markbognor
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the Bullit car on eBaymarkbognor
@markbognor
Club Retro Rides Member 56
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When asked if i could buy the plans for building my own he replied thus:
Hi, Yes and no is the answer. I am an engineer who normally works offshore and I have come up with this concept, built the vehicle and put an engine in against all odds. The project has cost me dearly financially and I have tried through having the car featured on local news and in the papers to get a backer. I have film of my building the car and obviously I would really like to be involved in the production, if possible. If not I am happy to discuss other possibilities. I have had over 6,000 hits on Ebay and my aim has been to try and get the sort of response and enquiry you now offer. By the way I am in talks with the Producer of Top Gear, Pat Doyle and they may feature the car.
Please ring me on 0770***1140.
Regards, Brian Wood.
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poor deluded fool, I'm starting to feel sorry for him.
little does he know the 6000 hits are from us and others like us p1551ng ourselves laughing at him.
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Get a Bike  Carver I cant comment on for other reasons  The real Version of what he is proposing with that metro is called "Tango" Its an Electric tandem 2 seater that has 1000Nm Torque and really does shift  ;D But its been done properly possibly a bit too far up the other end of the scale at the moment with top line everything, rather than "Chopped up metro" but development of the vehicle will see those costs fall  George Clooney bought the first one and uses it around LA ;D |
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 Tango ;D www.commutercars.com/I`m searching for the videos of it..... theres a really scary one of it on a Parking lot type sprint course (Auto solo I think its called over there ?) |
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the Bullit car on eBayBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Someone should point that Bullit nutter in the direction of that Tango website, to show him how it's done.
He's evidently conducted his market research by staring into his knavel for half an hour before deciding to spend £100k on grinding up his mum's Metro.
I feel sorry for him
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filmidget
East Midlands
Mostly Lurking
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Just *how* has it cost him so dearly? How? Where's the money gone?
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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^^how much does a divorce cost these days?
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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should be easy enough to split the car ;D
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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should be easy enough to split the car ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D FPMSL  |
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I see the bidding is going well. He's gonna recoup his costs, AND make a mint AND show all us 'haterZ' how wrong we were.  |
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5 Mil for a metro - do you think the highest bidder will turn up to pay for his 'dream-machine'?*
*Dream machine - in the sense that the seller is a fooooooking dreamer - who's 'car' is only worth 50p
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2007 19:47:23 GMT by Autofive
Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 71
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@bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member 71
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5 Mil for a metro - do you think the highest bidder will turn up to pay for his 'dream-machine'?* *Dream machine - in the sense that the seller is a fooooooking dreamer - who's 'car' is only worth 50p Not at 81% positive.... |
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£5,000,100.... wonder how much "bidder 1" actually put? might even go to 10 mil!
Such a shame that ebay charge a flat £30 fvf on cars over £4000, he would have on hell of an account to pay under the old 1.5% of final price system!
Anyone know how much MG/rover fetched in the end? (the whole company)
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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hitman
Part of things
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looking at that ebay pricin i ought to cut centre ov my van out as well stick it on ebay an retire on profit ;D ;D ;D
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well, 21 hours remaining, its on £10,000,000. Hats off to bidder 1, you are a god amongst muppets "watched item ending soon, BID NOW!" sez eBay. er...... no!! |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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I bet he's sitting there going 'Yes, a believer!' and totting up what he'll buy and where he'll move, then two days later it'll be relisted with a 99p starting bid and a note saying "selling due to timewaster".....
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Hes probably more likely thinking "great, 5 mil, I can build another 5 of these! But this time I`ll use the Rover 100 Kensington and produce a top drawer luxury version to compete with the likes of the Bentley Arnage and Maserati Quattroporte"
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
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@bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member 71
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I bet he's sitting there going 'Yes, a believer!' and totting up what he'll buy and where he'll move, then two days later it'll be relisted with a 99p starting bid and a note saying "selling due to timewaster"..... It's more likely to be a muppet mate bidding it up in the hope that one of the major rags pick up the story..... But then I'm cynical!!! |
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bxer
Part of things
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Well, it's made £10mil, so I guess he's well chuffed Not bad for half a Metro...  IIRC didn't Rover get sold for the usual token £1? |
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;D
