Lord Metcalf’s 007 Spectre Defender

[scotta]

Sold at Goodwood for £365500.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24876/lot/379/

[mik]

Crazy price for a non-roadregistered car. (or is it? I confused am)

Didnt AndyB (twitter) highlight that it wasnt quite what Harry believed he had bought originally?

Seems to havd done alright though....

[scotta]

‘Tis MOT’d and registered according to the sale notes. Has to be registered to have a private plate.

[scotta]

What was the concerns on Twitter?

[mik]

He only ever did vids around his estate, so I jumped to the conclusion. Maybe cos the tyres arent suited to road.

[mik]

I think AndyB had also bought the one purporting to be the "main" film car. Didnt pay massive attention tbh.

[mik]

Check out the fees btw - in the wrong business.

BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
Like the vast majority of auctioneers Bonhams charge what is known as a Buyer's Premium. Buyer's Premium on all Automobilia lots will adhere to Bonhams group policy:

25% up to £175,000 of hammer price,
20% from £175,001 to £3,000,000 of hammer price,
and 12.5% on the balance thereafter. This applies to each lot purchased and is subject to VAT.

[scotta]

Check out the fees btw - in the wrong business.

BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
Like the vast majority of auctioneers Bonhams charge what is known as a Buyer's Premium. Buyer's Premium on all Automobilia lots will adhere to Bonhams group policy:

25% up to £175,000 of hammer price,
20% from £175,001 to £3,000,000 of hammer price,
and 12.5% on the balance thereafter. This applies to each lot purchased and is subject to VAT.

I thought the black market for international arms dealing was reasonably lucrative these days?

[mik]

Check out the fees btw - in the wrong business.

BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
BUYERS' PREMIUM AND CHARGES
Like the vast majority of auctioneers Bonhams charge what is known as a Buyer's Premium. Buyer's Premium on all Automobilia lots will adhere to Bonhams group policy:

25% up to £175,000 of hammer price,
20% from £175,001 to £3,000,000 of hammer price,
and 12.5% on the balance thereafter. This applies to each lot purchased and is subject to VAT.

I thought the black market for international arms dealing was reasonably lucrative these days?

Yeah, but you still need to pay off several govt officials. Allegedly.

[Jimmy Choo]

How much!!! For a tarted up 50s farm vehicle?

[integrale_evo]

I can't remember the exact story but wasn't it that Harry's one was built by svo as a road going homage to the film vehicles where as andys was one of the actual film vehicles which he then had made road legal.

I think

Maybe

[ZedLeg]

There was a conversation about it, can't remember if it was here or the old forum. Ste was saying that Harry's was a replica sold as a legit movie car iirc. Still wasn't road legal when he bought it as it had a hydraulic handbrake, maybe?

[ZedLeg]

We are all very knowledgeable about it

[integrale_evo]

I've trolled through andys instagram posts of it and seems they made 10 for the film. I can't remember what the ribbing was, but seems Harry's was a legit one too. Maybe andys actually featured in the film but Harry's was one built for it but never actually used?

[Sundayjumper]

How much!!! For a tarted up 50s farm vehicle?

It's either Mito or SD that bought it, isn't it ?

[JLv3.0]

How much!!! For a tarted up 50s farm vehicle?

Finally some fucking sanity. I wouldn't pay 1/100th of that price for the outdated unreliable POS.

[integrale_evo]

I thinks it's quite cool as an item, but I have zero want for it at all.

[Mito Man]

The price for sticking a piece of rope and some big tyres on a 4x4: £1000

The price for pretending you’re James Bond: £365,000

Be sure to keep a very large supply of shitty sticks in the bed of it to beat away all the clunge that will throw themselves at you.
And if you come to your senses and realise what you’ve just paid for it then it comes a rope and a winch for a swift easy suicide.

[Marv]

Fair play to Harry, he seems to have a sixth sense on what cars will make him a humongous profit and he generally gets decent use out of them, before he flogs them too

[Zonda_]

How much!!! For a tarted up 50s farm vehicle?

Finally some fucking sanity. I wouldn't pay 1/100th of that price for the outdated unreliable POS.

Watched the Harry's garage vid on it a few days ago, it's far from standard and basically just looks like a Defender. The suspension is all Bowler for example. There were only a few built that were not road legal but he did say he was going to try a get it done.