Amy Wade Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Simon Cowell's Mk3 Spitfire has just sold for an eye watering $84k. I wonder if it will have a knock on effect... https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/SIMON-COWELLS-1970-TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-262106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Low bumper mk3…..? Looks mk2 to my eye. But anyway, big money for a Spitfire, even a highly pumped up one…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 The whole car looks a mismatch of parts. Wrong dash, seats, engine bay,bonnet etc. Got a bit of all the marks. Nice car but ridiculous price. Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Probably made to money from its "celebrity" connections, and bought by a collector or whatever. Seems to be a car built to customer spec, which is fine. But I can't see how it will affect other values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Definitely a Heinz car. All models of Spitfire and a bit of GT6 Will set the benchmark price for bitsa-cars formerly owned by Simon Cowell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbif Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Don't know about the car, which does look nice but so do many others at a fraction of the price, but I had to goooogle Simon Cowell as I have never heard of him😵 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Looks like the car has had more cosmetic treatment than Simon himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I wouldn't want to go anywhere near anything that odious turd had owned. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Arnold Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 From the description of the work carried out, I would consider this car to have been rebuilt - restored, definitely not!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Wade Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Pete Arnold said: From the description of the work carried out, I would consider this car to have been rebuilt - restored, definitely not!!!!!!!!! I would call it a restomod. It also looks like they've completely removed any chance of fitting a soft top or hard top. It's certainly not one I would want & I can't understand why they didn't start with a Mk1 or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Wade Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Dannyb said: The whole car looks a mismatch of parts. Wrong dash, seats, engine bay,bonnet etc. Got a bit of all the marks. Nice car but ridiculous price. Danny The dash is actually one of the few things that's correct, late model US market Mk3 was the first to get the Instruments in front of the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 46 minutes ago, Amy Wade said: The dash is actually one of the few things that's correct, late model US market Mk3 was the first to get the Instruments in front of the driver. Amy your right of course. In fact I only read about that a few days ago. Then quickly forgot 😁 Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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