FAO: Penski and classic boffs

-Ad- · 1 Jun 2008 at 12:36

After a bit of selling advice for a relatives car.

My great aunts and uncles have a very nice 1974 Audi 80 in red, and are trying to get rid of it soon. Our friendly mechanic looks like the guy to take it away and flog it for a bit, but even though friendly it could be vastly undervalued.

EDIT 16th June...... THE ACTUAL CAR MMMMM NOM NOM:

Any idea what this sort of car is worth, and where the best place to possibly sell it would be ?

From what I rememebr the condition was great, no rear seat belts, lovely light brown furry seats and condition was pretty awesome overall. It's been in a garage for a few years so my dad will have to go get it running again, so obviously not MOT or tax.

Cheers

mejinks · 1 Jun 2008 at 13:02

I want!

penski · 1 Jun 2008 at 13:06

Quite a bit if you sell it in the right place... Scenetaxtastic.

There have been two or three REALLY nice 80s in the last couple of years...So people know them...

*n

Vasquez · 1 Jun 2008 at 13:07

audio? I take it you mean audi lol

-Ad- · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:16

Vasquez said:
audio? I take it you mean audi lol

edited

penski said:
Quite a bit if you sell it in the right place... Scenetaxtastic.

There have been two or three REALLY nice 80s in the last couple of years...So people know them...

*n

Sounds good, but obviously depends on how well I get it out there, and who is in the market for one.

Just spoken to dad and he says is has the larger 1.5 engine and has the manufacturers sliding metal sunroof. Ssid condition was good overall but the bottom of the doors were starting to rust a bit.

Where do you reommend I go from here, some audi forums possibly, as e'gash' and maybe autotrader are something I would prefer to avoid, especially e'gash' itself?

O and 'Scenetaxtastic', what the hell does that mean, Im a little worse for wear today so am not really understanding too much

Ta

JRS · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:58

-Ad- said:
O and 'Scenetaxtastic', what the hell does that mean, Im a little worse for wear today so am not really understanding too much

Ta

'Scene tax' is a term that describes the inflated price some cars acquire when they become popular with a certain crowd.

penski · 1 Jun 2008 at 17:20

Put it this way - with full tax and test, all original chrome and no welding needed, you could ask for 6 grand from the right person if it had coilovers and BBS splits...

As described, I'd give you 600 with T&T.

*n

-Ad- · 2 Jun 2008 at 09:14

Cheers JRS, been away from cars too long

penski said:
Put it this way - with full tax and test, all original chrome and no welding needed, you could ask for 6 grand from the right person if it had coilovers and BBS splits...

As described, I'd give you 600 with T&T.

*n

Seriously wow. Maybe it isn't worth flogging as is out of the garage, even 600 is an awesome price with T&T.

£6k would surely be for the models with the higher specced engines. Had a look around on *** web and their seemed to be a 1.7/1.8 version out there and multiple versions, GL, GLE etc. Il get more details and pics, then consider it as a worthwhile project possibly. Could get him to get rid of the Scimitar, far too many problems with that heap and the microcracks in the actual fibreglass shell made the respray look very average.

I'm sure my mum will be thrilled about that, especially after he smoked damaged my room at home by trying to smoke out the wasps from the chimney stack this weekend :rolleyes:

Il have a look on some audi forums as well, especially classic-audi and audifans.net. Any other good forums you know of, I could get into this ?

penski · 2 Jun 2008 at 09:16

-Ad- said:
Il have a look on some audio forums as well, especially classic-audi and audifans.net. Any other good forums you know of, I could get into this ?

edition38 (for dull VAG scenesters)
wheel-whores (for amusing VAG scenesters)
retro-rides (pwns all)

*n

-Ad- · 16 Jun 2008 at 12:13

Can anyone give me an OOOOOOOF ?

It looked very suty when the garage opened. Some WD40 down where the plugs sit, some petrol dropped through the air intake, checking contacts under distributer cap, some washing, and some praying, then it lived !

A few pics

IT LIVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RlT9FW7Rk

MOT being done in a week then we shall see whether to sell or work on it a little. Great mornings work, and a great sense of achievment !!!!

-Ad- · 16 Jun 2008 at 12:13

Hxc · 16 Jun 2008 at 12:36

Jesus that looks like a minter

-Ad- · 16 Jun 2008 at 13:08

Hxc said:
Jesus that looks like a minter

Ye, it's in pretty damn fine nick.

There is some rust at the bottom of the front doors, the paint has been touched up with the odd blob here and there, and few small dents, but otherwise lovely.

Exhaust has a hole in it, although will be replaced when the MOT is done, and then maybe work on it or find someone to sell it to. Could be an awesome project for someone, but I love the little 80GL

gareth.e · 16 Jun 2008 at 16:00

:O That does look like a rather mint car!

Janesy B · 16 Jun 2008 at 16:03

It looks really nice. i'd get a club valuation done on it or at least have a look in the practical classics guide. Classics are worth a lot more than some people give credit for.

-Ad- · 17 Jun 2008 at 22:24

Janesy B said:
It looks really nice. i'd get a club valuation done on it or at least have a look in the practical classics guide. Classics are worth a lot more than some people give credit for.

ye I know, it needs a little work to make it truly purr, then Il get some feelers out there to see if it is worth selling.

im really drawn to it and want to keep it and jsut drive it a bit. Damn penski and all his threads filled with retro ride pics