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newsatten said:
What with guns,Italian stuff so don't want to turn this into a old boys ailments forum but got my results from my
x-ray yesterday,says i have joint degeneration , worse on the left side,must be all those heavy clutches i've
had to press over the years, was reasonably fine until lock down, after this winter i felt like my whole body has seized up.
Got another appointment at the hospital regarding the hernia, Thought i was a young man but all this seemed to creep up
on me without any warning.
Guys not come back to me on the MK 2 so looks like i got a overdrive box to pullout
and a axle to put in, recommission my daughters MX5 and still havn't got round to the 32 Roadsters oil leak,
Doctor told me to take it easy,
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We all abit fragile like ours cars!
Dodgy left knee ?? Slushers rule
My consultant told me i was done doing my job, after last week i was thinking he was right,
but knocking off at 1pm, so a five hour shift which i seem to be able to cope with, knee swells but no pain, so will try this for a month or so!
Take it easy, Yeah Right
Bummer with the Jaguar, did the guy at least contact to say its a no go? or just went quite?
Just be careful lifting trans's and axles etc, they aint light! Had my axle out loads of times, its almost on zippers !
I made a cradle for the jack to hold it in the correct angle, they are a bugger without one ................................................................
Joking aside we all think were still 25 , crawl around under a motor for a few hours lifting gear boxes etc , one soon remembers we aint
He's just gone quiet on me, still may call but think if he was still interested would have got back to me by now, x-ray yesterday,says i have joint degeneration , worse on the left side,must be all those heavy clutches i've
had to press over the years, was reasonably fine until lock down, after this winter i felt like my whole body has seized up.
Got another appointment at the hospital regarding the hernia, Thought i was a young man but all this seemed to creep up
on me without any warning.
Guys not come back to me on the MK 2 so looks like i got a overdrive box to pulloutand a axle to put in, recommission my daughters MX5 and still havn't got round to the 32 Roadsters oil leak,
Doctor told me to take it easy,
-We all abit fragile like ours cars!
Dodgy left knee ?? Slushers rule
My consultant told me i was done doing my job, after last week i was thinking he was right, but knocking off at 1pm, so a five hour shift which i seem to be able to cope with, knee swells but no pain, so will try this for a month or so!
Take it easy, Yeah Right
Bummer with the Jaguar, did the guy at least contact to say its a no go? or just went quite?
Just be careful lifting trans's and axles etc, they aint light! Had my axle out loads of times, its almost on zippers !
I made a cradle for the jack to hold it in the correct angle, they are a bugger without one ................................................................
Joking aside we all think were still 25 , crawl around under a motor for a few hours lifting gear boxes etc , one soon remembers we aint
Seemed a genuine old boy(who am i calling him a old boy) so would like to think he will call me if only to say no,
Boss Mustang in a beige/yellow colour that had period race stickers on it that didn't sell on "Collecting Cars"
a mouth or so ago falling flat on it's face at £28K is now on E-Bay ,Classified ad for £60K,
Either someone is trying to double his money or the seller is one of the same as the "Collecting Cars" vendor..
a mouth or so ago falling flat on it's face at £28K is now on E-Bay ,Classified ad for £60K,
Either someone is trying to double his money or the seller is one of the same as the "Collecting Cars" vendor..
rat rod said:
Boss Mustang in a beige/yellow colour that had period race stickers on it that didn't sell on "Collecting Cars"
a mouth or so ago falling flat on it's face at £28K is now on E-Bay ,Classified ad for £60K,
Either someone is trying to double his money or the seller is one of the same as the "Collecting Cars" vendor..
There's a lot of this about lately and not just the yank stuff - the same classic Minis keep appearing repeatedly on ebay and elsewhere between failed attempts at being auctioned off, and each time it happens the price goes up by a few grand. There is a Mini specialist down in the south east who's had the same stock for at least ten years, every now and then he puts a few of them on ebay or c&c with inflated prices, they disappear as if sold only to reappear again shortly afterwards.a mouth or so ago falling flat on it's face at £28K is now on E-Bay ,Classified ad for £60K,
Either someone is trying to double his money or the seller is one of the same as the "Collecting Cars" vendor..
Its a bit like retail 'shop' stock inventory. The 'proffessional' accountants/bean counters running the financial side of things look for regular 'stock turns' - and effectively any purchased stock if not sold within a certain period will be 'written down' in value by a percentage after, say 6 month or a year with the business setting against profit/losses etc. Much the same thing will happen after another year perhaps and untimately the item is devalued to zero, goes off the books. Whether that analogy applied in the car trade perhaps someone else can advise.
'Old school' traders who perhaps own their own premises may look at the unsold items as an investment (what with such low interest rates on savings) - their logic will be "someones gonna buy it at some point - I'm happy just to wait until the prices go higher".
'Old school' traders who perhaps own their own premises may look at the unsold items as an investment (what with such low interest rates on savings) - their logic will be "someones gonna buy it at some point - I'm happy just to wait until the prices go higher".
P5BNij said:
There's a lot of this about lately and not just the yank stuff - the same classic Minis keep appearing repeatedly on ebay and elsewhere between failed attempts at being auctioned off, and each time it happens the price goes up by a few grand. There is a Mini specialist down in the south east who's had the same stock for at least ten years, every now and then he puts a few of them on ebay or c&c with inflated prices, they disappear as if sold only to reappear again shortly afterwards.
Depends if your using your money or the banks, if you are doing it as a semi hobby and not dependent on the incomefor your livelihood , If you own the stock and it's going up every year and stock is hard to replace i suppose advertise it at
next years price and if it sells it sells,if doesn't nothing lost,
Is the Masa tucked up in your garage yet ??
roscobbc said:
Its a bit like retail 'shop' stock inventory. The 'proffessional' accountants/bean counters running the financial side of things look for regular 'stock turns' - and effectively any purchased stock if not sold within a certain period will be 'written down' in value by a percentage after, say 6 month or a year with the business setting against profit/losses etc. Much the same thing will happen after another year perhaps and untimately the item is devalued to zero, goes off the books. Whether that analogy applied in the car trade perhaps someone else can advise.
'Old school' traders who perhaps own their own premises may look at the unsold items as an investment (what with such low interest rates on savings) - their logic will be "someones gonna buy it at some point - I'm happy just to wait until the prices go higher".
I remember when main dealers would have a 40 day policy on their second hand stock as they were depreciating , 'Old school' traders who perhaps own their own premises may look at the unsold items as an investment (what with such low interest rates on savings) - their logic will be "someones gonna buy it at some point - I'm happy just to wait until the prices go higher".
Good time for the buyer to go in, Classic car sales were the exact opposite as even before these dizzy days of appreciation
the stock was always worth more the following year, no Glass's Guide dictating the market place,
Always remember the boys at Dream Cars saying it's not what the car owes you more how much more they had to pay to
replace the stock that counted.
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
There's a lot of this about lately and not just the yank stuff - the same classic Minis keep appearing repeatedly on ebay and elsewhere between failed attempts at being auctioned off, and each time it happens the price goes up by a few grand. There is a Mini specialist down in the south east who's had the same stock for at least ten years, every now and then he puts a few of them on ebay or c&c with inflated prices, they disappear as if sold only to reappear again shortly afterwards.
Depends if your using your money or the banks, if you are doing it as a semi hobby and not dependent on the incomefor your livelihood , If you own the stock and it's going up every year and stock is hard to replace i suppose advertise it at
next years price and if it sells it sells,if doesn't nothing lost,
Is the Masa tucked up in your garage yet ??
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Where you going to keep the spares,suppose the living room is out of bounds,
Did you ever find the Masa Hot Rod on E-Bay,
It's still there ,tempted
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Was that bloke who Brewer went to for the take-it apart and repair it fix for the 3200GT control unit thingy on the WD episode, I'm sure that's what Brewer called him?Just saw this on FB at £11k - located Haverhill on Essex/Suffolk border - unusual with dual quads?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
roscobbc said:
Just saw this on FB at £11k - located Haverhill on Essex/Suffolk border - unusual with dual quads?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
Reminds me of the film "Road House", A great project for someone who could restore it themselves otherwisehttps://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
would cost a fortune to do, Or like Patrick Swayze drive as it is, Do like that period of Riv,
My 63 was advertised a year or so ago up in Scotland now purple from the blue when i owned it.
roscobbc said:
Just saw this on FB at £11k - located Haverhill on Essex/Suffolk border - unusual with dual quads?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
Yes, high power, dual quad equipped 425 SuperWilcat engine code was quite rare option on the Riv's in '65.https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/19310567...
The good old Nailhead 425 was a real torque-monster in this spec too, about 450-460ft-lbs of torque IIRC.
aeropilot said:
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Was that bloke who Brewer went to for the take-it apart and repair it fix for the 3200GT control unit thingy on the WD episode, I'm sure that's what Brewer called him?
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Where you going to keep the spares,suppose the living room is out of bounds,Did you ever find the Masa Hot Rod on E-Bay,
It's still there ,tempted
Never saw that rod....... I say you should go for it
P5BNij said:
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Where you going to keep the spares,suppose the living room is out of bounds,Did you ever find the Masa Hot Rod on E-Bay,
It's still there ,tempted
Never saw that rod....... I say you should go for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAuTNnDe_k
Bloody annoying music on it though!
LeighW said:
P5BNij said:
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
Not yet, no, could be here by the weekend though. 'Maserati Mike' the seller reckons I'll need a van to fetch all of the spares....!
Where you going to keep the spares,suppose the living room is out of bounds,Did you ever find the Masa Hot Rod on E-Bay,
It's still there ,tempted
Never saw that rod....... I say you should go for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAuTNnDe_k
Bloody annoying music on it though!
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