Chassis number within 100 cars of my own Sprint so 78 is gonna be right, probably built in August or early September. Engine number looks likely to be the original. Straight enough car and the autographs in the boot surely add value (i'd be pleased to have those 2!) A fair price i'd say and a car I wouldn't be uncomfortable driving around in.
Steve
Are the signatures genuine though? It appears to be spelt Jerry, wasn't his name Gerry? Some googling for 'gerry marshall signature' suggests he spelt it with a G when signing. Overall I'd say the top three google image hits for his signature look nothing like what someone has scribbled on the boot. Same story for the Andy Rouse signature, looks nothing like what's coming up on Google.
WOW! that sort of fraud never occurred to me, nor did I see the pic of the signatures. Gerry Marshall did indeed spell his name with a G, what-a mistake-a-to-make! Gerry was a legend, a true gentleman and one of my heroes, who I actually met in 1977.
This changes my opinion of the whole car! If the autographs are a clumsy fake, what else isn't kosher?
Steve
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The Sapphire "707N" that went through Iconic, is now in my custodianship.... (£18,000 is only hammer price, by the way)
It is absolutely glorious and went for, what I would easily consider, under its value however; it's been bought as a car for ME...it will be used, and by used, I mean it will be shown and drive to it's shows..it certainly isn't being tucked away as an appreciating asset, albeit IS currently hibernating as the roads in Scotland are a bit grim just now.
It wasn't bought to sell...everyone has their price, of course, but I've already made arrangements for it's next owner when I die!!
It looks like a really lovely car from here. I thought you did ok on the price too. Glad to hear the car will be loved and used. I hope you get a decent summer up there so that you can really get out there and enjoy driving it.
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Hi Mike I used to use photo bucket too. I don’t like post image, it’s a bit rubbish to be honest.
Try https://imgbb.com/ it works exactly like photobucket - without the annoying emails trying to get some money out of you. Just upload your images to the free site, and copy and paste the link into your thread.
