Onne
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Post by Onne on Mar 28, 2009 14:47:30 GMT
Hello all, Went to see a Morris Minor for a fellow message board member today. Car was sadly rather rotten (repairable) In the barn there I spotted the following:  It's a 1973 Humber Sceptre Mk3 with 1725cc Rootes lump (with overdrive etc) I managed to get some photo's of the interior and the underside:   Interior   It's not been on the road (officially) for "a while" and is thought to have done less than 12k miles. It's an L/reg car, registered March ´73, so there is a chance that it was manufactured in very late 72... The only rust I have found is on one of the doors, there are some superficial bubbles on the rear door. Any idea how much it would be worth? I know the asking price, it's not a lot... |
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spunkymonkey
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Post by spunkymonkey on Mar 28, 2009 15:57:48 GMT
My handy copies of practical classics and Classics Monthly (both a couple of months old) say £300 in condition 3, £800-£1000 in condition 2. Hard to tell from photos, but that certainly looks like it wouldn't take much beyond an MOT and a polish to make it condition 2!
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Onne
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Post by Onne on Mar 28, 2009 16:51:05 GMT
I think I´ll go for it, worst case scenario is losing the 150 pound asking price...
Didn´t think I´d be up to 4 cars this quick again...
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spunkymonkey
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Post by spunkymonkey on Mar 28, 2009 17:09:18 GMT
No, you really don't want it. Not at that price. What you want to do is PM me details of where it is then forget you ever saw it ..... ;D
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Onne
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Post by Onne on Mar 28, 2009 18:09:38 GMT
Well, I have to expand the fleet!
If I do decide to go for it it will be the biggest engined car I have ever owned...
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Post by dafdaffer on Mar 28, 2009 20:04:15 GMT
Hi Onne, i have been also offered one of these that was once featured in PC. think it has the holby engine, nice car though and got to be worth that! looks almot the same but thats brown! cant steer clear of the DAF's though!
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Mar 28, 2009 22:09:09 GMT
Very nice and rare, like the more basic Hillman Hunter that it is based on.
Nice seats and trim.
Interesting mounting position of the seatbelt reel.
My word, what is happening to us? - Acquiring extra cars!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 30, 2009 21:11:40 GMT
Humber Scepter did not have the holby, that was in the H120 fast back and the hunter gls, it had twin webber 40s. The scepter had the same cylinder head but standard cam and twin strombergs. Looks very nice in the photos just needs a wash  . As for it being the largest engined car you have owned i find the older i get the smaller the engines in my cars get my fun cars have gone from 7.2L down to 1.4L at most in 4 years  . |
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Post by howard on Mar 31, 2009 22:48:55 GMT
7.2? Can't beat that. Had a 6.6 litre Pontiac but that's as silly as it got.
Biggest I have now is the 4.3 Vortec in the Chevrolet Astro.
I seem to be the odd one out here as I am selling cars at a great rate of knots (NO DAF's - I do have SOME sense left). No more Vauxhall Victors, no more Rover P5B. Dolomite soon to go, along with a couple more Saabs. Hell, I even turned down a nice Rover P6 at a bargain price. What's wrong with me? I really do fancy keeping my Triumph Mayflower though!
I did buy a nice 2.3 litre Saab 9000 t'other day as my daily driver. Fine car, and a veritable bargain.
I do like the Sceptre a great deal - looks like a bargain to me!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 1, 2009 6:58:25 GMT
It was a 1932 forb model B roadster with crysler big block in it.
Saabs are great cars i have had 2 and would have another one like a shot. what saabs have you got left.
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