Inspector Morse Mk.2

[Simon TR4a]

I haven't seen a post on this yet, but my recent copy of an English magazine says the car is for sale for stupid money.
Apparently it was given away at the end of the series as the prize in a contest. The winner later sold it for 20k pounds, plenty for a 2.4 litre with an ugly vinyl roof in my opinion.
Some renovation work was done and it resold for about 50k pounds, had a nut and bolt rebuild at enormous cost, allegedly 100k pounds (how do you spend that much?), and is now for sale again for 150k.
I realise there is some celebrity value, but really!
Simon.

 

[JamesWilson]

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allegedly 100k pounds (how do you spend that much?), and is now for sale again for 150k.
I realise there is some celebrity value, but really!

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That is crazy....

Its easy to spend that much, think of a cramped, one bedroom flat in one of the cheaper areas of London....

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/counties/html/county37.stm?f

Though, a little TV exposure (Bergerac) helped Triumph roadster values:

https://www.kdb38.dial.pipex.com/roadster/roads3.htm

 

[Exotexs]

In which episode did Inspector Morse say: "I should have acquired the S type model instead"? I just read that his MK-II was side-swiped by one of the lighting trucks during filming, then promptly repaired (cosmetically) to be able to continue shooting the same day. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[JamesWilson]

John Thaw, the actor that played Morse, is reputed to have thoroughly despised the car, supposedly because of its unreliability and frequent faults that disrupted scenes....

 

[Bruce Bowker]

All my cars are for sale for $200,000 each. Doesn't mean I will get it though.

Bruce

 

[Exotexs]

you won't get that kind of money for all 5 together, but it's nice to know what each is worth. Funny, I have a friend in an island close to you who purchased a Beacham Jaguar for $200,000.00 and paid $15,000.00 to fly it overnight from Australia to the Caribean via Fedex. Must be nice...

 

[martin_burtt]

The sale page for the Morse Mk. 2 can be seen at www.morsejaguar.com. I think I read they're accepting offers over GBP 153k.

 

[JamesWilson]

I think you've put an extra period at the link's end which gives a page not found error, and the address should be:

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www.morsejaguar.com

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