Cortina V6 import - what's it worth?

[justanotherhigh]

Just been door-knocking, found a Mk4 Cortina Ghia. It's the 2.3V6 auto, it's a left-hooker and virtually 100% immaculate bar the drivers seat, but been standing for a year or two so off the road. The man says he 'doesn't want the earth' but I'd feel rude making an offer knowing nothing about the market... what do you guys think?

[Autofive]

got to be 400 quids worth of spares, 800 - 1500 on the road price

[akku]

LHD has to knock the value down a bit. While a lot of people won't want an auto it is actually the right x-member for a 5 speed conversion and last I heard getting thin on the ground.

how "virtually" immaculate is it? I'd punt him at a couple of hundred quid as its no T&T and see where you go from there.

look at eBay completed auctions to see what they are selling for?

EDIT: seems a couple of hundred might eb a bit light from what Auto5 says.

[Deleted]

with no MOT as long as its solid it'll be worth £500 and quite a bit more with a ticket but not as much as a RHD version

[popuptoaster]

the 2.3 specific parts would raise a few quid, i saw a set of 2.3 engine mounts sell on ebay for £105!!!! a few months ago.

[xbo11ox]

If someone says they don't want the earth, in my experience they are expecting a pretty decent price!!! Let us know how you get on!

[bortaf]

I just sold my 2.3 GhiaS Mk5 estate for £750 with 11 months MOT although being a Mk4 it's rarer but the 2.3 bit makes it worth less IMHO than a 2.0 and estates are never worth as much as a saloon ?
The one pluss point of it being LHD is another mint drivers seat will be easy to find ni on allways the passenger seat on a RHD is mint ;D
If it's properly clean I wouldn't be paying more than £500 personly nearer £300 preferably as some parts may be harder to get like LHD B/H for a manual conversion for instance if that's the route you or perspective buyer wants to go ?
If it has P/S and it needs a rack there will be a large bill there, saying that even RHD ones are bloody expensive

[retrowagen1234]

Yeah ive bought alot of cars just thru knocking. And the ones that say things like that tend to want more than you expect. Or know the market.


LHD will knock a fair whack off it. The only LHD cars ive had have tended to be near as damnit half the price of the rhd equiv.

People seem to be a bit scared of them


Whatever you do don't go there thinking your offering more than he will expect. In a I'm doing you a favour by giving you X amount kinda of way.
It will backfire

Ask me how i know ;D

[sarkie83]

btw - is that first cortina pic, from that professionals episode, where it starts off with a rubber dingy on the roof?

[sheffcortinacentre]

yes

[Autofive]

what happened to your account Craig?

only 4 posts?

[justanotherhigh]

Right, I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
When I say 'virtually immaculate', I mean, there's not a spot, scratch, chip, bubble anywhere on that car. And believe me, I've looked.

[akku]

even with the LHD and auto its worth good money then.

[generally01]

Feb 17, 2011 23:29:41 GMT sarkie83 said:

btw - is that first cortina pic, from that professionals episode, where it starts off with a rubber dingy on the roof?

There was an episode with Cowley's new desk on the roof of that which subsiquently flew off during a car chase.

[Autofive]

same episode as the dingy

[skoda_norman]

It was on tele the other day!

[sheffcortinacentre]

duno gota a new pc & seem to have lost the lot pms everything?

the one with cowleys desk is a T reg mk5 one of the pre production cars along with 2 gl's & an L all reg'd in june 79 (they weren't launched untill sept 79) to allow for broadcasting a few months later free primetime advertiseing.

[Autofive]

Feb 19, 2011 0:18:51 GMT sheffcortinacentre said:

duno gota a new pc & seem to have lost the lot pms everything?

oops

any news on this Taunus?

[hamps]

Hmmm I may be interested in it, any pics?

[Autofive]

any news?