CV8 project at Mathewsons auction 112/2323 DEH 636C

[Peter Rothery]

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lo ... 8&pn=1&g=1

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[jglarkin]

It would be nice to see this back on our roads, so few around these days. Almost certainly a ‘body off restoration’ so not for the faint hearted.

[John Staddon]

The car has been in the same family ownership since 1990, father and then son when the father passed away, and has probably been garaged all of that time. The interior, what you can see of it, looks new, or in very good condition if it's not, and I wonder what else was done in those 33 years. This car could be better than it looks in photos.

John

[mikebyrne]

Hi John,
was that Brian Foster's car ?
Mike.

[John Staddon]

Hi Mike

Brian Foster is a name that doesn't appear in the history of this car, or any other. That doesn't mean that a Brian Foster never owned a C-V8, just that his ownership was never recorded.

John

[Dion]

The interior, what you can see of it, looks new, or in very good condition if it's not,

Looks vinyl, not leather, to me.

[John Staddon]

Yes, it does look like vinyl. It's not the original colour so it is a replacement interior and as the paint has been stripped from the body perhaps the owner was going for a complete new look, and wanted to save money as well. What I am wondering is if he got as far as restoring the chassis.

John

[Peter Rothery]

Hammer price showing as either £8000 or £8200 depending upon which part of the their website or livestream you look at.