Advertised prices aren't generally the prices they have sold at. The highest price I've known one sell for was the red one I mentioned at £30,000 which was also the most recent other than mine and was very low mileage, one owner with a good range of owners and from a dealer.
You can't really base it on currently advertised prices as most haven't sold and I think have been for sale for quite a long time.
Given the serious interest I have had in mine I probably could have got very close to asking but as it is I accepted what I believe to be a fair offer which I am not going to disclose.
When looking for mine it was considered at the top end of prices at the time and I have spent several thousand pounds improving it further. It is very high specification and probably a one off.
Around two and a half years ago when I was looking I could have bought one for less than £11,000 but I considered the work required to be too much for me. It was bought and done up and I believe though on sale for higher sold for a reasonable sum less than £20,000.
Jay bought his for quite a lot less too and has since spent a lot of time and money improving it to the point that it's now immaculate and hence worth a lot more than he paid.
I remember what you offered me yours for at the time as well.
There were a couple of others around the time, one of which at least was a bit ropey.
Prices have risen strongly but I would still argue the range is probably from significantly less than £20,000 to about £30,000 depending on condition, mileage, options etc.
There is more I could add but I don't want to disrespect the confidence of others.
It will be interesting to see what the silver one goes for at auction but I can't really judge without knowledge of the condition.
The point of my post was to give what I believe to be a more balanced view of pricing of SL60s.
I'm sorry, but I just don't agree with you. It rather sounds like you've not got the price you wanted and so are trying talk prices down. I'd like to know your "evidence" and frankly I'm a wee bit concerned that you the evidence you say you have is based on "confidences" that cannot be shared. Viz: "There is more I could add but I don't want to disrespect the confidence of others."
Johnny told Fred who said to Mabel, sure....., for heavens sake.
I don't recall offering my car to you, but if I did, and if it was before Aug 2012, then my Hb was 8.2, I was in and out of hospital for emergency blood transfusions and then had major surgery for cancer. At that point and for a good while later I just wanted to simplify my life. Any offered price at that time was not a market price but one driven by my ill-health.
You have no idea what I have spent on my car but you offer that fact that Jay has spent a lot on his to make it now worth: "considerably more". Between £25K and £30K mayhap?
To say that they don't sell is nonsense. Good 60's always sell, those that hang around tend to be LHD or imports or overpriced.
The bottom line is that good honest 60's are few and far between and are in my opinion in the £25K to £30K range. That opinion is based on my researches and observations over the last eight years. You are entitled to your opinions, but I would prefer that they were backed by evidence. You think clearly otherwise, so fine, go and buy a few for "considerably less than £20K" and sell them on, you say you've had a lot of interest.
So, tell me, did you get more than £25K, if you did I rest my case.
