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moggiethouable
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Blimey

Post by moggiethouable »

Well, I feel like sending them an email that goes something like,
"I'll give you thirty bob and a box of comics for it"
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They say "This Minor is as original as they come." No it isn't, at minimum it has a late steering wheel and a later engine! :-?
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………..and upgraded indicators. But apart from that...……….. it's completely original.
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Post by jagnut66 »

Later (ill fitting) wipers too!
But what really miffs me, for that price, is that there's no chrome windscreen surrounds!! :roll:..........
I think you should keep the comics and just offer them a bag of pork scratchings...... :wink:

Seriously though, some of these classic cars (of whatever condition) with inflated prices must sit around for months (years??) though. I like to browse 'carandclassic' website (amongst others) and, using these for an example, I keep seeing the same Mark 2 Jags month after month.
Why don't they just drop the prices back down to earth, surely a smaller profit for each but combined with a regular turnover would make more sense than cars just sitting gathering dust from one end of the year to next..................
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Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
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This particular garage has been there for years at least 30,they mainly used to deal with mgs in the early days. I have seen some of their rebuilds ,very high quality but as a result top prices,but they have a high turnover ,so can demand top prices.
Haven't been for a while since I gave up re building MGs ,but used to browse,used to have some very nice and interesting classics well worth looking at. Never bought always way out of my price range.
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I think "Sympathetic refurbishment" could figure in my post on Euphemisms.
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but they have a high turnover
At that price I doubt they'll be experiencing 'turnover' on this one anytime soon....... :roll: :wink:
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
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