Not much of a barn find if it was stored outside!
Not much of a barn find if it was stored outside!
I would hope someone actually looks at it first. I would expect it to be non V8 owners that have bid it up. I would not be overly concerned on the mold as that happens quickly but I would be looking at the underside first....
As we know if you need to sort the subframe by the time you have added all the new bits you will need there is over a £1000, shocks would be another £1000 then all the other associated bits that have not been sorted. Our cars do not do well sitting for long periods and even worse just left in a garage or outside for 2 years also there is paying higher road tax on the car.
You could get a good or much closer to being sorted enthusiast car with provable history for less than the price you will be at when you have sorted only a couple of bits. We are lucky that as a club and a group of enthusiast garages we keep them on the road and we bat way above our average but the days of left over cheap Londgbridge parts have gone so as with the shocks we are down to paying true price
Steve
#243 Pearl Black
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Cripes! Currently at £5,600, and new bidders to boot.
Still almost 6 days to go and seller swears he will let it go to the line, whatever.
Do I smell the odour of burning fingers?
... is a nice colour though ...
David
Last edited by David; 06-03-2018 at 01:03 PM. Reason: New current highest bid noted 06/03.
Now that it's getting nearer the line, 3 days to go, the last three bidders have pulled out apparently. Went from 6,250 back to 5,600, then 5,551 and finally 5,400 within 48 hours.
Thought you couldn't just retract or cancel a bid without good reason? Changing your mind doesn't count. Wonder what that might be. The eBay bid-retraction/cancellation history doesn't say!
Smacks a bit of shill-bidding ?
(If it were not for the fact that the listing say's "Seller will not post to The Netherlands", I could have been tempted )
David
Last edited by David; 08-03-2018 at 02:59 PM.
In my view the way the car was bid up so quickly does make me suspicous. Having sold numerous cars on the Bay even cars that are desirable rarely get much beyond a 1/2 of there final selling price until the last couple of days.
Knowing what other 260's that are availble ready to go for probably less than what you would spend on the purchase price and what it would take to get it roadworthy I suspect the seller is going to withdraw it in the last day for some made up reason.
It will be interesting to see what it actually sells for.
Steve