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BS (Book price to car Sales price) Ratio
260 Cobra: $1,000,000
Cobra Book: $3,000
BS Ratio: 1:333
289 MKII: $100,000 (why not, it's easier)
BON: $3,000 (see above)
BS Ratio: 1:30
I'd say the Cobra book has greater potential investment upside.
DD (CA)
BS (Book price to car Sales price) Ratio
260 Cobra: $1,000,000
Cobra Book: $3,000
BS Ratio: 1:333
289 MKII: $100,000 (why not, it's easier)
BON: $3,000 (see above)
BS Ratio: 1:30
I'd say the Cobra book has greater potential investment upside.
DD (CA)
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cobra prices
if you can afford a REAL cobra (they start at a quarter million $) verses a tiger thirty thousand for a turn key car... you do the math
if you can afford a REAL cobra (they start at a quarter million $) verses a tiger thirty thousand for a turn key car... you do the math
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i really dont see where people are paying 3K for the book.. i suspect its all a shill. For those who are paying 1500... well that's your choice. For that i'd be buying original and rare bits for the car.
i love these cars, they are not an investment for me, neither are the associated bits that can go with them. I will say one thing on the "investment" potential. im 34, i know of about 5 or 6 other younger guys in AU that are really into Tigers, some dont own one some do. In 20 years the marque will face a turning point. The generation that knew them when new will be gone, you will have kids who inherit them who will continue on, and some will not be interested. The only way values will maintain.. is if we get younger people interested.
I am happy that there seems to be more guys in the states and UK that appreciate the cars.. but then again, there are more people and cars there.. but you have to look at this as a hobby.. not an investment. If they were 250GTO's, D-types, Astons they will always have interest.... and the marques still exist.. Sunbeams are obscure and getting more so... funnily enough the Get Smart series has probably done more for the marque than almost anything.
If you want to interest in the cars to survive.. get them out to shows, turn up in good numbers, support those who race them in historics and generally get them in the public eye....
just my .02
i love these cars, they are not an investment for me, neither are the associated bits that can go with them. I will say one thing on the "investment" potential. im 34, i know of about 5 or 6 other younger guys in AU that are really into Tigers, some dont own one some do. In 20 years the marque will face a turning point. The generation that knew them when new will be gone, you will have kids who inherit them who will continue on, and some will not be interested. The only way values will maintain.. is if we get younger people interested.
I am happy that there seems to be more guys in the states and UK that appreciate the cars.. but then again, there are more people and cars there.. but you have to look at this as a hobby.. not an investment. If they were 250GTO's, D-types, Astons they will always have interest.... and the marques still exist.. Sunbeams are obscure and getting more so... funnily enough the Get Smart series has probably done more for the marque than almost anything.
If you want to interest in the cars to survive.. get them out to shows, turn up in good numbers, support those who race them in historics and generally get them in the public eye....
just my .02
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Randy.. you better be giving panel advice and install tips.. i dont mind you looking out over me..
As for the other offer.. bob .. you already follow me from forum to forum.. emails .. PM's .. you still persisting with your contact after you drop off...I dont know which is more disturbing...
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eBay prices
I'd be very skeptical about some of the high prices for "sales" on eBay, both on the BON and on Tigers. While I was looking for a Tiger last year, more than once I'd drop out of the eBay bidding at my budget price of $25,000, the car would then have 2 or 3 other bidders run it up to 30k or more, usually in the last 2 minutes. Then, a day or so (and once only about 15 minutes) after the bidding ended the seller would send me a "second chance offer" and say that the top bidder(s) turned out to be a fraudulent bidder(s), their bid(s) were canceled, and I was the new top bidder, and I could buy the car for the top bid price. Usually gave only 24 hrs to make a decision. It seemed obvious that the sellers were using shills to run up the prices - and my contention was, if the top bidders were fraudulent and I was the highest real bidder, shouldn't I get the car for MY top bid, not theirs? I went to look at one of the cars that was local and it turned out to be a real piece of junk, the pictures that had been posted with the auction looked like they'd been taken at least 10 years and a ton of wear and tear previous. I passed on all those offers and wound up contacting a seller on a really nice project car that didn't meet reserve and buying it for a couple grand over what the top bid was.
SO, don't believe all you see on eBay as actual selling prices!
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I'd be very skeptical about some of the high prices for "sales" on eBay, both on the BON and on Tigers. While I was looking for a Tiger last year, more than once I'd drop out of the eBay bidding at my budget price of $25,000, the car would then have 2 or 3 other bidders run it up to 30k or more, usually in the last 2 minutes. Then, a day or so (and once only about 15 minutes) after the bidding ended the seller would send me a "second chance offer" and say that the top bidder(s) turned out to be a fraudulent bidder(s), their bid(s) were canceled, and I was the new top bidder, and I could buy the car for the top bid price. Usually gave only 24 hrs to make a decision. It seemed obvious that the sellers were using shills to run up the prices - and my contention was, if the top bidders were fraudulent and I was the highest real bidder, shouldn't I get the car for MY top bid, not theirs? I went to look at one of the cars that was local and it turned out to be a real piece of junk, the pictures that had been posted with the auction looked like they'd been taken at least 10 years and a ton of wear and tear previous. I passed on all those offers and wound up contacting a seller on a really nice project car that didn't meet reserve and buying it for a couple grand over what the top bid was.
SO, don't believe all you see on eBay as actual selling prices!
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Michael,
you're assuming i'm the only person that gets on these forums using this wireless. the entire family is sunbeam mad. there are a couple others including one that grew up behind the seats of a beam, that may not agree with the views of others. in fact he just added another to the family several months back.
Michael,
you're assuming i'm the only person that gets on these forums using this wireless. the entire family is sunbeam mad. there are a couple others including one that grew up behind the seats of a beam, that may not agree with the views of others. in fact he just added another to the family several months back.