Stu
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Jul 10, 2016 12:19:07 GMT
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Hi All,
I'm on a train for around 100 miles South to pickup something old and turbo charged, bought unseen from eBay. Anyone else on a similar mission today? :-)
Wish me luck!
Stu
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Jul 10, 2016 13:11:18 GMT
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Mate once rang me up saying come over to Antwerp with my large box trailer as he'd found a vehicle he guaranteed I'd buy - but wouldn't tell me what ! Went over with £1500 cash (asking price) to buy a car that I didn't even know what it was never mind condition. Turned out to be a BMW 600 from a private museum collection Unfortunately somebody had viewed months before and the morning I was due to collect had sent a cheque as deposit so with them having "first refusal" I missed out. I should add I was paid to take some large pieces of artwork over to Belgium so that covered car ferry & fuel plus a little extra. It was then down into the Auvergne to collect a DX125 microcar I had in storage so not a wasted journey.
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Stu
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Jul 10, 2016 13:21:05 GMT
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Wow! Good story and interesting vehicles. I'm about half way now, suspect train is much easier than drive home will be!
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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Jul 10, 2016 20:48:24 GMT
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I did similar yesterday was yesterday - Train down to Purfleet. Then 160ish miles back on a new toy that was wholly inappropriate to do 160 miles in a day on (2 wheeled tho, so I won't clog up the forum with it )!
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Stu
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Oh, 160 miles on an unknown bike - that's braver than me, glad you made it ok.
I got back ok yesterday in my new (old) purchase, a very square Volvo 850 T5 estate!
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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