifying OE replacement heated screen rather than pattern. Always prefer well maintained but not necessarily dent free or same colour. Same with Marinas years ago. Marvel at concors cars e.g. Goodwood FOS classics last year.

pickup-16v · Post by **pickup-16v** » Tue May 24, 2016 6:41 am

I don't think it's price bad at all I've just finished my marina full resoration with many custom work and my budget went over what hes asking and this was just on parts without paying labour as I did all work myself so if your into older generation cars and have no skills to do work yourself you would be looking 20k to have a stunning original that could easily be a show winner

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