Speedster sold on 'bring-a-trailer'

[Phil Parry]

Interesting one. I think the buyer did extremely well in today's market!

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-p ... speedster/

[Winston Teague]

I really liked this one, and another Ivory '57 Speedster that went on ebay last year for same price. This one was spot on: Honestly faulty, on the button, utterly fab. Buy it, spend some time driving up to NY, ship it home RORO, drive it a lot, and once bored of this, easy cheap fix up, repeat. Bondo in the floors doesn't matter: its MOT exempt anyway.....ah well....W

[Phil Parry]

Absolutely! I have a habit of buying complete projects. Sometimes, just something you can drive and not worry too much about seems the right way to go....

[simon james]

Agreed! I have normally bought stripped down "basket cases" and spent years restoring!

I have a ratty old AFN supplied RHD BT6, which splits people's opinions. Some say restore, others say drive as is! Original interior, worn carpets and poor 40 year old re-spray from light ivory to silver! Jump in, go anywhere and upset the Gucci loafer shiny paint on lawn brigade.....
That speedster though cost more than my house is worth!

[Winston Teague]

Indeed Simon, as usual it was just pointless window shopping for me! W

[kvinyl]

It was very interesting when it was stuck on $80k for the majority of the auction...I didn't even have a fraction of that available but was still putting serious thought and effort to see where I could get it from...even the bank manager could see the value in a circa $80k speedster

[pauldvern]

I watched this with great interest too. I was ready to sell my A coupe when it was stuck around £80K but alas £200K was too much for my dreaming. I would have bought it and driven it, well maybe fixed the floor.


Paul