Snail Sale

Post by **markattard** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:24 pm

...up for a new owner...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MORRIS-MINOR-CARA ... dZViewItem

Post by **Orkney** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:12 pm

Again..... YAWN .... (not a jibe at you Mark - just at the constant snail for sale saga

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will it ever find a new home ? Is it me or has that listing changed in the more optomistic description?

Post by **MarkyB** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:00 pm

Plenty of bids already.
Looking at it I suspect its a bit of an handful to drive.
Also what do 13 leaf rear springs look like?
The back part must be rather heavy and there's no mention of uprated brakes.
The aerodynamics look very poor and I wouldn't want to be driving in any kind of side wind

Mark

Post by **IaininTenbury** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:54 pm

Looks like a dealer out to make a profit on it, not that theres anything wrong with that, just seems odd to buy something on ebay and then immediately list it on ebay again, when everyones just seen what it sold for before... Good luck to the guy, he'd have been £600 up if he hadn't have had a reserve on it last time. Be nice to see it with a proper new owner though.

Fascinating description though-

rarest and most unique Minor in the WORLD

how can it be the most unique, its either unique or not...

only production model to have survived

like there was more than one??? A very limited production run

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:59 pm

IaininTenbury wrote:Fascinating description though-
rarest and most unique Minor in the WORLD
how can it be the most unique, its either unique or not...

Thank you. I thought that my semantic pedantry wasn't worth sharing, but happy that somebody else saw that too

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Post by **8009STEVE** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:04 pm

£2551.00.
Somebody got it. Hpoe it stays sold.

Post by **dave1949** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:57 pm

in the auction that finished 9th jan £2995.00.
{Reserve Not Met}??????

Post by **les** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:35 pm

I had to look up the word semantic in that context, but I knew the pedantic bit!

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:54 pm

Post by **IaininTenbury** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:15 pm

Thank you. I thought that my semantic pedantry wasn't worth sharing, but happy that somebody else saw that too icon_biggrin.gif
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Glad I'm not alone

n the auction that finished 9th jan £2995.00.
{Reserve Not Met}??????

Quite. The wierd and wonderful world of ebay... Goes to show, the more times its listed, the more folk get fed up, or suspicious of it and hence less likely to bid. Bet he wishes he'd took the reserve off first time round.
On the other, more cynical hand he may have had a mate bid it up right to the point of nearly meeting the reserve of say £3000 hoping that a real punter would come in and buy it. May be wrong, but who knows...

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:21 pm

On the assumption that the last owner no longer has an interest in it, may I just say that IMHO it's worth, at best, a grand as the basis for a van/pick-up? It'd need a fortune spending on it to make it driveable/practical as is - and yes, I have seen it in real life.
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Post by **IaininTenbury** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:41 pm

I had a good look round it when the previous owner was trying to sell it at the LCV do at Avoncroft in 2003 (when it was still blue) and was a little tempted. Asking price was £1400 then though at which I thought it might be an interesting proposition. The recent prices have been harder to justify so we've been, er, less tempted! Personal circumstances chang too. I was single then, and a tiny tent did me for weekend shows. Married now, so the more civilised Minor camper concept is more interesting...