experience of selling a cob

[lardy]

Anyone sold a cob if so was it a pain?thinking of taking the plunge but the prospect fills me with woe;( How do yo put a value on it.I know what I paid 2yrs ago & I know I've spent in the region of 7k since (hurt when I totted it up)where do you get the best response, net,mags shows,dealers?
Any thoughts
Lardy
P.S Dax 5.7 chevy, ally heads, performer package,Dax ally rad,all the usual bolt on shiny bits in the engine,new 17in wheels & tyres, all the weather gear, 4.5k miles top nick etc etc etc

[lardy]

Not the most riveting subject I agree but surley someone has flogged a cob, come on lads :7 Dave if you see this, I know you build to order but have none of your customers had to sell a cob to get you to build them a better one, if nothing else what would someone need to pay for a good turnkey?
Phoned GD today, euro spec off the peg 35/40k er gulp
Cheers
Lardy

[TimH]

Last year I was looking for a 2nd hand Cobra replica. Although I eventually bought a new one from Dave Brookes , I can at least tell you where I looked:

Hallmark cars
Kit car magazines
Internet - www.findit.co.uk, this forum, searching through google.co.uk

Hallmark purchase 2nd hand cars, although I guess they will pay you less than what you would get if you can hold out for a private buyer, but at least you could sell it more quickly.

Kit car magazines - my experience was that by the time I phoned the seller, if it was a good car it had already been sold. Alternatively if they were overpriced or not well built then they seemed to show up month after month.

On the internet I found a few dealerships selling cars, but again seemed to be high priced. Findit had lots of private Cobra's - and as per the magazines if they were good and priced competitively they sold well. Not many cars were for sale on the this Cobra forum at the time - and I think if you are trying to sell to the gneral public, they may not be aware of this site.

I would suggest put it for private sale in as many places as possible, and price it competitively otherwise it will just sit there.

If all else fails and you need a quick sale, you could then try Hallmark cars, but obviously they are in the game to make a profit.

Hope this is of some help.

Cheers,

Tim.

[cobrabloke]

I'l agree with Tim that Findit is a good place. Don't dismiss Autotrader and E&M. You have to pay for both but sometimes they can be best. Also try LOOT.COM, it's free and is looked at by a lot of people.
If you plug away long enough on the 'net, you'll find loads of free advertising. Most of it's c**p but it's free and you only need 1 person to buy.
Cobrabloke.

[mark_biddle]

The Dax website has a for sale board on it and normally has between 6-10 cars on it. There was a SBC car on it the other day for about 22k if I remember rightly. Might be a good place seeing as you have a Dax.

[dave]

Funny you should say that.
Yesterday a customer of mine called me up with a car that i built for him 6 months ago saying that he needed to sell the car as he was emigrating to New Zealand.
This call came in around 30mins after i called a trade customer of mine to tell them that their next car from me would be about a month late, anyhow after a couple more calls either way the car is now due to go to the dealer on a "Sale or return" basis.
Summary.
Sold (Well, sort of) in under 1 hour.

Lardy if you would like prices you'd better e-mail me off the forum or i'll get into trouble with Rob.}(
I can build GD's as well as Daxes if you like.

info@v8cobra.co.uk

[pderouss]

Last year I (eventually) sold a Chevy engined Ram in order to make space in my garage and bank balance.
Started by posting on the CRC Cobras For Sales site but despite over 150 viewings over a 6 month period did not get a single response.
Hallmark were very helpfull and placed it on their web for a few months but despite some interest no buyers emerged. They advised on what price to advertise at and would have bought it themselves but not at a price that I liked. I do not have a problem with this as they have to cover the cost of display, interest etc. for what can be (as I found out) quite a long time. As they are a business they also need to make money!
I then advertised it in Classic and Sportscar for 2 months. Only had a response from 1 serious buyer - but as they say, one is enough. He turned out to be a great guy and bought it on the spot. I was pleased to see it go to a good home at a price that was OK.

Overall the process took nearly a whole year so you may have to be patient.

Lest you think I deserted the Cobra fold the garage space was filled by the car you see below - so while I miss the Ram I am still a happy Cobra fanatic.

[osgood]

Contrary Mary

Lardy, have no experience at selling a Cob, but have been doing some investigation with a colleague who wants to buy a Dax.

The current market in this chilly weather for a post 90 Dax in this climate, as you describe would seem to be around the 15K to 18K mark Eric.

[alastaid]

Hi,

Just out of interest I always keep an eye on Ebay, a few of them seem to get shifted, this link should work for one that made the reserve recently:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...107234786&rd=1

Cheers

Alastair

[lardy]

Hope not,paid more than that origionally + the 7k. didn't go into alot of detail on the description but I've never seen something comparable for that sort of money. I'm in sales so I know the cars only worth what someone is willing to pay.I also know that not all of what I have spent will increase the value, but that wasn't the point of doing it.
If I do decide to let it go I'll probably try to sell it at one of the shows, at least you'd get instant feedback
Having said all this I got her out of the cocoon this morning and gave her a blast round the lanes, bright sunshine but 'frightfully chilly!!'perhaps the grass isn't greener, she'e the F$%%^%g Bo&*^ks
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Cheers
Lardy