£2500 Excel @ Paul Mattys

[Bibs]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C475213

 

Interior looks nice!

 

Why that so cheap?

[Trevsked]

Saw that and thought it was a good buy.

 

Trevor.

[ChrisJ]

already sold

[Mark Blanchard]

That was VERY nice!  Same cost as a family holiday.  I know what I'd prefer.

[mdw]

Nice colour.  There must be something else as they are normally  double that at least at a dealer like PM

[Kimbers]

Here's one at the other end of the spectrum!

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C456394

[mdw]

I would  take the burgundy one. Better colour although I would ditch the coloured hand brake and gear lever gaiter  along with the door panel inserts which are a bit over the top for my liking. 

Edited February 19, 2014 by mdw

[andydclements]

Those details could account for quite a lot of the difference in price between what it sold for and what we'd expects for one in good condition.

[mdw]

Got to be another reason, no business would flog an asset for half its value for no good reason and I thought mattys were the upper end of the market.

[baldyash]

This was my old car!. Sold it in 1999 P/e against an Elise with Paul Matty. I have spoken to Paul a couple of days ago, & car has been sold to Germany!. I sold it at just under 100k miles & now at 126K.Mattys have done the engine for the owner, who has had a accident & is unable to use it any more.It was a great car when I had it.I would have loved to have purchased it but theres no room at the inn! Agree about the interior.I said to Paul rf cheap & he said big miles & its his good name on the mileage ! Paint when I had it was perfect(a great colour) with just the usual droping door (hinge worn) Not surprised rf bottom end rebuild! Wonder how the Nicosil liners have fared!

[dave excell]

Looked at the car myself today as I was picking up spares. It was worth the money for the interior. I would estimate a cost in excess of £4-5k for the leather interior. It was spotless. Not sure about the rest of the car though.

[baldyash]

Spoke to the person who has this car now in Germany. He has invoices for approx. £10k ! for work done on the car since I owned it.He is trying to get it through the German MOT which is a lot tougher than ours evidently. He seems to be a real enthusiast. I wish him many happy years as I had with it.