GTD/CAV values

Just flicking thru the April edition of Classic & Sportscar;

p196 For sale GTD40 - asking price £45,000

p169 'Newly built' CAV sold at auction for £72,939

Is it just me or have values rocketed?
 
I've been following sales prices of finished GT40 replicars in the US for three months.

The average asking price (regardless of make) is $75k USD.

Cherner Classics has had two brand new CAVs on ebay (and other for sale ads) complete and turn-key and were asking $75k for a standard one and $80k for a wide-body 425hp one. The $75k met its reserve, the $80k car has stalled repeatedly at $67k at end of auction.

There was also a gulf-color scheme CAV on ebay and it only got to $45k (didn't meet the reserve).

There is a GT40 for sale in a showroom in Salt Lake City (believe it's a GTD but not sure) and it was just reduced to $65,900:

FAV has had their tube-frame demo CAV for sale for some time for about $69k.

VIP classics claims they are going to have a "1 to 2 year waiting list" and "I have to call several people about the car that came in" yet it's still on their lot...maybe it's just a demo though.

There's a "professionally constructed" GT40 for sale on KitCars.com in San Francisco that has 2500 miles and the owners is asking $73k....it has a Renault transaxle so I assume it's a GTD. Don't know if that car has been sold, the ad got 13126 hits on it but no pictures are posted.

That Barret Jackson $118k car was a fluke IMHO.

As a shopper in the market, I just cant justify paying more than $80k for this sort of vehicle and I ended up requiring it to be fully race legal to even consider (cage, fire system, fuel cells). The advantage of it being a replicar is I can register and drive it on the street (unlike any other race car) but once the thing gets over $80k, I have to do a reality check personally. Any of the cars I've mentioned would be strong candidates if I didn't have the race requirement and are priced where I would definitely consider them so, personally, I find the average car for sale is priced about right in the US.

Interestingly, a "full race" GTD car is for sale in the UK for $88k...aparently the personal car of "the director of GTD".

GTD race car for sale
 
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