Mk 2 air box

[Matthew]

Whats the highest price paid for a complete Mk 2 L/C air box ?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170099758735&rd=1&rd=1

It converts to about 840 GBP !
I had previously seen one around 700 GBP.

At this rate I'll never get a L/C! :evil:

 

[pbutilities]

mate i paid a small fortune for mine but i wanted it , and all the longer you wait the price goes up

 

[martin k]

don't see the thick leather type gasket on those pics,what did you use on your pb ?

 

[pbutilities]

i used a rubber rocker cover gasket trimmed to fit does the job nicely 8)

 

[Mark Cramond]

I paid $700.00 AUD for mine about 2 years ago from a guy in Perth. I have family there so they collected it and brought it over with them.
An Escort air box (short trumpets) sold over here recently for around $250.00 NZD.

 

[Andrew C]

Hi,

I just looked at mine (MK2 lotus) then phoned a friend who has five of them sitting in his shed (air box's)- bastard! and they seem to be the same length? what were the dimensions of the trumpets for the MK2 V the Twin Cam Esky?

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[Mark Cramond]

I can't find the measurements Andrew but the Escort trumpets are about 1/3 the length of the Cortina trumpets. If i was to guess i would say 40mm long on the Escort and 110-120mm on the Cortina.

PB's car shown definately has the MKII LC air box not Escort Twink air box fitted.

 

[Andrew C]

Yes mine are 130mm

all of my friends are 120-130mm.

cheers,

andrew

 

[Mark Cramond]

Your friend is very lucky to have all those air boxes. Funnily enough it is not the airbox itself that is the valuable part but the Bakelite carb box as most of them have been broken. It was common for them to be overtightened onto the carbs and they would split. If he has them to go with the air boxes then he may just about be able to sell them all and retire.

 

[Matthew]

Andrew, your mate is sitting on a small fortune it seems.....