Soon to be on Copart.... F50

going to go for a lot more then what people are saying. I know I will be watching live this one and try to get a screen shot of the selling price. .

 

You think it'll break $400K? What's your guess? I posted mine a few posts back... I'm sticking with it.

When does the auction end? (looked it up... 3/19/12. current bid $210K).

I might bid $250K just for giggles. Can't lose at that price. Chance of winning, near 0.

 

3/19...as of now.

http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=28004911
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I remember reading this article back when it was being shared around the internet. It's a shame that this article doesn't state what the full extent of the damage was to the tub.

 

I liked the idea of a co-op. Get say 30-60 to pony up 15k or so each, then do a repair thread on this site, where members could donate time/skills to the repair, then do time shareing with the owners on a national annual track tour! This would give many the rare opportunity to experience first hand the unique aspects of this car. Seat time could also be sold for transport/maint. fees! Maybe a poll to guage interest would be fun! The realities are that it might be too late to organize such a feat, let alone the obvious hurdles to pull it off.

 

guys,these are only ''pre-bids'',,the real auction starts at 12noon est time on 3/19/2012,and you need to be a PA lic dealer[lic on file with copart] to bid,,,this car will probabuly go for $500k [lots of cars going to the middle-east]

 

does the seller have the right to reject the highest bid or is it binding

 

I think it can be fixed, they are fixing Cgt's

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/carrera-gt/634915-composite-repair-cgt.html

But I have been wrong before

 

^^^ Interesting link - thanks for sharing.

You can tell the damage to the rear of the car was fairly significant from the photos.

>8^)
ER

 

Ouch.

Well regardless of whether or not you receive a new tub, or a repaired tub, the tub was corrected by McLaren, and I'm sure that they will stand by their work and repair.

 

I can't see the pictures without joining

 

Impressive fill work, and the section was calculated not to be integral to bearing load. The honeycomb damage was not repaired, instead, foam fill was used on the innards to be better form filling.

If the F50's tub was similarly analyzed, and load calculated, it could potentially be repairable. Heck if the damaged section isn't load baring, it might be very drivable w/out needing repair, except to say that it still looks pretty ugly

This isn't something that just anybody could do. The repair cost looks minimal in terms of the cost of a new tub; however, if it is found to be a critical portion of the tub, it will never be the same, even if repaired.

 

just to clarify -- the entire F50 is load baring, there is *no* frame.

 

Ok just to let you know this isn't ebay and that is not the ending price. So waiting for a correction from greg on this one again from our expert:




Pre bid ends that morning on 3/19 11am (EST) so until 1 hour before the auction starts, who ever is registered as a dealer on Copart will be able to place a bid amount in the pre-bid process. once the auction time is less then 1 hour before it goes live you will not be able to enter a bid until the lot goes live then you can actively participate in the live bid against other members on copart, all I can say its fast and people do a lot of sniper active bidding. when each bid is entered you have 5 seconds to make another bid against the highest bidder.

 

What's the point of the pre-bid process if the bids don't seem to matter?

>8^)
ER

 

LOTS of false info going on here...

DO your homework before you speak please.

 

Thanks for the insightful post.

 

A finite element analysis would prove very useful. I don't think the damaged tub can be repaired adequately; but I haven't run such an analysis

 

Does anyone know the history of the car pre-Algar?
How did they end up with it?

 

It is worth signing up for the site for. There are about 100 pictures or else I would copy them and put them on here.

You don't need to become a member to see the pictures, just create a log on.