Over £18k for a bonnet... really? That's more than I paid for the whole car!
Has the world officially gone mad or have I missed something?
Over £18k for a bonnet?
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#2 Re: Over £18k for a bonnet?
A zero too many? could have been £1,840. ??or have I missed something?
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#3 Re: Over £18k for a bonnet?
It may be a typo but it's on their website... https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24877/ ... =90&page=4
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#4 Re: Over £18k for a bonnet?
Friend of ours had an accident in his series 1 and had to buy a new bonnet. Got it for circa £7k - new, not 2nd hand
Malcolm
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I only fit in a 2+2, so got one!
1969 Series 2 2+2
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#5 Re: Over £18k for a bonnet?
I bought my car, Retail, for £19,950 in 2003. It was probably really worth less than £15k, but it came with a ‘no quibble’ guarantee. (I quibbled. A lot.)
I noted the price of a bonnet from Martin Robey in the early naughties was £2750, ( I think I saw one in the NEC classic car show one November.) When I replaced mine in 2007, I sold the original, complete with two sets of photographed repairs over a 40 year period, for a grand. Can’t believe inflation has been 1800 % over 13 years. Inflation has not been 1800% over 14 years. Someone is making a lot of profit. Someone else has more money than sense.
I noted the price of a bonnet from Martin Robey in the early naughties was £2750, ( I think I saw one in the NEC classic car show one November.) When I replaced mine in 2007, I sold the original, complete with two sets of photographed repairs over a 40 year period, for a grand. Can’t believe inflation has been 1800 % over 13 years. Inflation has not been 1800% over 14 years. Someone is making a lot of profit. Someone else has more money than sense.
Chris '67 S1 2+2
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#6 Re: Over £18k for a bonnet?
Then look at A-frames from E-type Fabs. I bought mine in 2014 for £2,000 I think they are more than double that now.
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