info about car please

[Deleted]

hi all i have a 1963 p5 3ltr coupe with chassis no 74000074With engine no 77501821A first registered may 9th 1963 it is dark blue roof with Grey bottom.all i am wondering is it the oldest p5 coupe on the road or is there any older on the road. i would also like to know what sort of money this car is worth???i am a member of the p5 club i also have a 3.5 coupe

[GrimD]

According to my book, P5 coupes were in production from 1962 (though not very many of them). I think I have seen one advert for a '62 coupe (though the advertiser may have been wrong).
Best way to assess the value of your car is to look for camparable vehicles on eBay and in the Owner's club listing. At the moment a more or less perfect P5 coupe is seven thousand or above, a useable but tatty one about three thousand, from memory

[Phil Nottingham]

Join the club and they will give a valuation

[Deleted]

i am a member been one 4 about 5 years now but just after some advise

[Deleted]

Contact your regional rep - he will put you in touch with one of the valuation officers.

I personally prefer the six particularly the Coupe - if yours is one of the earliest then one day it will attract a premium although my preferred one is the Mk11c which has the better engine and retains the traditional and more comfortable trimming. I can assure you that I am in the minority

Any secondhand car is worth what someone is willing to pay at the time - the problem with the straight sixes even if its a Coupe is that for some reason they do not have the street cred as the V8's often because many likely and even current owners have never driven even a half decent one particularly a manual/od.

They do not know what they are missing?

If its unrestored, clean and sound it should attract a premium over the listed prices which are very low unfortunately.

Perhaps someone out their can indicate why V8 Coupe do attract a much higher price - I do not undersatnd it as there are far more of them about now than the sixes

[Smallfry]

torsionbar said:

Perhaps someone out their can indicate why V8 Coupe do attract a much higher price - I do not undersatnd it as there are far more of them about now than the sixes

I don't know either ! After having both, I prefer saloons anyway, so I guess I'm in a minority too ?

But I agree with Torsion Bar........Putting a figure on something does not really mean much. Its only worth what someone is prepared to give you for it. Its fine saying, for example, that its worth £10,000, but in the end it depends how much the potential buyer wants it, and how desperate you are to sell it.

And desperate is NOT a good thing to be !

[dorsetflyer]

Mark, it must be a very early one. Production of these only got going in 1963 although they were introduced in 1962. I think yours is an Auto model from memory, and only 180 were produced for the whole year.
There cannot be many left now.

[Deleted]

john i just want to know if anyone has an earlier one mine is 74 maid i think

[dorsetflyer]

Mark, it might be well worth forking out about £30 and getting a heritage certificate for it. That will give you its date of manufacture plus all other relevant details. As I said before only 180 were made that year, so there cannot be many left of that year.
Obviously more were produced in Manual form as Auto wasn't quite so popular then.
Your car must have a value premium on it because of the registration mark. That is another avenue to go down to see what it is valued at. All in all it's a car worth keeping if at all possible.

[Deleted]

this car should have caused a bit of interest but as the nom none all i get is join the club. i pay my membership every year buy these rare cars to do but no info back.why bother just as well save money. been to some p5 meets but find it hard to talk to committee???why.are they above normal p5 owners

[Deleted]

What do you expect the Committee do to about it?

Other than whats been said because the club does not even know what cars members have how can it verify anything. The Committee are elected by the members and are not above them

Its only a small chance that one of the silent hundreds of members/non-members that use these pages may know or have an older one. Dont forget that the 62 model year ran from September 61 to August 62 -the 63 from September 62 etc. Yours is a low number though.

More members read Take 5 so write an article for it.

The value even if it is rare depends on its condition/originality. Tell us more about it, post some pictures?

[adrian50]

I believe that DVLA might be able to provide some information, if you ask them the correct questions, for a fee of course.
Example, ask DVLA if your particular car is the oldest on record or are there any older ones still registered?

To be fair, I cannot imagine thay any car club would know of all their cars that are on the road, even club members cars may sometimes only be fit for spares etc.
Cheers