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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Bob Purton on May 12, 2012, 06:25:09 PM

Title: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: Bob Purton on May 12, 2012, 06:25:09 PM
What on earth have they done to this one? Is it 175 or 200?  The usual opportunist price!

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page/115693/1954-messerschmitt-kr-175/
Title: Re: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: Jonathan Poll on May 12, 2012, 06:48:12 PM
Seen that before. Its a heavily modified 175. I love it though, shame about the price!

Here is another heavily modded 175:
Title: Re: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: marcus on May 12, 2012, 08:29:28 PM
Odd cars, presumably home-made bodywork to replaced badly rusted original bodywork.
Title: Re: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: Big Al on May 13, 2012, 07:53:13 AM
What on earth have they done to this one? Is it 175 or 200?  The usual opportunist price!

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page/115693/1954-messerschmitt-kr-175/

This car would appear to be fitted with some sort of scooter engine. It needs a lot of work to return it to original, and frankly, I doubt a KR200 in that state would collect the asking price. There are about 4 really poor KR175 floating about for unrealistic prices which is annoying as I would like another incomplete car to make my project whole.
Title: Re: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: Jonathan Poll on May 13, 2012, 10:41:13 AM
I actually quite like that 175 Bob posted. Its ahsame its that expensive, and that bad condition. My dad has started with worse as a restoration, but of course for a 175 you need custom built panels.

I love then "fins" on the rear. If I had that car, I would keep them on!
Title: Re: Strange Messerschmitt for sale
Post by: Big Al on May 14, 2012, 08:22:35 AM
I have created worse restoration projects than this but I valued them to sell to avoid doing them myself! To much effort.

There is a choice but generally you cannot have both margins available from one project without doing the work.