Another Triumph

Ebay item 4627730582

*Twitch*

What does the FOAK think it'll fetch?

 

How long is a piece of string?

Funny ones to value - a half decent MOTd example can be had for not much
more than a grand. Immaculate ones appear to be less sought after than a
Midget.

I'll pitch in that it *might* make £4k, as it does appear to be
exceptional.

 

SteveH wrote:

It's been valued at 12 grand, I doubt they'll take 4 for it.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

Gosh, I'm surprised that makes you twitch. My memory of spitfires is of
unreliable rusty old lumps and that's when they were (I think) still a
current model. Anyone I knew that had a spitfire really wanted an MG
but couldn't afford it.

 

After two or three "reserve not met" auctions they mught start to change
their minds

 

I doubt if it'll sell then. There are plenty of Spitfires out there in
all sorts of condition and you can do a lot of work for the extra £8k
before you reach the claimed value.

I always suspect sellers put items like this on ebay as some kind of a
"look what I've got" stunt with a massive reserve and no real cares
about if it sells or not.

 

*snort*

For a Spitfire?

That's taking the piss. You could buy a freshly restored MGB for that.

 

It's a very period colour for the car, though. I like it. (Katie's mum
had a Marina in that colour)

 

It's a very nice example, but it's still a Spitfire.

Too much, probably.
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Well, it 'sold' at a BIN of £5.5k previously, but, strangely, the buyer
didn't go through with it.

The highest I can see a Spitfire selling for recently - an absolutely
mint yellow-ish one - was £3100.

Or, alternatively, there was this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-1500-RED_W0QQitemZ4623792071
QQcategoryZ29760QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Which is a very tidy looking one at £1250. I'd have twitched at that If
I'd seen it in time.

 

It does look nice but I'll check with the seller if it's a trailer queen.
Other than that, convertibles rock. Buy it

 

snip>

You missed out total idiots.

I had one for about 3 months. Long enough to change the engine for a
more desirable unit and then have someone set fire to it outside my
home after I'd pissed him off a bit too much.

 

That's the final nail in the coffin.

 

# There may be trouble ahead...
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47957

 

<Has sudden second thoughts>

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman belched forth and ejected the
following:

It's worth 4 1/2 but I reckon it'll go for a shade under 10k

 

Heh. What did you do?

*Sigh*

I see Bear's sniping again, as well. Plus ca change, etc.

 

Whinging Courier said...

It's a Spitfire, it's worth 3 parts of **** all cos they're shit, but
it'll probably sell for about £5,500

 

*Ding* my old Spitfire 1500 was on its 13th owner - me When I bought
it I noticed that the engine number was not from a Spitfire so it was on at
least its second engine, which within a matter of weeks, suffered from a
terminal condition known as "two piece crankshaft".

*Ding* *ding* - the front wasn't bad, but the rear transverse leaf spring
was an abomination.

Having said that, I'd happily exchange one of my current cars for a good
Spitfire - the Spit highly impractical with terrible reliability *but* it
was fun to drive unlike today's uninvolving motors.

 

Heh. What did you do?
[/QUOTE]
I think it was an accumulation of things. I claimed off the insurance
so didn't really give a **** because it was a pile of poo anyway.

They were pretty crap though unless you got a really good one. Holes
in the footwells were common on older models and I had constant
fuelling prblems with mine. The good thing was that 25 years ago you
had a choice of engines readily available and they took a morning to
change if you didn't have a clue. Less if you did.

I'd buy one now if it was very cheap and the floor was ok. You can
still get panels cheaply enough.