Real Sale Prices?

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Hi Guys,

Due to serious ill health in my family I am going to have to sell my project T. It is currently about 80% finished and I have to make the difficult decision whether to sell it 'as is' unfinished, wreck it for parts or spend about another $5k+ a heap of time to get it finished and on the road.

The crying is over now so this is a purely financial decision. To make that decision I need some hard facts.

The car is a blueprint BA MK1 in excellent condition with about 50k on the clock, fully forged built engine, high mount TO4 turbo, PW plenum/cooler etc and fuel system, CES built 800hp system with twin hiflo cats, Mall Wood 6 speed box and clutch, Bilstien and Kings suspension, polished tanks.... yada yada lots of goodies. It's designed to make about 450RWKW when finished.

Does anyone know of something similar that has sold recently and know the actual sale price? Lots of numbers get thrown around but most are bs.

I just can't afford to throw good money after bad. If it's not worth a heap more finished I'll sell it in pieces if I have to. As it sits there it would cost someone at least $70k to build. Returning it to stock is not an option.

Any help much appreciated.

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Typically people aren't willing to pay extra for mods comparative to what's spent...every further dollar you throw it at will essentially be wasted.

Given you've ruled out returning it to stock I reckon your only real option is to try and sell it as-is. Hope everything turns out OK.

[Panda Eyes]

its a sad fact, but most find the best way to recoup money is to return to stock, sell the car and sell off the parts individually. its more work but most good parts sell on the forums without too much hassle....

[Buf-Phoon]

mate, firstly sorry that you have to sell it as it sounds like a cracking ride. Unfortunately it is a BA ( albeit low ks)

and as stated not everyone want's a modded one .

Wouldn't hurt to start a for sale thread listing all the goodies with a price and see who wants it ?

Everything is only worth what the market is prepared to pay

[Dillz]

Low kay blueprints would be pretty rare, especially with a 6 speed. Returned to stock this is the sort of car I would Chase just for the blueprint 6 speed combo.

If you market it right you might get away with an ok price.

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

it would need to be at least driveable to get a decent price, returning to stock wouldn't be that hard would it? you should get good money for your goodies as the market isn't as flooded with them unlike other brands of cars.

[Craig.]

First and foremost, sorry that you find yourself in this unexpected situation.

From a purely financial position ( and that sounds like this is where you are at), you are best off returning to stock and selling the aftermarket goodies here on the forum. Its a little more stuffing around but will return a better yield!

[Dagabond]

An unfinshed project would take ages to sell if at all, most would view it as priced below what a standard running XR6T would sell for...

[Shark]

ive seen 450rwkw, 10second mkII's go for around 30-35k. that would probably be the MAXIMUM possible you'd get for yours im betting.

You say it'd cost about 70k to build an xr like yours .. are you including the car price?

I know for a fact it wouldnt cost anywhere near that, (unless you have some gold bling that you arent telling us about).

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Thanks for the feedback guys. I can't return it to stock as I no longer have the stock motor, gearbox, turbo and manifolds, oil lines etc etc.....not to mention motivation.Your info helps though. Next time I'll buy a car like mine that someone else built.

I guess I'll have to finish it and sell it. At least I'll get to drive it.

"You say it'd cost about 70k to build an xr like yours .. are you including the car price?

I know for a fact it wouldnt cost anywhere near that, (unless you have some gold bling that you arent telling us about). "

Shark unfortunately that is exactly why there are so many wonderful cars that get pulled apart or sold for nothing. Because there is always a never ending supply of guys who think that they can somehow do it for less...including me. Whatever you think it will cost you double it and add 30% and you'll still be short. The car was 27 and the box and clutch cost 7.5 so we are half way there without lifting the bonnet.

The only reason I was/am able to built it for ONLY around $70K is that I am fortunate to know people who can get me lots of parts at trade or wholesale and they and I were able to do much of the work for free.

Somehow the motor enthusiast community needs to find a way to establish a viable aftermarket for our cars or we will all just keep throwing away our hard earned cash. It's largely a lack of trust issue it seems to me- and often with good reason. I'd have thought that these forums would go some way to addressing that trust/ transparency issue as people can look back over an owners posts and decide if they are a smart and passionate enthusiast who loves their car or a tool who flogs it. Apparently not though.