Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Triumph Herald clocks 20 miles in 52 years

It is described as a “classic car with one careful lady owner”.

But what makes this Triumph Herald so unusual is that it has covered just 20 miles since it rolled off the production line 52 years ago.

Still sporting its original 1961 £15 tax disc, the blue and white car was delivered to the buyer's home by trailer.

This is bizarre in 1961 a woman bought a Triumph Herald it was delivered to her house by trailer and then she never drove it, and when she died her family sold it back to the dealer who sold it to her, who’s now auctioning and it expecting to make £12-15k.

It’s an interesting and bizarre story but it does throw up some questions like who buys a car and then leaves it sitting on the drive, why buy a car if you’re not going to drive it.

Also what dealer buys back a car he’s already sold, and this is the one that really gets me how can it be worth £12-15k.

I understand that some old classic cars are worth fortunes because they are rare or because of the heritage of the company that made them etc. but how can a Triumph Herald from 1961 be worth more than a lot of brand new 2013 cars that have just rolled off the production line.


It doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever.  

No comments:

Post a Comment