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colwyn500
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clan chieftain
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 What a shame. A lovely wee car. I hope you get what you want for it.
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colwyn500
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Thanks for the condolences both.
I will be sort of sad even if I score higher than expected financially. It's not the money I need, it's the space, both physically and in my head.
I rarely get out in it and that makes no sense to me.
Also it deserves to have a lot of things done to make it into an absolute stunner and I don't have the time.
As for the Fiat 500, well that's adifferent matter...  |
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clan chieftain
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So will your user name become Fiat500. 
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colwyn500
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| clan chieftain wrote: | | So will your user name become Fiat500. |
That would be up to Rick. 
By co-incidence, (I think), I had an enquiry if it was for sale when I was just setting off to the petrol station from someone driving by the house today. Seemed like I could have sold it for cash on the spot! Maybe not enough cash though.
I also had an acquaintance from the past , who recognised it on Ebay, and searched the internet for me and phoned to encourage me not to sell it. He was one of the few people, pre-internet, who knew just what I put into the car. A very genuine gent with several classics of his own which all need work.
It's a very strange hobby this...so easy to pick up a basket case and so hard to let go again. |
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D4B
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Good Luck with the sale  |
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colwyn500
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| D4B wrote: | | Good Luck with the sale |
Thanks Steve. You seemed to get your own last project sold fairly promptly and trouble-free. I have worded everything to be very open about the condition of the car and made the conditions for purchase equally clear.
The last two vehicles I sold have both involved some prevarication by the buyers at the point of purchase. Drives me mad! |
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Rootes75
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Good luck, shame to have to sell but that's the way it goes doesn't it. Hope it goes smoothly on ebay.
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PAUL BEAUMONT
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| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely car! I really, REALLY hope that it does not get bought simply for its number.
Good luck!
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colwyn500
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| PAUL BEAUMONT wrote: | Lovely car! I really, REALLY hope that it does not get bought simply for its number.
Good luck!
Paul |
I'm starting to wonder about that Paul.
I was in a dilemma because the number alone could be worth a fair bit but I didn't want to be the one to separate it from the car.
I am starting to have second thoughts. Obviously, I always knew it was a sought after car, but from 99p to nearly £4000 in two days with over 250 "watchers" is quite a pace.
I do seem to be getting a lot of indicators from genuine folk that I shouldn't be seling it.
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Rick
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| colwyn500 wrote: | | PAUL BEAUMONT wrote: | Lovely car! I really, REALLY hope that it does not get bought simply for its number.
Good luck!
Paul |
I'm starting to wonder about that Paul.
I was in a dilemma because the number alone could be worth a fair bit but I didn't want to be the one to separate it from the car.
I am starting to have second thoughts. Obviously, I always knew it was a sought after car, but from 99p to nearly £4000 in two days with over 250 "watchers" is quite a pace.
I do seem to be getting a lot of indicators from genuine folk that I shouldn't be seling it.
Damn!. |
It's hard to read these things sometimes, isn't it!? Often there's interest early on, then a lull for a few days, with (ideally) a further blip of bids in the final half hour or so.
RJ
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ka
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I also have experience with parting with 'an old friend', but look on the other side, it introduces the pleasure of vintage motoring to another user, and whilst the concept of owning more than two or three vehicles is attractive, how many can you use at once, and by spreading them around, increases the size of the ownership and therefore usage.
The Fiat's look great fun, stick with it!
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colwyn500
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| ka wrote: | I also have experience with parting with 'an old friend', but look on the other side, it introduces the pleasure of vintage motoring to another user, and whilst the concept of owning more than two or three vehicles is attractive, how many can you use at once, and by spreading them around, increases the size of the ownership and therefore usage.
The Fiat's look great fun, stick with it! |
Thanks for that...I feel like the bloke of "The Fast Show" who kept changing his mind...I'll get me coat! |
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clan chieftain
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Hope its not just bought for the registration number, but if it is you are not going to know anyway
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