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Pete wrote:You might think that's mad money, you may be right , all I would say is find another early 1071 project for less, in fact try finding a 1071 project full stop. I've not seen one sell for less than that for quite a while, even 1071 engine bits are mega hard to find now.

Think you hit the nail on the head Pete.. Like you say, find another..

its as mad with the mk1 escorts
ive owned my mk1 escort for over 25 yrs

suppose if i ever need 30 grand ,,i know what to sell

trouble is,i couldnt get one that good if i wanted another.

I have to agree with Pete here, it's a simple case of supply and demand. I saw only recently 2 1071's sold, Sussex sports cars sold theres smoke grey car at £30+ and the red with the white roof one (can't remember the dealer) sold for £ 26.

Just while we are on 1071's. How many 1071's are known to survive in the Cooper Register records out of the 4,000 or so built.

nev, dont forget the absolutely stunning almond green/white that was bought recently!

So if we believe both auction end prices reflect what actually changed hands, he's made £800 less fees, less transportation to collect it in the first place and less overheads. Not much of a profit for a dealer surely?

Not bad if you do it every week ! Beats graft !

can also be a bit of a gamble

i agree with u guys-i suppose 1071 dont come up often,,and some of the expensive restored ones at "dealers"aint exactly restored properly,

Pete wrote:Not bad if you do it every week ! Beats graft !

i bet there was plenty of graft with a thinners soaked rag to get all that different coloured paint overspray off its flanks!



for 800 quid to cover time, fuel and transport costs i think id have rather stayed inside drinking tea and eating biscuits...

but, as has been pointed out to me in the past 'im not a businessman'.

guru_1071 wrote: for 800 quid to cover time, fuel and transport costs i think id have rather stayed inside drinking tea and eating biscuits...

Have you just accidentally revealed what you do all day at work ?!

nah..he lovingly packages up mail order bits for me....ive had way too many bits lately