Strange comment!!!
Strange comment!!!
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TOPTON

Original Poster:

1,514 posts

265 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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The following was messaged to me on ebay, very strange!!!


i don't wish to be pesimistic,but at the price you are asking i don't think you will get any takers.i have a friend who works as a laminater for tvr and he tells me that spare body parts for the wedge are now virtually none existant and they weren't a good seller anyway,especially the larger engined cars which included the 400 se and the 420 se-ac,yours being the former because they suffered poor handling in relation to the 2.0ltr and 2.8 ltr v6's.he's been working at tvr for many years now and knows his stuff.i'd put a more realistic starting price and let it find it's own level with a reserve.at least you'd get people interested.cheers,neil.not trying to be clever nor am i after it at a knock down price.i've an mg v8 myself and that is trouble enough in itself.

chassis 33

6,194 posts

311 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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I'd tell him to "kindly feck off and mind his own business, the cretinous marshwiggle" if I were you...or words along those lines depending on my mood!

Regards
Iain

wee man

746 posts

266 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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Shame for the confused TROLL.

IF he has a friend (doubtful) and IF his "friend" worked at TVR (even less likley) he was probably making the tea before he was demoted to something less challenging.

Wee man.

350matt

3,896 posts

308 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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As for the spare body parts well you can get nearly all the panels from Trevor Bee being as he bought the moulds from TVR

Wedges remain the performance bargin of all the TVR range and are still great cars, should I have to sell the cerb I'd return to wedge ownership as opposed a chimera etc


Matt

anonymous-user

83 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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Its a matter of opinion... the wedge is my favorite.

wedg1e

27,035 posts

294 months

Saturday 5th August 2006
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... and the MGV8 was SUCH a good car, of course.

TOPTON

Original Poster:

1,514 posts

265 months

Sunday 6th August 2006
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I responded as politely as I could and this was the following reply, think i have got a stalker!!!!!!!!!!

I wish you good luck.I know of the availability of panels for the tvrs.a
guy i deal with for all my grp requirements actually holds many moulds for
the tasmins/s's and earlier granturas and although of very good quality moulding
there are few in the tvr clubs who will recognise or even relate and pass
on these outlets to owners of such cars and unfortunately this puts people
off buying them.as tvr never build more than 499 of any one model so as to
avoid type approval and therefore all the rigours of crash testing/etc they
seldom keep producing there spares for the cars and this doesn't help in
the sale of older less popular cars either,but I do wish you good luck.


What a toss!!!!!!!1

mikeb

2,869 posts

311 months

Sunday 6th August 2006
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350matt said:
As for the spare body parts well you can get nearly all the panels from Trevor Bee being as he bought the moulds from TVR

Wedges remain the performance bargin of all the TVR range and are still great cars, should I have to sell the cerb I'd return to wedge ownership as opposed a chimera etc


Matt


Your cerb is quite nice though.......

As for the MG dude, just tell the pipe to feck off.

MikeyB

firefox1712

1,772 posts

284 months

Sunday 6th August 2006
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This gentleman is either a nasty little agent provocateur - or he has seen the other thread and has decided to have a little bit of fun; but much the same really.

silverback mike

11,293 posts

282 months

Sunday 6th August 2006
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Well, he has an MG enough said.

Foooooooooooooook off you mg driving tosser...

deary me, where did that come from....

FrenchTVR

1,844 posts

296 months

Sunday 6th August 2006
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what he said ^^^^^^^^^^

badredwedge

3,450 posts

257 months

Monday 7th August 2006
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The blokes a Dick, his concern re body panels is due to the fact that an MG needs new wings sills and rear arches every 3 years due to tin worm, I should know I had one which I rebuilt and watched it rot and almost fall apart in a heated garage in less than 12 months. Then I saw the light (and the dark side) heard the rumble and the roar and my life is now complete.
Dont worry about the poor old sod, Dementia must be setting in, not helped by sleepless nights wondering whats fell of his MG while he was in bed.

JR

14,332 posts

287 months

Monday 7th August 2006
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badredwedge said:
The blokes a Dick, his concern re body panels is due to the fact that an MG needs new wings sills and rear arches every 3 years due to tin worm, I should know I had one which I rebuilt and watched it rot and almost fall apart in a heated garage in less than 12 months. Then I saw the light (and the dark side) heard the rumble and the roar and my life is now complete.

That's similar to a newspaper article that I read a while back with the heading "Return of the Body Snatchers."

JR

14,332 posts

287 months

Monday 7th August 2006
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mungo said:
Send him a link to this thread

BadRedWedge

3,450 posts

257 months

Monday 7th August 2006
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JR said:
mungo said:
Send him a link to this thread



Yea go on send him the link and an invite to BBWF07, oh better send him a map and a set of directions with the public toilets, Boots the chemist and a few good body shops marked on it (in case anything rusts away while hes on route)