Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) guess the price

The auction car should be in the range of £25k to £30k depending upon the knowledge of the buyer and the keeness of the seller to do a deal.

13CUX or "Flapper" injection suffers from limitations of a newly introduced technology , most of which were ironed out in the follow up 14CUX "Hotwire"

The bodywork and interior look OK to me , but with that obvious neglect under the bonnet , I would fear the worst when it comes to chassis, valences , steering, suspension and brakes.

George , your car is something very special , obviously it has had a lot of very detailed attention in all the right areas, and still maintains most of that today. I would estimate £35k , or at least a £10k premium over the auction car.

That said +8s just aren't making the money they should be these days. Newer owners seem to prefer the Roadster if they want a tourer , or the more agile +4 or 4/4 for spirited driving. I think the iconic status , the V8 soundtrack, and that indefinable desirability factor should put them at much higher prices than they seem to make.

For a private sale I'd say £28/29k.

For whatever reason Plus 8 values seem to have softened in the last year or two.

Here are two other private cars for sale.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1331514

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1257861

Your car George is quite unique with the treatment it has received and the care that you subsequently took of it so you should get a very good price for it probably north of 35 from a purchaser that knows exactly what he is buying, not that you’ll be selling now the sun is out.

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A lovely +8

This is more like it. Compared to the OP car.

Thanks for the input on evaluation of my +8 guys, much appreciated. Putting a monetary value on a vehicle that one has owned for almost twenty years and which has carried us on foreign adventures and back home without fuss and bother, creates a bit of a bond which perhaps risks creating an additional sense of value for an owner that the buyer has no appreciation of.

Another of my +8`s values that a buyer seems likely to be blind to, is the time care and effort that a skilled restorer puts into creating his own idea of a perfect Morgan from the preperation and repainting of bare chassis to the final coat of polish on the paintwork which in the long term has potential to create pay back by it retaining it`s looks perhaps longer than a similar machine fresh from the factory..?

I guess that which may sell a Classic is the usual sales hyperbole, which if missing may underwhelm any prospective buyer who much prefers the idea that the OLD SPORTS CAR for sale is close to perfect in every detail, never raced, rallied and only used by the vicars wife to go to the shops.... Dream on..(-:

Buying from a showroom provides maximum guarantees and thus little to no risk.... Yeah, right, the interweb is loaded with poor souls who imagined that to be the case and paid the price, though there is no doubt that some businesses have taken years to build up a great reputation for after sales service.

I suspect it may be best to take time to create your idea of a Morgan that would suit YOU in terms of your intended enjoyment of it, and your level of ability to maintain it, be that relative to your mechanical/bodywork skills or financial abilities, or indeed a mix of both. Being pedantic about the peripherals would seem to risk an endless search, when that which really matters is the core of the machine, and Morgans being constructed as they are, so much can be mixed and matched over time. Any realistic enthusiast seems likely to expect to spend a few bob on a newly acquired old sports car to better match his own image of ideal over time...?

From many years on the interweb of reading disappointments of all sorts from new owners of of factory fresh Morgans, through to old Morgans that have suffered at the hands of well meaning owners who have introduced issues by tuning, or in their own minds "improving" their Morgans, sometimes at great cost, and who in the process created such a degree of imbalance in it that it became a disappointment in terms of drivability or reliability , which seems a real shame..?

Additionally I have no idea of the cost of a new hood or tonneau, both of which can shrink to some degree with the passage of time, so well worth checking the fit, if you intend to drive it in other than perfect weather conditions..?

Even a well maintained and cared for Morgan can display signs of usage, whereas an unreliable money pit can look perfect on the surface with many an issue lying in wait.... Best to equip yourself with some basic knowledge of what to look for and where, before splashing the cash...?

Stick to practicality and avoid being sucked in by the mystique and hyperbole.

As for my +8, yup £35k seems a very reasonable estimate of value in today`s market to an educated buyer, but to an "average buyer", I suspect MPH is perhaps more accurate. my Morgan is available to buy, but not been advertised as being for sale, and I am even less inclined to do so as the result of Colin`s (AKA spanner-juggler) experience with the pain in the rear tyre kicker...Hmm..?

Complications in pricing...also need yo take into account pre and post cat cars. Also after March 2001 road tax is far greater.
I've been looking and it all gets far more complicated than first site. In the end (unless you personally know the history of the car for sale) there's an argument for buying a knackered old one and doing all the work required.
Nick

That's a good point Nick for those that want a project, the OP car would have to be lower than their guide price though to my mind.

I was looking for a project car for circa five years from about 1996, having spent circa a year on the MSCCDG researching the possible reality of Morgan ownership and related ...err...foibles thereof, of which there seemed to be quite a few... (-:

In the nineties it seemed that UK industry was still in the process of going through de-layering and downsizing, spitting many folk out of their jobs aged from their mid fifties onward. Now with lump sums and pension incentives many of them were then looking for retirement projects, markets operating as they do, equated to an imbalance in the "market" value of any Morgan or parts thereof. All of which created a situation whereby I ended up buying a concours condition Morgan given the cost of buying a tired old Morgan seemed to have become ridiculous. Of course that was my personal perspective and could be entirely flawed.

As for cat and pre-cat... there is a lot to be considered there to, but with a degree of experience in the repair and maintenance of my old sports cars over many a year, a pre digital pre cat Morgan was for me a far simpler proposition and over the years worked out rather well .. (-:

Lovely colour Ludd but no wonder you have put after that third piccie. How could you put that box on the back of such a pretty car?