Just about as good as it gets...

Andyk

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Would there be much change from 100k...?....There was a very low miles one off Integrale for sale last year for 90k..
 

StuartW

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My standard 220bhp model I had a while ago was fast enough, this looks terrifying - what a great car to own. This fantasy garage is getting bigger!
 

Emtee

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My standard 220bhp model I had a while ago was fast enough, this looks terrifying - what a great car to own. This fantasy garage is getting bigger!

I might be popping up your neck of the woods, as I'm toying with the idea of having Guy Croft modify the head and 'charger on my Lancia Volumex engine. Just need to get my head around the £3.5K bill! :D
 

StuartW

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I might be popping up your neck of the woods, as I'm toying with the idea of having Guy Croft modify the head and 'charger on my Lancia Volumex engine. Just need to get my head around the £3.5K bill! :D

An X1/9 with a standard VX twin cam is not already crazy enough then?! Imagine that engine in a Hawk Stratos kit, it would give the original Ferrari V6 a run for it's money!
 

Emtee

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Ask him what he wants for it, you never know??

Given the stunning spec' and the very low use since completion I wonder whether it's a sale against the sellers better wishes. Difficult one to call. The cost to do all that work will easily be £50K+, so from that point of view once you add rarity and desirability then you're getting towards 6 figures, but it's a very specialist market (you know this better than all of us Dicky), so POA makes me wonder whether there's a deal to be done.
 

dickygrace

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I know a certain amount about a few cars. I've no idea what its true value is; as always, it's what someone is prepared to pay for it and how quickly the seller needs rid.
 

Emtee

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An X1/9 with a standard VX twin cam is not already crazy enough then?! Imagine that engine in a Hawk Stratos kit, it would give the original Ferrari V6 a run for it's money!

Is there ever enough? :D

No, the mods themselves are now some 20 years old and the engine is pretty appalling truth be known. Servicing the 'charger, replacing the bearings and teflon coating is a no-brainer really, as getting hold of a decent replacement if it goes bang is going to be expensive anyway. The head is already ported but badly shimmed and poorly matched to the exhaust, so given it's age and the track abuse I want to give it I reckon it deserves a comprehensive fettling. Then there's the crank / flywheel to balance, the upside-down Monte' gearbox to strip and re-build, the mounts to renew and the gear linkage to attend to.......fun, fun, fun.
 

StuartW

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Is there ever enough? :D

No, the mods themselves are now some 20 years old and the engine is pretty appalling truth be known. Servicing the 'charger, replacing the bearings and teflon coating is a no-brainer really, as getting hold of a decent replacement if it goes bang is going to be expensive anyway. The head is already ported but badly shimmed and poorly matched to the exhaust, so given it's age and the track abuse I want to give it I reckon it deserves a comprehensive fettling. Then there's the crank / flywheel to balance, the upside-down Monte' gearbox to strip and re-build, the mounts to renew and the gear linkage to attend to.......fun, fun, fun.

So enough to keep you busy then! I was always keen to shoe horn a VX engine into my Beta Zagato Spyder I had many years ago (and wish I still had) but it never happened. Maybe one day, if there are any solid betas left that have not rotted away when I finally find the time!
 

alfatwo

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Trouble is guys as nice as that car is,it wouldn't be eligible for any Group A historic european events,original factory spec cars always demand the most money..

Dave
 

hodroyd

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Used to have an Integrale, loved it, but that asking price is pie in the sky, even after it's restoration in to a track car, IMHO..!!