Augusta barn find

[Kari]

Seen in Padova last Thursday this Augusta for sale. Engine seized. Has taken part in the Mille Miglia 1937 but did not finish. Asking price 130'000 €  !!

Cheers  Karl

[davidwheeler]

To be fair it looks as if it has been in a dry barn since 1937 and seems to be in excellent condition.   Just needs a bit of a clean and some oil down the bores...

[JohnMillham]

That will be €30,000 for the car and €100,000 for being in the Mille Miglia!

[chriswgawne]

Asking prices for cars for sale at Padova always seem to be somewhat ambitious to me but I only ever visit the show on the preview day - i.e the first day when there are relatively few visitors.
However talking to someone last night (Sunday) who was at the very crowded show yesterday, he said that quite a high proportion of the cars for sale had 'sold' signs on them.
Chris 

[lancialulu]

I was there on Sunday and did not find it as crowded as I was expecting. I saw Tony Harrisons photos he took of Lancias (so many) on the Thursday and noted some had sold signs on then. I cannot say I saw many more sold signs on Sunday but registered some ambitious prices on average or below average Fulvias, but also some nice cars at sensible prices that had not sold.

[Parisien]

Podova being the show case/main Mostra Scambio in Italy, no doubt it'll attract the biggest audience of the year and potentially those with cash burning a hole it their pockets.

Nonetheless an arbitrary €100000 premium for an original Mille Miglia Augusta is stretching it a bit! But as Chris and Tim noted, plenty of cars seemed to sell, but prices are perhaps all over the place.


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