"Question:
What has been the highest price paid for a Tiger that was not a factory one
off or car with bona fide racing history?
I think the answer will surprise many of you..".
I think the record goes to the Tiger sold last spring which went for over
$100,000. The car was more of a resto-mod than a "original" survivor. As far
as I know, the Sunbeam Tiger is the only marque that
the buyer market seems to value customized and modified cars over original.
The highest I ever heard of a non-modified Tiger selling for is in the $50,000
range. Take any other collector car and modify it and you have knocked off a
significant part of the market value of the car. You can check the auction
results and original cars bring much higher bids than modified for the most
part. I always thought that original beats modified in the market and that
is why my car is as original as I can make it. Although with the Tiger, that
is probably a false assumption.
If someone really wants to buy a real Tiger I wouldn't let the fact that their
are fake Tigers put you off. You have to do your research before you buy. I
had a friend who thought he was buying a real Pontiac GTO until he had a
member of the local Pontiac club check the car out and it was a fake. Of
course the seller disavowed any knowledge of converting a Pontiac LeMans into
a GTO. It happens all the time.
Jeff
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Tigers@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tigers
http://www.team.net/archive
|