My guess he paid high teens for it as that is what they were selling for a couple of years after the collapse. I agree it needs preserving but even if you did and put it away for 20 years it would probably have a similar value to a SD1 Vitesse if the same had happened to one of those so not a great investment.

At the end of the day there is a very limited market for these cars as a lot of people don't even know they exist, even less people have the spare cash to buy one costing more than twice what a used one would cost and even less again who are willing to buy it and them put it away unused.

I think my 260 is a great car but if I had a spare £25k would I buy it? No I can think of a lot of other cars on my bucket list that I would rather have.

Maybe Beaulieu or Gaydon should have look after it? At least it would show the public they exist.

Steve