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Last night on Collecting Cars a lhd Plus 8 GTR made it to €243,500 - and didn't meet the reserve![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2023/04/03/Screenshot_20230402-183519.png) Its hard going these days.....
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Wow, these are the one's built around the buy back Bristol powertrains I think if I remember correctly.
Well spotted.
It would be interesting to know what they thought it was worth. There were two or three bidders who thought it was worth €100,000 over list - a 40% gain in a year. As Peter says, it's essentially a Plus 8 - though as one of the Bristol Aero S5 chassis it'll also have anti roll bars. With some body & interior tweeks, a hardtop, styling. & did I read that Litchfield breathed on the ecu? A report has it at 375 - a smidge up on standard. IIRC the side exhausts offer similar power, with a whisker less weight vs the tailpipes. Maybe the output of the 9 cars varies by market, to meet emission regs? Anyway, it does rather make a regular Plus 8 look like a bargain! It's not as if Morgan made more than a handful of them :-) Will
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Wow, these are the one's built around the buy back Bristol powertrains I think if I remember correctly.
Well spotted.
It would be interesting to know what they thought it was worth. There were two or three bidders who thought it was worth €100,000 over list - a 40% gain in a year. As Peter says, it's essentially a Plus 8 - though as one of the Bristol Aero S5 chassis it'll also have anti roll bars. With some body & interior tweeks, a hardtop, styling. & did I read that Litchfield breathed on the ecu? A report has it at 375 - a smidge up on standard. IIRC the side exhausts offer similar power, with a whisker less weight vs the tailpipes. Maybe the output of the 9 cars varies by market, to meet emission regs? Anyway, it does rather make a regular Plus 8 look like a bargain! It's not as if Morgan made more than a handful of them :-) Will Thanks for the extra details on this - 100k over makes sense to me for a new Plus 8 at the 100 -140 ish mark it would have flown I think compared to the CX..
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Compared to a normal aero plus 8 , n my opinion it's not worth the premium.
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Probably depends on whether the owner intends to drive it or sit on it.
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Still a very silly price....for a car that is essentially a Morgan Plus 8.
Still think your price for Tarka is not a teeeeny bit low Peter? Someone thinks they can manipulate the market ? A bit hard. A bit fast. I would be asking for a cast iron five year warranty at that price.
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The yellow one was at Perth for a long time and not selling and it had dark brown interior then, it reappeared a year later at Oakmere where it acquired a black interior and it sat for at least 18 months so it will be interesting to see the next step for them at auction. Here it was at Perth quite a while back.. ![[Linked Image]](http://tm-img.com/images/2021/08/13/yl.jpg) And another Speedster hits the market. ![[Linked Image]](http://tm-img.com/images/2023/04/04/ss.jpeg) I have a strange feeling that the age of the leary drivers is over and the manbags are in the ascendency.
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I've talked to quite a number of people involved with Morgan sales, in an attempt to set a price for Tarka. My conclusion is that the car could fetch anywhere between £50,000 and £100,000, there is no logic to used Aero based car prices at the moment.
Peter,
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The yellow one was at Perth for a long time and not selling and it had dark brown interior then, it reappeared a year later at Oakmere where it acquired a black interior and it sat for at least 18 months so it will be interesting to see the next step for them at auction. Wow, no wonder there is no waiting list unless you're trying to sell one.....
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