Mint!!!!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:55 pm

Wonder how much this will go for?? Normal value for an average mileage mk1 with no rust would be Â£1500-Â£2000, tops!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

Also wonder if anyone has done the same thing with a nice early turbo 480??

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:05 pm

Now thats special. I'd have it!

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:28 pm

hmmm... that's a collectors item... like star-wars figures still in their packets. I don't understand the mentality, cos Star-Wars figures should have been played with and that car should have been driven when the technology was not superceded.... ah well... someone wants to pat Â£8.5K... money and sense do not always come in equal abundance. For that money, you could get a lot more.

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:32 am

Over Â£9k now

Stu.

robin_xr4i · Post by **robin_xr4i** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 am

Buy it, rag it, crash it

Lots of money but it basically a new car!

So hard call really?

owen080808 · Post by **owen080808** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:53 pm

in some ways thats amazing, and in others it just feels wrong. it sounds silly but i would prefer to own a car that was as clean as that because it had been driven all its life then restored. i mean if you buy that now you couldnt ever drive it which is a big shame.

still, i suppose the people who want to keep cars in a museum allow us to appreciate (in some ways) how cars were when they were new but it doesnt appeal to me, i like mine to be clean and cared for but most of the fun comes from actually driving the thing which we must remeber is what it was designed to do!

i wonder if it will make more than it cost new...

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:45 pm

It'd make more sence if it was a nice looking car. Am i the only one who thinks a mk1 mr2 makes the 480 look like the prom queen?

Mk2 are 1000% nicer.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:43 pm

nah john, i agree.....and the colour was probably the worst they made.....
mkII all the waaaaay!
(or maybe rev3)

rgrds
rob

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:01 pm

Mk2 are 1000% nicer.

guess you've never driven one then??

Personally i think the Mk1 looks amazing and helios blue, the colour of the car for sale is one of the rarest and most sought after colours! The 2 mk1's ive had have been the best handling, most fun cars ive ever owned and ive owned a mk2 turbo and now a GT4 celica!
That mk1 is just gagging for a Mk1.5 conversion

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:45 pm

Shame about the colour.... also don't think the engines going to be any use after having not turned a valve since it was made, rust will have formed on the bores, on the valves etc, no matter how dry its been stored. The second that gets started up it'll probably add about 100k of wear to it.

I love the look of the MK1 personally....

When Edd drove the one we've been working on he reckoned it is a bit light on the front.....course I don't have any car insurance, so I don't know.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:44 pm

I think Murf may have just messed himself

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:50 pm

i think the Mk1 looks amazing

I love the look of the MK1 personally....

I know there's no such things as an incorrect opinion, but in this case there actually IS>

You're both wrong.

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:43 pm

Closest Ive got to this is when I bought my Auto!

It really was like new!

Personally,Id buy this and store it again!

In a few years sellit on if needs needed as one of one's assets dont you know!?!!!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:46 pm

When Edd drove the one we've been working on he reckoned it is a bit light on the front

I found that too, both of mine would lock up under hard braking, wet or dry, especially the first one i had that was lowered 40mm and had super stiff dampers, I used to carry a breeze block in the front boot to get weight over the front wheels!

If your still disputing the might of the Mk1, throw Â£2.5k at it and from a power to weight point of view, heres the kind of cars you are playing with:

1987 Nik's Mk1.5 Rev3 sleeper
Kerb weight: 1140kg
Approx output: 290.0 bhp
Power to weight:254.38 bhp/ton(metric)

1984 Ferrari Testarossa
Kerb weight: 1506 kg
Max output: 385.0 bhp
Power to weight:255.64 bhp/ton(metric)

1989 Ferrari 348tb
Kerb weight: 1390 kg
Max. output: 295.0 bhp
Power to weight:212.23 bhp/ton(metric)

1999 Ferrari 360 Modena
Kerb weight: 1390 kg
Max. output: 394.0 bhp
Power to weight:283.45 bhp/ton(metric)

1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Clubsport
Kerb weight: 1172 kg
Max. output: 231.0 bhp
Power to weight:197.1 bhp/ton(metric)

1999 Porsche 911 GT3
Kerb weight: 1350 kg
Max. output: 360.0 bhp
Power to weight:266.67 bhp/ton(metric)

2004 Porsche 911 Carrera S
Kerb weight: 1425 kg
Max. output: 350.0 bhp
Power to weight:245.61 bhp/ton(metric)

1987 Lotus Esprit Turbo
Kerb weight: 1384 kg
Max. output: 215.0 bhp
Power to weight:155.35 bhp/ton(metric)

1992 Lotus Esprit Sport 300
Kerb weight: 1187 kg
Max. output: 300.0 bhp
Power to weight:252.74 bhp/ton(metric)

2004 Lotus Elise 111R
Kerb weight: 860 kg
Max. output: 189.0 bhp
Power to weight:219.77 bhp/ton(metric)

Oh, and John i dont think anyone will be taking styling tips from a Fiat panda owner/fan

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:16 pm

Murf wrote: Oh, and John i dont think anyone will be taking styling tips from a Fiat panda owner/fan

Yeah, but those 4*4 pandas with the front bull bars looked the nuts.

Doh, I meant they looked nuts.

Stu.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:22 pm

Until they got to the age when they needed their first MOT, owing to their Italian build quality and rust proofing all that was left by then was the bull bars!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:23 pm

Lol, i bet they drive and handle brill, but i'm glad you brought fiat up, as they look like X1/9s.

I mean look at those wheels. They look like hubcaps off a 1 litre corsa L.

Supra/celica both looked like utter whizz at a similar time.

Granted, the fron view is alright...i'd not own a 480 if it disn't, but that arse...jesus christ, and the engine cover...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Spot the difference....

2127 · Post by **2127** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:05 pm

JohnTurbo wrote:Spot the difference....

The number plate! It's just as amazing as the car itself... T10 YTA... that's as good as it gets!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:09 pm

That's foul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So what you saying John? You like that womans/whatever rear more then the MR2?

No wonder you don't want a MR2 it's way to small for your needs.

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:16 pm

Classic!

Looks like Im not the only sexist on here then eh!