Magnus Walker 911 on the Auction Block
08-18-2013, 02:07 PM
#107
The one auction I saw that made sense in the big money leagues was someone scoring an original owner, stored for 20+ years F40 with 500 miles on the odo and fully documented. I think it was $1.3M at Mecum. That guy got a bargain. Properly marketed to a world bidder audience and the sky's the limit on that car.
08-18-2013, 08:46 PM
#108
There's a fairly famous long hood car (a 912, in fact) fitted with a GT3 Cup Car motor that was the brainchild of Hayden at Wevo and the owner, who I'm pretty sure is also an engineer. It's not just a big-motor-in-a-little-car, but also a project where all the peripheral stuff was done to the nines.
There are a lot of ways to look at this kind of project, of course. Magnus is pure style. Singers are shooting for something with a set of accomplishments (and compromises) that a hundred wealthy guys could agree on as the ultimate early street car and cafe racer.
This one was just a one-off. But if I was the target buyer, then it's also the one that just might out-Singer the Singer. It goes by the not-very-catchy name of 'PVX.'
GT3DE, you might want to take a look at these links, if you haven't already. (In my book, you're doing 'God's work.'
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http://mightymotormedia.com/download...vo-porsche.pdf
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...iew-slope.html
There are a lot of ways to look at this kind of project, of course. Magnus is pure style. Singers are shooting for something with a set of accomplishments (and compromises) that a hundred wealthy guys could agree on as the ultimate early street car and cafe racer.
This one was just a one-off. But if I was the target buyer, then it's also the one that just might out-Singer the Singer. It goes by the not-very-catchy name of 'PVX.'
GT3DE, you might want to take a look at these links, if you haven't already. (In my book, you're doing 'God's work.'
)http://mightymotormedia.com/download...vo-porsche.pdf
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...iew-slope.html
Love reading your blog by the way Jack, very inspirational stuff!
PS - there is some info on that in the Cup car section here too for you RL folk.
08-19-2013, 12:31 AM
#109
Nordschleife Master
Having the resources that I have, I just can't imagine spending more than $100-125k to put together a car like this. I would build this car long before I would pay that more for it. At that price I better be getting a real ST or a really nice 2.4l S.
08-19-2013, 04:19 AM
#110
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at that price you are close to an OK RS...or 1.5 nice early Ses.....its a wonderful new high water mark for the market to comp against going forward.
The days of the $300k early S longhood S have arrived....
(remember, that was a T!)
The days of the $300k early S longhood S have arrived....
(remember, that was a T!)
08-19-2013, 09:08 AM
#111
Burning Brakes
08-19-2013, 02:01 PM
#114
Magnus shamelessly promoted himself & his "Brand" on every Porsche website, got on every Porsche magazine cover (even R&T), made his own movie and also a video with Jay Leno. Result is he got 2X what that car is worth.
Hope the new owner got an autographed "Urban Outlaw" T-shirt & bumper sticker.
Bill
08-19-2013, 02:10 PM
#115
+1
Magnus shamelessly promoted himself & his "Brand" on every Porsche website, got on every Porsche magazine cover (even R&T), made his own movie and also a video with Jay Leno. Result is he got 2X what that car is worth.
Hope the new owner got an autographed "Urban Outlaw" T-shirt & bumper sticker.
Bill
Magnus shamelessly promoted himself & his "Brand" on every Porsche website, got on every Porsche magazine cover (even R&T), made his own movie and also a video with Jay Leno. Result is he got 2X what that car is worth.
Hope the new owner got an autographed "Urban Outlaw" T-shirt & bumper sticker.
Bill
Anyway, he's a businessman trading off a foreign accent, eccentric costume, and a half a ZZ Top beard. He made his money in fashion grunge clothes for music band celebrities ... he knows how to sell ordinary stuff to "easy come, easy go" types willing to pay too much for nothing substantial.
I don't begrudge the guy one penny of that sale price -- there's a lot worse happens in the world, even the tiny microcosm of the Porsche world, than separate some rich fool from his money.
08-19-2013, 03:15 PM
#116
+1
Magnus shamelessly promoted himself & his "Brand" on every Porsche website, got on every Porsche magazine cover (even R&T), made his own movie and also a video with Jay Leno. Result is he got 2X what that car is worth.
Hope the new owner got an autographed "Urban Outlaw" T-shirt & bumper sticker.
Bill
Magnus shamelessly promoted himself & his "Brand" on every Porsche website, got on every Porsche magazine cover (even R&T), made his own movie and also a video with Jay Leno. Result is he got 2X what that car is worth.
Hope the new owner got an autographed "Urban Outlaw" T-shirt & bumper sticker.
Bill
and Not what the keyboard appraisers deem it worth.
People spend too much time worrying about what their Porsche is worth or how much the other guy over-spent on his.
So the guy spent $275k on a car that may not have been mass produced (not sure about year). Granted they could have been on the way to a 73 RS for same money. But Spending $100+K on a mass produced/depreciating Porsche is better?
08-21-2013, 07:20 PM
#120
