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Just browsing on pistonheads and see they have 3 rs500's for sale each colour 39k, 42k and 69k!!

scottyrs

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ive saw them aswell some lovely motors!

ajamesc

there an appointment only car sales place but sell rare and mega expensive cars there in hook about 20 mins away from wear i live in basingstoke u wouldent even know its there its on the land behind a big house i did a job there about 8 years ago when i worked for autoglass and they had an e30 m3 touring car an 037 lanca a rs500 in a bubble but they said they were just storeing that they had a xj220 and a short wheel base 250 gto!

PAUL S

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They only mess with shonky old Sierras for a bit of fun as Ian the owner has a soft spot for them. I bought my RS500 from them not so long ago and the supercars they have in stock are amazing

Mr RS500

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Paul

Ian has a soft spot for anything 80"s classic

Spoke to him the other day as he has ANOTHER unknown moonstone coming in

DanCossie

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Jesus he has some proper nice cars for sale !!!!!

http://www.oakfields.com/showroom01.asp?offset=0

carlo

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Some stunning cars there & a hell of alot of money

RSRoy

I like to browse their website and look at all those lovely cars

PAUL S

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Rsmat

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Some stunning rs500`s.

stuarth

do they just think of a price and double it

Less.

he does sell them and sure he knows what their worth,he has some stunning cars though

JonnyBravo

Now thats a proper car !

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/...&dealerid=1337

And check out the size of the Aeroquip connecting the 2 breather tanks together on this one !

http://www.classicdriver.de/uk/find/...&dealerid=1337

Awesome collection.

Chip

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Yeah its lovely that one, i wonder if it actually has any heritage to backup that price though?

RANJ

gonna get shot down for this

you gotta be a fool to pay that cash and i love my fords, but thats all it is

Ebonycossie4x4

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4 XJ220s

Jesus wept!

Ebonycossie4x4

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does he own all them or does he sell on for commision?

JonnyBravo

Don't know but I'd imagine its in the league of Pauls NYRS car as a example and I hear he wants 50k plus for that and thats just a built car with no motorsport history I believe.

JonnyBravo

I thought that

I did a trackday on a shitty airfield in Norfolk once and someone turned up in one, couldn't believe my eyes.

Chip

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Thats my point, if its got some heritage I can see it being worth 70K quite easily, but not so much without it.

TBH although I love Pauls car I find it difficult to picture who would buy it for 50K+
Its not actually a developed trackday package so probably of limited interest to someone after a serious trackday car
Its not a nice original RS500 so of no interest to any collector of the standard car
Its not an actual motorsport car with any heritage so no interest to a collector of such things.

Its ultimately just a half arsed visual "replica" of the caltex car, its not even mechanically and electronically a replica as far as im aware, so although loads of us love it as a car, would any of us pay 50K for it?
I suspect he'll struggle!

DanW@FastFord

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Unnecessarily harsh!

Chip

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How is it?

Ive said in the same post I love the car, so Im not being harsh about it Im just being honest, its not an accurate replica, its a lovely car but as an actual replica of the touring car its half arsed IMHO and only visual

DanW@FastFord

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Half-arsed implies it has been carried out without much enthusiasm or conviction. Paul may be a Yorkshire cunt, but if there's one thing he doesn't lack, it's conviction.

It's not a faithful replica, but Paul's never claimed it is. It's a fantastic car that pays homage to the Caltex cars. That, in my book at least, does not qualify it as being 'half-arsed'!

Chip

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In terms of conviction to being an accurate replica, I think that it lacks a lot actually mate, so by your own definition fits my description surely?

Indeed, as a replica its half arsed, but as a car is fucking lovely.

Indeed so I cant imagine him being offended that I feel that as an accurate replica its a half arsed attempt, as thats all it was ever meant to be as far as im aware, just to look vaguely like the caltex cars, not to be an accurate replica of one.

I agree, I love it, like I have said on here several times.

I think you took my quote out of context, its "half arsed" as a replica, it is NOT "half arsed" as a car.

DanW@FastFord

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I'm not going to get into a silly semantic argument with you Chip. I stand by my point.

Chip

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Your point being that its "not a faithful replica" but of course isnt "a half arsed replica" as those are totally different things obviously

Sorry but semantics or not, those really do read as the same thing to me, we're both saying that as a replica it falls a long way short of being an accurate one, and we're both saying elsewhere in our posts that doesnt stop it being a fantastic car.

I really dont see that there is much content in your point, other than perhaps you feel my language pays a little less lip service than yours?

carlo

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I think half arsed is a bit of a dig to be honest ! if anyone said to me its half arsed i would automaticly think its built in rush & not as good as it could be but this car is built well imho might not be a exact replica. agreed it is a collectors car tho would e a shame to use it on track & its not a road car unless you register it so its a expensive orniment.

DanW@FastFord

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Chip

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I was only referring to the replica element of the car's nature as half arsed, and as a replica it exactly fits your description of "not as good as it could be"
So I really dont see that it being a half arsed replica is a dig.
I would describe my car in the same way in terms of being a half-arsed rs500 replica. Im happy with the standard of it as a car, but as a replica rs500 its falling along way short on the colour for example
My point is that if you wanted to be paying 50K for a replica of something on the basis that its a replica, you would generally want a faithful replica.



In my opinion too, as I have said numerous times.
Lovely car, but half arsed / not faithful / not as good as it could be (*delete as appropriate to your sensibilities) in terms of being a replica.

Jay,

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so we do agree on certain things imo nasty remark could of been worded a lot better

Oh the caltex is a bargan in the scheme of it the build quality is brilliant so a race car with history will sell for 100k + so 50k is a good price for paul's ! there are several rs500 race cars that are reshelled or been built with all race car bits that fetch more

DanW@FastFord

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Why couldn't you have just said "Yeah, half arsed is a bit unfair, I meant 'not faithful'."?

Your stubborness can at times be amusing, and at others incredibly irritating. This time it's the latter.

R4N SS

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fuck me chip - you like to argue needlessly sometimes

Luca

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How much would you pay Chip ?

PAUL S

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and so we have yet another post gone to shit, and over nothing to do with the original thread.

Chip

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Nothing like what its worth, as I have NO use for it, the only way I would want to buy it would be to break it for profit.

R4N SS

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yep - more pointless arguing which is getting fucking boring and annoying

If you want to argue can you not go into the Retarded spelling thread or use the muppet room?

Chip

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Evidently true mate, I clearly didnt make my original statement anywhere near idiotproof enough if people are taking it as an insult about the build quality or similar when it wasnt intended as any such thing.


Those race cars are exactly that though, ready to race as a developed package, which is the sort of thing that IMHO is therefore easier to sell as it has a purpose as a race car, which was what I said originally, the trouble with pauls is almost that its "too good to race" effectively.

Chip

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In my case in terms of my participating in the "arguments" I have only replied to comments directed specifically at or about me, I find the whole thing a bit tedious TBH in terms of people making such a big deal out of me saying "half arsed replica" instead of "not a faithful replica", I really cant see why anyone would care enough about the wording to bother commenting about it, but Im polite enough that i'll take the time to respond to their comments talking about it even though it seems so trivial to me as it obviously matters to them or they wouldnt comment in the first place I guess.
Hopefully they now have enough details about my post to be able to get back on with their lives without worrying about it anymore and there wont need to be anymore posts on the subject as like has been said, its already very boring

Mr RS500

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Chip you realy do amaze me , just when i thought it was impossible for you to be any more of a total cunt you do a better job

For your info

1, the car IS NOT a replica of anything , Its a race car built to comply with modern rules , Yes it has the caltex colours and stickers simply becasue i liked them , IT WAS NEVER BUILT TO REPLICATE the caltex car

2, My car is actually a better spec that the origonal Caltex car

3, I have turned down an offer of just a tad under 50k so to say i wont get the asking price i would beg to differ , I also have a serious buyer from Norway who wished to view the car after xmas and i have told him that 50k WONT buy it and not to bother coming over with less than my asking price

4, I have had comments for 3 race car builders , 1 who is famous and one who is one of the most respected race car builders in england and who told me that it was one of the best built race cars he has ever seen and that a car built to the same ( RACE ) spec and build quality would cost betweem 150 and 180 k

Thats whos opinion i would say matters , Not some jumped up internet warrior who simply hasnt the tallent to build a car of anywhere near this quality

If you think the car is Half arsed then please tell me IYO where i have gone wrong as i could do with a laugh

Chip

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Thanks for correcting me Paul, Ive seen so many people refer to it as a caltex car I made the assumption it was intended as a replica.
Its not half arsed as a replica at all then, its zero arsed in that context obviously

Cool, I just said I would find it hard to picture who had a use for it that would justify the cost, but you obviously have exposed it to the right people that im not aware of, good luck with the sale



I dont have the talent for bodywork to build it solely by myself to that standard mate, and I wouldnt claim to either, all the mechanical stuff would be a piece of piss to me, but the bodywork wouldnt. Not sure where the internet warrior comment or jumped up comes from though, not the case at all, you wont ever see me threatening anyone etc


As Ive already said, I dont think the car is half arsed, I said it was half arsed if intended as a replica, but you have already cleared that up anyway, in saying its not even intended to be a replica anyway.