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Originally Posted by John Elwin
Going to the other end of the extreme, the Aston Martin DBR1/1 was knocked-down for $22.6 million at RM Sotheby's last night, a world record price paid for a British car.
Also, $616,000 (about twice estimate) was paid for DBR9/9, a car that ended its racing career as a pile of junk.
Maybe that Escort isn't such a bad deal after all...
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No more bids for the 'Scort, I see.
Even a genuine TwinCam V5 and chassis plates wouldn't be worth anything like that sort of money....
A mint genuine car included, then possibly yes!
I made a comment on the Revival thread about the 'Gentleman Jack' Galaxie (1963 BSCC winner) coming up for auction there, and that my belief was that it should be kept in its time warp condition. Well, Octane have a several page write up on the car, obviously a promo for the auction, but say exactly the same. Mr Balme has gone up in my estimation.....
I know Jack wouldn't entertain the idea of it ever being raced again, and the feature touches on the fact that Lord March had a replica (in appearance) of the car built for the St Mary's Trophy several years ago for that reason......