Very exciting BAT auction of a Vintage Motorcars built Speedster just concluded with a price of $83,000. I think it's now the record.
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Holy Carp!!! Welp, my car is going up on BaT soon, so we'll see what happens.
That's quite insane money if you ask me. I just purchased mine for 51K that's similarly equipped and given all the problems I have with the car, I would really be pissed if I'd spent 83K, plus the buyers fee.
Jason
Congrats Roy! I know I love mine.
@JasonC posted:That's quite insane money if you ask me. I just purchased mine for 51K that's similarly equipped and given all the problems I have with the car, I would really be pissed if I'd spent 83K, plus the buyers fee.
Jason
You should sell, if you feel that way. A thing is worth what a buyer and seller agree it's worth. An auction is an excellent way to establish value.
I don't know why Roy doesn't order these a dozen at a time with the way prices are going/staying. I bet his wholesale price is going to go up too!
80K replicas ....
I think the price of real ones are helping drive the price of replicas up.
@Troy Sloan posted:Very exciting BAT auction of a Vintage Motorcars built Speedster just concluded with a price of $83,000. I think it's now the record.
Awesome. Lovin' mine!
@Troy Sloan posted:Very exciting BAT auction of a Vintage Motorcars built Speedster just concluded with a price of $83,000. I think it's now the record.
The only 356 replica I see at a higher auction price is a 2002 Intermeccanica Convertible D that sold for $86,500. That said, this sale at $83k is the new high water mark for a speedster.
@Cartod posted:I think the price of real ones are helping drive the price of replicas up.
I think the price of EVERYTHING (especially things with wheels) is driving the prices up.
It's a strange time to be alive.
incomprehensible. I need to speak to my ins co about agreed value.
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@Stan Galat posted:....I think the price of EVERYTHING (especially things with wheels) is driving the prices up...
Ayup.
Currently on BAT (with days still to go on most):
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My Auratium Green with Bisque interior VMC with less than 200 miles has been accepted by BAT. It doesn't have the under the dash e-brake and it has the 1915cc engine rather than the 2332cc, but it's stunning nevertheless. There are a few pictures of it on my website www.replicaspeedsters.com.
As I've said in other threads, the driving force behind Speedster replica values is the two year wait for a new one and also the auction sites formats. Nobody wants to wait two years if they can get a nice used one overnight.
@JasonC - what issues are you having?
@NeenahSpeedster posted:@JasonC - what issues are you having?
@Troy Sloan Good Luck on the sale. Car looks very nice.
Wonder where my outlaw build w/ the tube frame & Mendeola etc. will land .....
It might be a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see a VMC build hit the six figure mark this year. I can tell you that if Greg decided to sell his personal Speedster it will sell for more than 100k. Just to be clear, as far as I know, he has no plans to sell it.
The last few Vintage Motorcar Speedsters sold for: $83k, $60k, $66k, and $60k.
…..guess it just depends on who’s on the site at the time. It just requires two people. (That and photography). If I were to sell my car on BaT, I’d definitely invest in a great photographer. Cars with stunning photography and videos seem to pull in quite a sum.
What I find hilarious (and sad) are the posers calling their speedsters “vintage motorcar” speedsters just to capitalize on the high selling price of the VMC cars.
That is a crazy price. I thought I'd be happy to get that much for my IM6, but I guess the limit has just been raised.
@Kevin - Bay Area posted:What I find hilarious (and sad) are the posers calling their speedsters “vintage motorcar” speedsters just to capitalize on the high selling price of the VMC cars.
Yes they try, but they get corrected very quickly. There are too many of us who know the difference.
@Troy Sloan posted:It might be a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see a VMC build hit the six figure mark this year. I can tell you that if Greg decided to sell his personal Speedster it will sell for more than 100k. Just to be clear, as far as I know, he has no plans to sell it.
Any details about Greg's Speedster? A couple of pics, maybe???
Sorry, I was starting to drool over it and had to move away without getting a picture.
@Troy Sloan posted:Sorry, I was starting to drool over it and had to move away without getting a picture.
@Troy Sloan must be special for you to drool having seen so many of his work. 😎👍😂
This is not the car that sold for 83k, it's pictures of Greg Leach's personal Speedster that I believe would sell for at least 100k if it was for sale, but it isn't, at least as far as I know.
As it turns out, Sally took a few pictures of Greg's car. Here they are. Suby motor and look closely at his interior, the piping matches the seats! Stunning!!! 
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Very nice. Looks like Bali Blue.
That’s gorgeous!
Pretty slick! And thanks Troy.
The holes in the engine and trunk lid hinges were a nice touch, although in the engine lid hinges they could have been a little bigger... ; )
@Troy Sloan posted:As it turns out, Sally took a few pictures of his car. Here they are. Suby motor and look closely at his interior, the piping matches the seats! Stunning!!!
If I recall correctly, Fibersteel creates seats just like that for our cars. (In any color).
I don’t know if Greg used Fibersteel or has his own contact for those seats.
@Kevin - Bay Area I used Relicate for my seat inserts. Awesome products and service. https://relicate.com/
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@MikeM posted:@Kevin - Bay Area I used Relicate for my seat inserts. Awesome products and service. https://relicate.com/
@MikeM nice link. Thanks for the share.
I'm not a fan of plaid, so there is that. The rest is outrageous. And look, he has coco mats!!
@Kevin - Bay Area posted:The only 356 replica I see at a higher auction price is a 2002 Intermeccanica Convertible D that sold for $86,500. That said, this sale at $83k is the new high water mark for a speedster.
That 2002 IM was @Will Pierson 's IM. He sold it to @Rusty S Rust Smith. Rusty had it for a few years adding some nice upgrades (2110cc engine, Rancho trans with close ratio gearing, VMC 190 wheels, etc.). Rusty then subsequently sold the car to the person who eventually sold it on BAT with winning bid of $85K.
When @El Frazoo came out to one of our West Coast Cruises, Will let Kelly drive the IM while Will drove his '86 Carrera to the drove it to the West Coast Cruise.
If I remember correctly, when Will Pierson bought his IM in 2002 he picked it up in Vancouver at Henry's shop and joined the annual Intermeccanica Picnic Tour. He paid $28K for the car at the time.
Plaid. It is just. Bad.
Otherwise, gorgeous car.
The only time I like plaid is in Spaceballs.
i'd sure be curious to see photos of that $83K speedster to see what set it apart from others to claim a new record sale....it could be just simply 2 guys that wanted it more than the other...it happens makes me wanna throw my car up on the block and see the bidding war that develops....but i'm not quite ready to see it go away
@jncspyder posted:i'd sure be curious to see photos of that $83K speedster to see what set it apart from others to claim a new record sale....it could be just simply 2 guys that wanted it more than the other...it happens makes me wanna throw my car up on the block and see the bidding war that develops....but i'm not quite ready to see it go away
@Chappy posted:
@jncspyder posted:i'd sure be curious to see photos of that $83K speedster to see what set it apart from others to claim a new record sale....it could be just simply 2 guys that wanted it more than the other...it happens makes me wanna throw my car up on the block and see the bidding war that develops....but i'm not quite ready to see it go away
@jncspyder Look at the comments section of the BAT auction. Two guys bidding is why I started this thread by saying it was an exciting BAT auction.
Here’s a new one up for auction. Let’s see what it does.
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auc...=email%20blast%20car
@Cartod posted:Here’s a new one up for auction. Let’s see what it does.
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auc...=email%20blast%20car
And another. If you don't want a two year wait and are prepared to pay up, there sure seems to be 1 or 2 new or low mileage ones available quite regularly.
@WNGD isn’t that Longfellows 356 Speedster that he built for himself?
I don’t recall that one being a “Vintage Motorcars” speedsters. But perhaps?