1800: - How much!!! - Page 2

sleek lemur · May 4th, 2020, 17:35

I also think that for £90k, it would have been nice to include bonnet and trunk sound insulation and badge for the front grille. That interior is horrible ! Looks like a pimp's car from Starsky and Hutch!

I paid £28k for my 1800E, which has had a bare shell restoration on a rotisserie. I bought it from DK Classic Cars in Denmark. It's RHD and a very interesting colour (turquoise). I received tens of photos of the car HOWEVER.....on arrival there were many annoying issues with the car (poor synchromesh on third In a "rebuilt" gearbox, leaky injectors, missing gutter chrome, radiator had been sprayed black and chucked back in the car without rebuilding. The company did refund me £1,000 and to be fair they said that if I could get the car to them they would correct any problems. Since then 123GT has found a few other howlers, but basically in the end I'm happy with the car.

If you have any car fully restored by a specialist for restoration, it's bound to cost you £60k, so for £28k (-£1k!), I'm relatively happy.

But £90k ? Yes, it does look a bit like a customer restoration that hasn't been collected.

May 4th, 2020, 17:35	#11
sleek lemur Senior Member Last Online: Dec 29th, 2022 11:47 Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Thorndon, near Eye, Suffolk, England	I also think that for £90k, it would have been nice to include bonnet and trunk sound insulation and badge for the front grille. That interior is horrible ! Looks like a pimp's car from Starsky and Hutch! I paid £28k for my 1800E, which has had a bare shell restoration on a rotisserie. I bought it from DK Classic Cars in Denmark. It's RHD and a very interesting colour (turquoise). I received tens of photos of the car HOWEVER.....on arrival there were many annoying issues with the car (poor synchromesh on third In a "rebuilt" gearbox, leaky injectors, missing gutter chrome, radiator had been sprayed black and chucked back in the car without rebuilding. The company did refund me £1,000 and to be fair they said that if I could get the car to them they would correct any problems. Since then 123GT has found a few other howlers, but basically in the end I'm happy with the car. If you have any car fully restored by a specialist for restoration, it's bound to cost you £60k, so for £28k (-£1k!), I'm relatively happy. But £90k ? Yes, it does look a bit like a customer restoration that hasn't been collected.

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