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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by JohnW » Tue May 03, 2022 4:08 am

MDMA wrote:
Mon May 02, 2022 7:57 pm
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Local monthly meet at Wrightington. In good company.

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Is that Wrightington near Wigan, where/when is that one please, I’m only round the corner in Bolton?
It would be good two B3 e92s together albeit my lowly B3 BiTurbo

Thanks
It is. Monthly meet at the Corner House. It’s moving next month to Charity Farm, just round the corner. Next date will be the 12th June. I think the owner is local too. Sure he came with the guy in the 964 who is also local.

https://www.cornerhousewrightington.co. ... very-month
Thanks for that, I know the area quite well it looks very busy.

Sorry all, back OT. The last GT3 I saw was at the 50th event at Silverstone classic back in 2015 when it led the parade laps in full body wrap. A very rare beast, only seen another one for sale here on Autotrader, in black.
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by Bob » Tue May 03, 2022 10:00 am

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Tue May 03, 2022 4:08 am
Sorry all, back OT. The last GT3 I saw was at the 50th event at Silverstone classic back in 2015 when it led the parade laps in full body wrap. A very rare beast, only seen another one for sale here on Autotrader, in black.
The third UK GT3 is also for sale at Sytner currently.
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by MDMA » Tue May 03, 2022 9:48 pm

The only RHD one I’ve ever seen was online! For sale at Romans a while ago.

https://www.romansinternational.com/use ... ina-U8307/

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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by Bob » Wed May 04, 2022 9:14 am

That’s John’s. He took it to the Sytner meet the other week. And Sytner have the white one for sale too although it isn’t advertised anywhere formally yet.
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by JohnW » Wed May 04, 2022 1:56 pm

Wouldn’t like to guess what Sytner will have that up at. But IIRC the Sapphire Black GT3 I saw on Autotrader was around 3 years ago and in a storage garage near Bradford. These will just become collectors items I suppose just as the 50th anniversary models. It’s where I got the idea to fit facelift paddles, steering wheel re-trim and AWRON vent gauge on the B3 BiTurbo #074 when I owned it.
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by Bob » Wed May 04, 2022 3:31 pm

The white one has been daily driven by the current owner so it's in need of tidying and is significantly higher miles than the other two UK cars 30k-ish versus 6k & 8k respectively. That said I was surprised as the number being suggested was mid-£30k's
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by MDMA » Wed May 04, 2022 7:12 pm

JohnW wrote:
Wed May 04, 2022 1:56 pm
Wouldn’t like to guess what Sytner will have that up at. But IIRC the Sapphire Black GT3 I saw on Autotrader was around 3 years ago and in a storage garage near Bradford. These will just become collectors items I suppose just as the 50th anniversary models. It’s where I got the idea to fit facelift paddles, steering wheel re-trim and AWRON vent gauge on the B3 BiTurbo #074 when I owned it.
I now remember that Motorhouse of Shipley had one for sale. That’s near to Bradford so might be the same one?

#74. https://www.motorhousecars.com/detail/1 ... dr-shipley

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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by Bob » Wed May 04, 2022 7:49 pm

Yes, that’s the same car, there’s only 3 RHD UK spec GT3’s and they’re all different: a white one, black one and one in the GT3 wrap. So they’re easy to spot. :lol:
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Re: Spotted earlier

Post by JohnW » Wed May 04, 2022 11:27 pm

MDMA wrote:
Wed May 04, 2022 7:12 pm

I now remember that Motorhouse of Shipley had one for sale. That’s near to Bradford so might be the same one?

#74. https://www.motorhousecars.com/detail/1 ... dr-shipley
That was the one 👍
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