If you have a car that has a 'famous' name on the log book do you think it adds any value to the car ?


If so how much ?

I know that depends on the level of Fame the person has, like having Pope John Paul on your MkII Escort makes it worth an absolute fortune but 'average' famous people.

 

well it depends who you class as famous because your a heck of a lot older than me.

See my dad says these supposedly famous names and i've never heard of them. like James Cagney, "No Hope" Bob Hope etcetc

 

If your dad knows James Cagney and Bob 'No chance' Hope then you must be at least 10 years older than me... cheeky fooka I'm only 38

 

David Coulthards old M3 is on ebay at mo and selling at same price as any other M3

 

Depends, norm famous person then i would say no. i know i wouldnt pay anymore.

 

Thats exactly what he says.....


And that............ (but his really 55 )

 

i remember mike tyson baught a mclaren f1, took it over to america & sold it for double what he paid

& the old pope had a mk3 escort that was for sale not that long ago & made a fortune

& i bet that series 1 that princess diana had is worth a fair few bob

 

i certainly wouldn't pay anymore if some famous person owed the car

i couldn't give 2 shits whos owned it, long as its a good car thats all thats important

unless it was jessica simpson who owned it n she said buy it n i'll thow in a free shag

 

It was a MkII mate

 

My mates step dad has not long bought a V12 merc, that was owned by the who.

Dont hink he paid over the odds for it, but still a bit of a story behind it all.

 

are you sure?

*edited* your right it & sold for $690000

 

my mate bought beckhams old clk 430 cab and made 10k on it not so long ago

 

I had Nigle Mansells old White S2 Rs Turbo When he lived on the Isle Of Man. Was nice....F1 Heritage!

 

my mates ex owned an MG Metro that had Nigel Havers on the V5, she struggled to get Ł400 for it!

 

In these kinda cases imo its worth what someone is willing to pay, personally I don't give a monkeys who has owned the car previously but I do prefer a low number of keepers less abuse



Luciano

 

My dads M3 has frank sytner on the log book.

But he paid the going rate at the time.

 

I think all you peeps are mising the point, how can you prove its the actual famous person's old car.

My Dad's mate is actually called David Coulthard so if he sold his car the next person could blag someone saying it was owned by THE David Coulthard same with my mate who is called Andy Gray.

 

Thanks for clearing it up Rhys






















Only Kidding mate, how you doing and long time no hear ...

 

frank sytner was a hashy bastard tho,i would have wanted a discount!

 

My Cossy was owned by Steve Cram in 1987 from new, it ran far longer than he did but didn't get me no extra dosh, i guess it's just nice to know who had taste.

 

my chevy truck was last owned by Roger Daltry, but it's registered to his holding company. I got it for a bargain price, certanly didn't pay extra for the privelege.

got to take it back to show him whan it's done.

 

who dosnt no bob hope

emmerdale farm, just had twins...............?

 

The reason for the question was...

I have this little Anglia for sale and it was owned by George Polley, the Hot Rod racer (see lower pic)

When I priced the car I took into consideration that Georges name is on the log book and to many he is god, to others they're not into Short Oval Racing and have never heard of him, to be honest I only added a small amount for that and just wondered if that was a fair thing to do really.

 

i'd pay quite a bit for a drivers seat from one of natalie imbruglias cars...

 

You know... I think she once sat in that Anglia when she was over touring...

 

How can you prove they were actually the famous person.

I.e. my friends name is James Brown!

 

Can't you put any name on the logbook as you don't need any sort of ID only name, address, and signature. Am i right or just being stupid

 

By the address I guess....

I mean if it was James Brown, Moss side then chances are it wasnt the God Father of Soul and rather just The Godfather

 

Neil, he was prob the most famous on the 70's/80's hot rod stars, awesome skill/car control AND supreme consistency. I recall seeing many ledgendery battles between him and Barry Lee at Wimbledon Stadium, where you did not know who would win untill the very last 5 yards to the line in a 20 or 30 lap race, sometimes only a 1/4 cars length to split them

He had a HUGE following, and I would be very surprised if there was'nt at least 5 or 6 fans that would love to own that Anglia, and more importantly not flinch at paying a premium for an Anglia that he owned.

 

...well Moonstone Steve has a car with a famous previous owner

 

What about the Princess Diana RST.....Surely the collectors around the world would pay over the odds for that?

 

I knew there would be a short oval man somewhere on this forum

Well the premium was only Ł100-200 so hopefully not to much to pay really.

 

famous.... more like Infamous

 

george polley was good but barry lee was the bizzo in a mk1 or 2
ford escort




have you ever seen any old footage of the two of them racing??

polley was the guvner in a anglia, have got a few old pics of
the two of them racing

 

I've seen them racing in the 50th anniversary stuff.. George blew Lee's socks and his lamme suit off !

 

joe calzaghe's m3 is for sale at Ł19995, not the best colour imo and the seats match the body. Ive seen him on numerous occasions giving it a hammering. About 10 years ago a mate bought his old saph cossie which was a shed. He now has a audi convertable
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www...00708271785199

 

you only get the prev owners name on the logbook anyhow?

so you would have to speak to dvla to find out all the prev names?

how many people bother doing that

 

is my fiesta 1.1 popular worth anything its got Barry Scott's name on the log book

 

Didnt David Beckhams old M3 sell on ebay a few years ago for something stupid like 100 grand if i remember!!

 

yeah i think it did e36 m3 convert i think estoril blue, man it wernt even worth 14k