The magazine “Sports Car Market” publishes a price guide in most
issues, covering a subset of the market (English cars being the
segment you’ll want to find.) They use data from auctions, online
sales, etc… in other words actual market data. You can buy the
entire price guide online for 415 IIRC at
http://www.sportscarmarket.com
The last English car price guide was published in 12/05, so they’re
due for an update. According to that guide, the 2+2 market values are
roughly:
low/high
S1: $15,000/$22,000
(deduct $3,000 for auto trans)
S2: $14,000/$20,000
(deduct $3,000 for auto trans, add $1,000 for a/c)
Of course “concours perfect” examples and fright pigs are outside the
edges of the bell curves above. They state that these are actual
values based on recent sales (not prices… SALES) of cars ranging
from “very good to near excellent” condition…“above a daily driver,
but below a regional concours” … “the prices assume cars with ‘no
stories attached.’”
…
While I’d like to imagine that my car is somehow worth zillions… or
near the high end of the range (they say s1 4.2 OTS l/h is $45k/$65k)
I know in my heart that my car is one with more than one “story”
attached, and is FAR from even small-town concours condition. It is a
pretty car, but it isn’t a gold mine.
That said, it is a family heirloom. It isn’t for sale. =)–
–chuck goolsbee
65ots, 1E10715
arlington, wa, usa
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
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