Esprit Market Watch

[Barrykearley]

^^ heathen philistine 

[GTK]

  This is a proud moment for me.

[pete]

The next big thing is going to be the hardy triumph spitfire - Orange is the best colour on say a 1976 r reg

get in fast before they are all gone

they should be done under trade description act for calling it a sports car

[Barrykearley]

um - where's the don't like button   

Remember - if you didn't want a sports car you could buy a marina, maxi or princess 

[cbclotus]

I like them Barry .Mk3 spitfire was my first car ....The great thing is they are from a great company .Allways liked Triumph.Had. A stag to ...Mike

[mdw]

Got to agree with the BRG even if it does look black in this pic.  Ive posted them before but these are a before and after or my 1st restoration.  Jag colour with an old English white hard top................... looked the dogs danglies even if I do say so myself.

 

 

Edited October 9, 2015 by mdw

[Andyww]

um - where's the don't like button   

Remember - if you didn't want a sports car you could buy a marina, maxi or princess 

Yes but if you did want a sports car you could have an Elan.

[Barrykearley]

yup - good point - well made.

now how do I sneak a £25k Elan past the wife ????? 

[Wally Finland]

Well he was asking 47500 Euros back in 2014 before he sold it, so I figure there is no way he would be asking any less than maybe 50-55k....

57k is asking price.

[The Pits]

Sorry, way too many Triumph Stag posts there, TLF is now the proud owner of its very own Triumph Stag thread.

Enjoy!

Back to prices soaring. Hopefully they have since we've been discussing 1970's Triumphs!

[Barrykearley]

Yup - £8100 for an s3 with an alpha engine in it on eBay. Looked nice - but not for the purist

ps - can't seem to post on the slag topic listing

Edited October 12, 2015 by Barrykearley

[GTK]

Ah pish, I thought that would have gotten a bit more. Not exactly good news is it, I mean if you look at it from the outside, from a lay person's point of view it's got all the elements - the power and bark to back up the looks.

Can I throw a cat amongst the pigeons and suggest that perhaps we'll actually never see the kind of jump our peers have. I mean WE are the real Esprit lovers, and we just wouldn't pay more than we already have, so are we pissing into the wind expecting some new breed of buyer to appear throwing big money at Esprits?

[Barrykearley]

Who knows - all I know is if they had followed the 308/328 value curves there would be no bloody way I'd be sat in one. And the mad thing is the esprit was faster than these cars in the day?? 

It would seem that some old shonky escort is now more costly than most Stephens esprits.

s1 values have gone mad though. Not so sure about s2 and s3. 

I really wanted a g-car, but now im really glad I've got a non carb turbo unit. 

[The Pits]

Looking into the Triumph Stag thread issue now Barry, perhaps some kind of thread quality control software has decided to intervene!

[Barrykearley]

there's a PC somewhere overheating as we type!!

[GTK]

Who knows - all I know is if they had followed the 308/328 value curves there would be no bloody way I'd be sat in one. 

Oh I reckon my S2 was fated to me, 'cause the dream had all but slipped away when it came back at me out of the ether. There's a nice story behind it but I'm working on a wee video about it so that's for another day.

[Jacques]

Geees, prices are on the rise. Just say a set of Nova Wheels over at esprit World for 4000 gbp. That's steep!

A year ago, I say an entire Esprit for that Price.

Maybe I should sell my AWI's for 200.000 gbp and my split OZ's for 400.000 gbp and go pension myself?

Maybe they were once touched by a former employee at Lotus WHO once said good morning to Colin Chapman himself? That will raise their value to italian hysteric territory for sure, as they now have a racing pedigree and a story. We'll see.

Cheers,

Jacques.

Edited October 17, 2015 by Jacques

[swindon_alan]

You have a spare set of AWIs Jacques?!?! 

Hmmmmmmmmm. I will be your best friend if I ever need a spare :-) 

[Jacques]

I'm afraid not, Alan. Not that you cannot be my friend But I only have the ones on the car. Plus the OZ splits and the original SE Wheels, which by the Price on the Nova's, should be around 10.000 gbp...

I am a sucker for Wheels, and I would like a set of Nova also, but not at that Price.

Like I said before, AWI or Lotus should take up reproducing the AWI's. They will sell. Anyone at Hethel who dare do this? Please?

I'll buy another set too. And I'll bring a list of friends WHO will also buy a set each.

Btw, nice Wheels, Alan

Cheers,

Jacques.

[Bibs]

AWI would have thrown away the tools, and to get them to remake them you'll need 1,000+ orders. Best bet would be to get a custom wheel maker to try to imitate them as best as they can for a one-off.

[swindon_alan]

It's interesting that there is so much love for the AWIs. I think that they are beautiful, straightforward simple alloy wheels and yes, I understand the OZ attraction but they really do suit a V8 IMHO? Every post commenting on the early V8s seems to compliment them 

[Loose Cannon]

As well as being the best looking wheel for the later Esprit they were also unique which is nice. The softer OZ design on the V8s was available everywhere (like the Wolfrace in the 70s). I had a set on a calibra for goodness sake!

[Jacques]

okay, a few more awi's:

Jacques.

[Vanya]

I think 16" and 17" would have been ideal for the SE - the 300 really got the proportions right. 

[Jacques]

But really hard to get, expensive and hard to get propper tires for.

Other than that, they are great. So I have a plan

Jacques.