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Nice McRae 550 Spyder for auction

matara - July 13th, 2005 at 10:21 AM

Spotted this for sale in NZ. Not cheap, but what a motor. Shame its not silver!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Porsche/auction-30553640.htm

Cheers

Steve

speedster356 - July 13th, 2005 at 01:04 PM

Hmmm, tasty.:thumb

koolkarmakombi - July 13th, 2005 at 02:50 PM

those front indicators ruin a beautiful car

speedster356 - July 13th, 2005 at 03:35 PM

Yeah they're the stock repro indicators as sold on all the US replicas and McRaes. The accurate indicators are about $500 USD!!! a set.

pyr0 - July 13th, 2005 at 03:40 PM

it'd look kool with a nipple style indercater like the early splitties bbut hey i wouldnt knoock it back because of the indicators

Muzza72 - July 13th, 2005 at 07:27 PM

bought tickets in the lottery today you never know

murray

Grey 57 - July 14th, 2005 at 12:25 AM

Yikes current bid 49,000 NZ pesos.

BiX - July 14th, 2005 at 01:10 PM

if only............

MikeM - July 14th, 2005 at 01:17 PM

reserve was $90,000 NZ dollars,

so about $0.85 Australian.....

ok kidding.... $80,900 AUD.

speedster356 - July 14th, 2005 at 01:18 PM

The engine shot gets me going.....:thumb

boof2332 - July 14th, 2005 at 05:12 PM

Come on Peter, please let me!

Matt

Adam_C - July 15th, 2005 at 01:23 PM

tell me this isnt a glass repro for 90k?

HotRodMatt - July 15th, 2005 at 02:34 PM

Repro or not the quality of the car, its engineering, its trim, its engine determine what the market will pay for it.

A lot of cars are glass that aren't repro. Nothing wrong with glass.

MikeM - July 15th, 2005 at 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adam_C
tell me this isnt a glass repro for 90k?

Considering a real 550 is worth about 10 times that I'd say it would have to be......

And to be honest it probably handles, brakes and accelerats better then the original anyway.

And with the subi donk you could drive it every day with no reliability issues.

$90K is pretty rich. It's think $45K (NZ) is more what it would sell for.

SPRINTSTAR - July 15th, 2005 at 04:37 PM

Still plastic and a fake...rather have the real deal any day...even if it's slower etc...how about an early 70's 930 Turbo cab for that price?

speedster356 - July 15th, 2005 at 06:35 PM

That's right Matt, this is just a fantastic hand built car in the style of a 550 Spyder. People do get carried away with the authenticity thing sometimes. It cracks me up when you log onto the Spyder site in the US, some put shite on people for building these cars and not using authentic looking parts etc.......I guess they forget it's not a replica as such, that would involve a hand beaten alloy body, 4 cam engine etc......but a hand build car having the period look of a 550 Spyder:P
I must admit I don't agree with the heading of Porsche 550 Spyder but I bet it got a few extra hits to the auction.:Pnn[ Edited on 15-7-2005 byspeedster356 ]

SPRINTSTAR - July 15th, 2005 at 10:26 PM

edited....nn[ Edited on 15-7-2005 by SPRINTSTAR ]

62deluxe - July 15th, 2005 at 10:40 PM

God and I thought people had grown up lately.
:blah
If it's not your thing, don't look.....
It gives me a twinge :crazy:

Golde60 - July 17th, 2005 at 01:49 PM

damn this is nice

looks better than the original to me, at least in terms of practical enjoyment, rather than sitting in a shed.

that would go like shit out of a shanghai. i reckon it would be quicker than just about anything else on the road

SPRINTSTAR - July 19th, 2005 at 10:54 PM

Steve (Matara), there's a 54 Sunroof A for sale here in Melbourne, let me know if you're interested, you can contact him direct. A 'Real' one of course...
Cheers,
AL