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Post by conrod on Nov 6, 2016 20:24:02 GMT 1
Hmm, I thought reserve would be around £20K! I wonder what the expectation is?
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Post by muttleymk2 on Nov 6, 2016 22:14:07 GMT 1
Absolutely ridiculous! What are things coming to, you will never be able to drive it for fear of putting up the mileage, at the end of the day it's only an old van!
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Post by conrod on Nov 7, 2016 1:13:53 GMT 1
at that mileage and condition only a fool would buy it to use, regardless of price! It's a collectors piece to be put on display, nothing else! Doesn't mean I would say no to it though
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Post by dodgerover on Nov 7, 2016 1:36:26 GMT 1
How about investing 20K into having the tooling made to press a few new shells, the Aussie motor industry has been shut down so they've got a fair bit of gear laying idle? I guess with 3D scanning and CNC machining it would be a lot less to set up than it would have been in days gone..
Then you could corner the market in new old transits
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Post by conrod on Nov 7, 2016 9:59:52 GMT 1
Problem is, nobody would want to pay more than 5K for one!
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Post by FredTransit on Nov 7, 2016 11:59:32 GMT 1
How about investing 20K into having the tooling made to press a few new shells, the Aussie motor industry has been shut down so they've got a fair bit of gear laying idle? I guess with 3D scanning and CNC machining it would be a lot less to set up than it would have been in days gone.. Then you could corner the market in new old transits Aren't they already doing that with some classic marque? Maybe Mk1 escort?
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Post by dodgerover on Nov 7, 2016 12:35:37 GMT 1
I believe so mk1 or mk2 Essy shells made in China.
That place in Turkey presses most of the transit rust repair panels, you could work the shells to use a modern rear axle for a better choice of ratios and IFS as that seems to be a desirable thing from what I can gather. Set the engine mounts to accept a range of modern easily available motors and rebuild your rotted out van into a shiney new solid shell. You're right though I can't imagine anybody but a real enthusiast wanting to pay sensible money for it.
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Post by sleepy on Nov 7, 2016 13:00:52 GMT 1
So it would be a kit-van :-)
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Post by sleepy on Nov 13, 2016 15:56:08 GMT 1
£20,201 not enough.... not sold
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Post by bullsintransit on Nov 13, 2016 17:12:27 GMT 1
Would of thought seller would have took offer,don't think I've ever seen an eBay ad reach more than the first time up. Also would of thought seller would have history conformation on paper prior to ad,not leave it for potential buyers to confirm asking the money he thinks it's worth,without papers it might as well be a concourse restoration with a new speedo that's been resurrected from a longtime unused shell/logbook.
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Post by pk on Nov 13, 2016 17:21:04 GMT 1
There's a lot of people playing the system with eBay nowadays, the selling fees are quite substantial on vehicle sales so people purposefully set a high reserve to see what people are willing to pay. Then contacting the bidders back or relisting with a contact number and removing the listing and selling direct to cut out the fees. Regardless at that price I'd expect it to be in a dealership/trader with many more pictures and paperwork to go with.
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Post by bullsintransit on Nov 14, 2016 15:09:42 GMT 1
Been relisted with a lower reserve,still must be £20k plus though... Sums it up
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Post by harry2012 on Nov 15, 2016 7:50:13 GMT 1
I've just realised who is selling this.
When I had a Defender he had a bit of a reputation for selling some ropey over priced stuff. I'd be very wary.
Google 'yan the landyman' and you'll see what I mean.
He was also on 'Wheeler Dealers'
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Post by sleepy on Nov 15, 2016 9:44:06 GMT 1
He's not a popular guy in the land rover world
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Post by dodgerover on Nov 15, 2016 12:51:48 GMT 1
Oddly I know that user name as well, many years ago he had a one owner Valiant Charger for sale, it went back to Aus and I'm pretty sure people were raving over how good it was and how well it had survived.
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