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Originally Posted by USRallycross
Chunder may help here. But I recall reading maybe in an old Castrol Rally magazine from say 1980 that John Welch's Ford Escort Mk2 cost 30,000GBP. That seems like a huge amount of money for 1980 so wondered how that stacked up to today's prices which are incredidbly high and of course have no re-sell value.
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Yep, re-sale value of non-works cars is not even close to the original cost price. Outdated Division 1. cars here in Finland have had asking prices somewhere between 50k and 80k€ depending on the car, equipment etc.
And with outdated bodywork you are basically eligible only in ice racing or hill climb events. And those 50-80k€ prices were only the asking prices, the deal itself does not happen overnight if it happens at all.
Btw. in the past when Finnish drivers buillt 4x4 Porsches, those cars were quite far away from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen works cars. Here's an article (in Finnish) about Alamäki's Porsche:
http://www.9xxfin.com/mallit/artikke..._84_s60-61.jpg
Some of the main points translated:
... driveshafts and wishbones are from Audi...
...differentials are from BMW 320...
...between the gearbox and the front differential there is a freewheel (from Saab 96!!!)...
At least the engine was an original group 5 type 935 unit.