The selling of project cars in general

[Dizzie]

I'm always looking around the forums at the cars for sale sections with various generations of the beloved golf, many deciding ebay is the best form of generating the most cash back after several thousands spunked spent on them.

It seems like the value of these heavily modified cars is seriously low with very little interest from the buyers. Where as a relatively standard mk2 can fetch good money with a decent amount of interest.

Is it purely down to people wanting to do their own thing and is breaking the best way when it's time to move on?

[silkyballs]

its a real shame.because the modified golfs are worth less than a standard one people do brake them to get ther money back but all it does is make the population of golfs get smaller.i cant reallly moan as i bought an unfinished project for silly money!i say silly money cos all the parts i got from it very worth ther weight in gold but the guy must have been gutted! :embarassed:

[...joe]

when you modify a car to your taste its probably hard to find someone who wants exactly the same car so will always appeal to a niche market. you also get people who assume a standard car has probably had an easier life than one owned by a 'modifier'.
then if the car was a well known feature car, or one that was big on the show scene you've got the stigma of whoever owned it before. for example janet edwards rallye. if she ever sold that it would take years and alot of money to change it before people stopped refering it to 'janet edwards rallye'
so your almost better off buying a half finished project or starting from scratch and making it your own. shame though...............

[GolfGL]

Worse aswell when us VW modified car owners take much better care than some one who runs them into the ground. All the modded cars i have seen on ebay just seem to keep going around never getting sold.

[Organisys]

Interesting this, I'm looking for a G60, and the ones that have had loads of work done do seem to be for sale for a fair bit more..... A more standard one is a grand or more less, but having said that the modded ones tend to have new/refurbed and re-worked chargers/pulley chip etc, which does cost a bit to do.
 

[Dizzie]

if anyone bought Janet's car I'm sure the interior would be ripped out straight away!

[mix]

is that the one with the pink interior?? if so, yes it would be ripped out quickly....

whoops, i meant to say pink not pick.....

[...joe]

^^ whatever you think of the colour you can't deny its been done through passion and been done well.............

[silkyballs]

me and the mrs spoke her her and she's a really lovly girl theres been alot of thought and passion gone into it.they were behind us when we came in and through the rear view it looked totaly over the top.nic was dieing to go and see it and i was surprised in how well it hd been done.not my colour but you gotta hand it to her. :grin:i was very impressed and it takes quite alot to impress me.

[Thom89]

I think there is a growing movement towards standard cars, in the case of Mk1s/2s Its inevitable really, many of the current moded cars now being done for the 2nd or 3rd time round.. just how many butchers cock-ups can you bare to put right.. nothing is as sweet as a virgin GTI
Tom