CF 78 - 11 July Bonhams Sale Goodwood

[Classicus]

This is getting ridiculous ! Had 10 minutes to spare and started a casual Google search and now look what turns up ! A very nice car indeed !!!!
   
   Keep it in the Club please someone and good luck !! [:D]
   
   http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4001637&iSaleNo=16248&iSaleSectionNo=2

[Mark-Anthony]

Classicus,
   
   If I only had the money . . .
   
   Mark-Anthony
   CRS#22

[Classicus]

You get resigned....
   
   Paul

[cliffordl]

Saw the car at the sale yesterday - overall looks very good. I'm sure its had a respray and is perhaps not quite as original and unmolested as the catalogue implies although it is a later car than mine and has several more 1970's details.
   Still seemed a very clean usable example however looking at the website looks like it failed to sell...whole sale looks rather patchy...classic car credit crunch?
   
   Cliff.

[Emmanueld]

I would watch for rust in the rockers which look like they have been painted black. This is the Achilles heel for these cars! Also why would anyone relocate the brake power boosters?
   
   Emmanuel.

[DGoose]

Looks like CF78 did sell after all !  Sold for £53,750 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
   
   Only other AC in the sale was Ace Bristol BE1059 which achieved £106,000
   
   This auction was held at the Goodwood festival of speed so plenty of interest in the cars, was good to see a display of AC's along the drivers walkway.
   No AC's competing, I guess most cars would have been at Classic LeMans. Seems really daft to organise two premier motoring events on the same dates.

[Classicus]

CF 78. Looks like recognition could be just around the corner ! [8D] [8D]
   
   "In our opinion these cars are grossly underpriced today, when you compare them with (the equivalent in their day) Aston Martin DB6 Volante and Ferrari Daytona Spyders."
   
   1. http://www.oldtimermanchester.com/details.asp?carID=121
   
   2. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C52388

[cliffordl]

Here's another chance for CF78   www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C52388  sold by Bonhams for £49628 now available for only £95,000 - and they haven't even changed the photo's....

[cliffordl]

Oops just spotted my duplication ...still not sold yet....

[cliffordl]

Paul, i'm clearly 1 minute 30 seconds behind you!