Benmarina16v
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1974 2ltr 16 Valve Marina Coupe 200Bhp On The Way
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Mar 18, 2005 11:57:08 GMT
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 '87 2.8 Ford Capri '74 2.0 16V Marina Coupe '72 1800TC Saloon '72 1800TC Coupe -------------------------------------------- www.morrismarina.net |
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WHY?? Whats The Point?!BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Mar 18, 2005 12:02:43 GMT
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Surely that can be saved?! OK so it looks like it's had a hefty shunt at the rear, but a bit of jigging should straighten that out! Bloody criminal to break that - I'd have thought such a rarity would be more valuable as a whole car than as spares  . What a pity!! |
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Mar 18, 2005 12:07:48 GMT
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looks like its sitting down taking a dump. ;D
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Mar 18, 2005 12:09:55 GMT
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whats wrong is that its fallen into the hands of a tosser who bothers to advertise a wheel nut on ebay!
People like that wind me up!!
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Mar 18, 2005 12:23:27 GMT
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May I play "devil's advocate" here for a minute... OK, the car is an ultra-rare "avon bodied". But let's be realistic. That dent aint gonna polish out. If you re-shell it, then it won't really be a 100% genuine avon car any more. So you'd spend a whole stack of cash doing that and then it still wouldn't be worth nearly as much as it out to be. Probably even less than a "standard" but original Lotus. Sometimes stuff being broken is the only viable financial option. And at least this way all the grubby bits are likely to live on, giving other folk's cars a claim to exclusivity. Were it an insurance job, the insurance co. would probably just have it squished.... |
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Mar 18, 2005 12:26:36 GMT
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It could very well be that the insurance company have paid out and insist, due to the extent of the crunchage, that the car does not go back on the road. In which case fair enough if you ask me!!!
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WHY?? Whats The Point?!BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Mar 18, 2005 12:31:54 GMT
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Hmmmm, I suppose it is a lot of work to get it straight again. I've broke cars and had terrible conflicts of conscience, but in the end I've had to tell myself that it's uneconomical to restore and it's better off helping keep better conditioned ones on the road. Just seems a bit crazy to break something so rare. I tell you what, if I was the owner of that car and some tw@t had gone into the back of it I might not've been responsible for my actions!! |
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Mar 18, 2005 12:36:19 GMT
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Its always a shame to break a classic but atleast it becomes a donor for others. Maybe old cars should carry donor cards.
By the looks of things my Stiletto will be broken. The guys on Ebay who are intrested in it are looking at it as a spares car.
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Mar 18, 2005 12:39:02 GMT
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You'll probably find the owner lost control of it being a tw*t rather than having a rear shunt.
If it was mine I'd fix it (if I could without re-shelling it).
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Mar 18, 2005 12:58:52 GMT
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Obviously he's trying to sell the whole car, just using the wheel nut ploy to avoid listing and sale fees!!
Anyone want to report him for that flagrant breach of rules?
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Benmarina16v
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1974 2ltr 16 Valve Marina Coupe 200Bhp On The Way
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Mar 18, 2005 13:01:33 GMT
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Ok It is most likely a write off but it must be worth more as a whole car than breaking it up?
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'87 2.8 Ford Capri '74 2.0 16V Marina Coupe '72 1800TC Saloon '72 1800TC Coupe -------------------------------------------- www.morrismarina.net |
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Mar 18, 2005 14:41:41 GMT
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how do we know they're the original Avon wheel nuts?  like Nick says though - yeah it's a shame for an original car to be broken but if it was reshelled it's just another replica at the end of the day. and if it is a cat A or B writeoff, then it can't be driven on the road anyway so it's instantly worth even less. you could probably build a lotus sunbam replica for less than the cost of repairing that one! |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Mar 18, 2005 15:16:59 GMT
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what was it? its been taken off now  |
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Mar 18, 2005 16:06:11 GMT
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It was an auction for a wheel nut from an Avon-built Lotus Sunbeam, one of 58 or summat - this one looked pretty crumpled from the rear though and had a rather dubious interior - that can't have been original? blue and furry?
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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