280i FHC barn find on Ebay

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A project for a brave buyer. No bids with less than 2 days to go :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374837625293

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The Ebay auction ended 8 days ago with NO BIDS, and he hasn't re-listed it yet, so it would be worth sending an enquiry via Ebay message to the seller. His other items clearly show that he is a car trader, so may be willing to take a lower offer to get rid ....

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Those tapes will now all be the same. As Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman noted in "Good Omens", all tapes left in a car for more than a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.

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"I don’t think it’s a forgotten barn car at all. It was taxed until earlier this year. Why would you tax a forgotten barn car? "

But not MoTd since 2009, so it can't have been legally driven for 14 years - and the visible condition shows it would be undriveable. Presumably he taxed it last year for some other reason - perhaps if he was considering selling the registration number separately. An online reg number advice page says this :
"Older vehicles:
If your vehicle has been unused for a number of years, you may not be able to sell the registration number. To remove a registration number from a vehicle, it must meet the following:
- Registered with the DVLA (many older vehicles may not be)
- Have been taxed within the past 5 years, and be declared SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification)
- Available for inspection "