Wow!!! that was quick

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#1 Wow!!! that was quick

Post by andrewh » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:04 pm

Do you guys recall this getting rescued from a back garden. Only seems like yesterday to me, but here it is now fully restored.
http://www.nicholasmee.co.uk/car-sales/ ... -series-1/
1962 3.8 Series One FHC

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#2 Re: Wow!!! that was quick

Post by mgcjag » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:10 pm

Anyone have a link to how it was when found......there have been quite a few of these garden/barn finds

Edit..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic ... t-auction/
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#3 Re: Wow!!! that was quick

Post by andrewh » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:23 pm

1962 3.8 Series One FHC

http://etype860897.blogspot.com/

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Post by richard btype » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:31 pm

Impressive standard of restoration!
3.8 FHC Chassis no: 860403
DOM - 11th April 1962

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4.2 FHC Chassis no: 1E32173
DOM - 12th December 1965

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Post by cactusman » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:27 pm

Not sure I like the nudge bars and weird front centre light though...
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Post by Tony » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:11 am

I appreciate the work it takes to restore these cars but are the prices realistic. Does anybody actually get £250k for 63 car unless it has some big history.
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#7 Re: Wow!!! that was quick

Post by mark10337 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:18 am

asthetically pleasing or not, I like that they decided to restore the centre light and keep it. It is part of the car's history and story. The new owner can then decide if he/she wants to keep that part of the history or move it on. Should be easy enough to remedy should they want to change that aspect.
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Post by drcarrera » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:17 pm

mark10337 wrote:asthetically pleasing or not, I like that they decided to restore the centre light and keep it. It is part of the car's history and story. The new owner can then decide if he/she wants to keep that part of the history or move it on. Should be easy enough to remedy should they want to change that aspect.
They'll probably remove it just after the first time the car overheats!
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Post by ralphr1780 » Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:48 pm

But obviously they did not keep the towing option:
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Post by mark10337 » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:11 pm

-Mark

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