eagle Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 A friend is looking for his first Seven and he came across this one on Pistonheads Does anyone here know the car or the owner? Seems like a decent spec. Price maybe seems a fraction high but I would've thought only by £500 or so and it is summer (well, officially anyway ). Any thoughts are welcome. My friend is looking for a reasonably low-ish spec/power/price combo so if anyone knows of another one available, let me know. TIA, Andy Edited by - eagle on 26 Jun 2014 12:43:33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted June 26, 2014 Member Share Posted June 26, 2014 It might be worth putting "Oxford" in the Subject to catch people's eyes. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Good point Jonathan, will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think it is a live axle car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuB Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 "cough" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I went to see this car a few years ago when a previous owner was selling it up in the North West. Lovely colour but at the time I was put off by the extent of the corrosion on the frame & suspension although the advert suggests that this has now been fixed. It drove quite well (other than a significant flat spot on throttle pick-up when less than fully warm) but after some consideration I decided to spend very little more & bought a K Series engined car with deDion. Interestingly it's not depreciated in the years between me seeing it & now but then I guess that's another big advantage of owning a 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpa Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 If he's looking for a first 7, I will soon be putting up a 1995 1.4K SS dedion. It's low mileage and has loads of extras, including LSD. It'll come with tax and full MOT (just failed on handbrake effectiveness, but new pads are on order). I'll put it up on PH when it's ready, but feel free to BM me for details/pics. Oh - it'll be (well) under £9k as well - I feel a lot of the older cars on PH are 'optimistically' priced for the summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 "Oh - it'll be (well) under £9k as well - I feel a lot of the older cars on PH are 'optimistically' priced for the summer..." not just the older cars! personally I'd rather go for a K than a Nova engined 7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks for the responses so far guys. simonpa and IanL, I've passed on your messages to him. Mark, given that I chose a 'Nova engine' over a K, I resemble that remark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackenzie Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Quoting StuB: "cough" Great looking car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 I forgot to say, thanks Stu. Very nice car! Unfortunately, he's looking for sub £10k (more like £9k if poss). I've got to say though your car was nice enough to make me think 'what if'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted June 27, 2014 Leadership Team Share Posted June 27, 2014 1998 live axle, 8v Vauxhall, full cage, probably an ex-Scholarship car. I looked at a few in '98 when I bought my first 7 .. ended up buying a 1400K and must agree with Simon that they're much better cars. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Yeah, alright, I've got a 1.6VX, big deal. I didn't ask for to become a trash my car thread...?! 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpa Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Haha - they are fine cars! I think they are still running in the Classic Graduates race series: Classic Grads Fantastic fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Willoughby Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 This car ran in the Graduates series in 2003. See an old blatchat advert for it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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