By "relatively expensive" I meant that, in my world, £17k plus is a lot for any unfinished kit-car project where you'd have to take a guesstimate of how long it might take and how much it might cost to put it on the road and where your best guess might be years out and maybe multiple thousands of pounds out. Far better to either under-price it at a fixed price to see if you can swiftly move it on or take it to the stage where it's a known quantity with a value that's easier to establish. Shiny Alitalia cars are a bad comparison since they are common.