M & W 550 going under the hammer

RichiRich · Post by **RichiRich** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:09 pm

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C103246/

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:10 pm

Estimate seems quite low. Appears to have all the right bits.

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:13 pm

i'm very seriously contemplating bidding, have I missed anything??

shambly · Post by **shambly** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:29 pm

craigvmax wrote:i'm very seriously contemplating bidding, have I missed anything??

It is unclear whether the car is still registered as the donor Porsche 914 - Back in 71 it might have been described as a Porsche 2-axle sports or something like that which you'd get away with but your insurance company / police may not be comfortable with that if you ever had an accident / insurance claim and it got looked into.

This is solvable if it is the case and if it bothered you - technically only with an IVA test - but i've heard of cases where they have changed the V5 description with proof the car was built prior to the introduction of SVA.

Having said all this, I'd like to pick up an old knacked speedster replica that is cheap and correctly registered for my ultimate build (but avoiding SVA/IVA!!)

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:11 pm

would ideally like to put fuchs on it, I just love them.

That should go reasonably well with a 2.4 webbered engine shouldnt it.

Where should I stop the bidding and be sensible chaps?

:D

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:12 pm

also are the m&w kits regarded well?

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:09 pm

I'm sure I've seen similar spec's at 5 figure sums.

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:17 pm

craigvmax wrote:also are the m&w kits regarded well?

I think so - barrie is a member on here - they also make a cracking 904GTS rep which I would have tomorrow if I could afford it.

Have a look at the website - the site itself isn't wonderful but there's a lot of good pictures there

http://www.904gts.co.uk/

shambly · Post by **shambly** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:45 am

craigvmax wrote:also are the m&w kits regarded well?

Yes they are great cars, although at 6ft 1in i can't fit into either of my friends M&Ws. Plenty of room in my speedster though

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:08 pm

ah ok, thanks for the info, will let you know how I get on!

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:50 pm

well a lot of interest there, it went for £17,250.

My max was lower than that so I didnt bid. nice car for somebody!

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:08 pm

craigvmax wrote:well a lot of interest there, it went for £17,250.

My max was lower than that so I didnt bid. nice car for somebody!

Crikey that is a lot! Can you not buy a new one off them cheaper than that?

RichiRich · Post by **RichiRich** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:45 am

964RS wrote:
craigvmax wrote:well a lot of interest there, it went for £17,250.

My max was lower than that so I didnt bid. nice car for somebody!
Crikey that is a lot! Can you not buy a new one off them cheaper than that?

I wouldn't think so with Porsche parts under it.

craigvmax · Post by **craigvmax** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:51 am

yeah its actually registered on v5 as a porsche too