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Old Aug 8th, 2021, 01:27   #41
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Drove from London to see this ebay car in the Lake District today (6 hours each way in the rain) Despite the guy who is selling it ( for his father.... ) telling me it was absolutely rust free....
It is a rust bucket, loads of filler, fibre glass over the inner wings, obvious holes, bad welding... The bucket loads of NOS spares he claimed to have were largely rubbish too....

Save yourselves a journey.... its so not worth it....
He's not charging for the rust so therefore it's rust free.

Also there can't be any rust in a hole - the fact there's no metal there is irrelevant, there's no rust in it so again, it's rust free.

Yes, these sound like sarcastic responses but many moons ago had these responses when viewing an absolute basket-case of a car - i later found out the seller had a reputation for using these excuses to sell rust buckets.

Unfortunately, technically they're true.

Sorry to hear you've had a wasted journey and thanks for sharing about it though.
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Old Aug 8th, 2021, 08:54   #42
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Drove from London to see this ebay car in the Lake District today (6 hours each way in the rain) Despite the guy who is selling it ( for his father.... ) telling me it was absolutely rust free....
It is a rust bucket, loads of filler, fibre glass over the inner wings, obvious holes, bad welding... The bucket loads of NOS spares he claimed to have were largely rubbish too....

Save yourselves a journey.... its so not worth it....
That is really helpful to other members - thank you.

I'm guessing it is this car: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124747418...0AAOSwOEVgsdv0
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Drove from London to see this ebay car in the Lake District today (6 hours each way in the rain) Despite the guy who is selling it ( for his father.... ) telling me it was absolutely rust free....
It is a rust bucket, loads of filler, fibre glass over the inner wings, obvious holes, bad welding... The bucket loads of NOS spares he claimed to have were largely rubbish too....

Save yourselves a journey.... its so not worth it....
I think the least that we enthusiasts can do is give a big thankyou for your time,fuel and wear/tear on your transport just to satisfy the curiosity of many wishing to embark on a now very rare classic.

There's really only one way to deal with those constant thoughts of saving another classic and taking on the challenge and that's to do what you've done.
I did the same 8 years ago, looking for an Amazon l drove down to Devon with a trailer on the back of my 940 only to find the photo's enhanced the car and the seller was basically an eccentric idiot.
BUT 12 months later a "stored" Amazon came up 10 miles from my home and "we are still together"..............lifes funny that way so never give up hope.
And thankyou again.
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Thanks for the info about the pale blue estate. I too had phoned the owner and it sounded very promising. Its still a lot of money for a car that will need some potentially serious recommissioning having stood for 30+ years. Major paintwork needed also. Glad I didn't make the trip as its 5hrs each way.
The dark blue car this thread started with has had another price drop to £4995.. At least with that one you can see what needs addressing.
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