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24th April 2008, 19:21
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Sportster on Ebay
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What does he mean about getting too old - at the rate I am going I will be retired before I finish mine lol
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24th April 2008, 20:23
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Looks nice Must sound great with that engine
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24th April 2008, 22:01
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hhmmmm, not seen that one before.
It'll be interested to see what price it goes for.
I've been getting some insurance quotes and i'm not sure how to value my car?
If it was stolen or a total loss (god forbid) and I commisioned Marlin to build me a replacement I think it would cost about £17,000 but a second owner Sportster never fetch anything like that value.
What value have others used for insurance?
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24th April 2008, 22:03
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I've got mine for 15k agreed value (PS MOC membership gets a you a discount at Adrian Flux)
I plan to put that up once it's painted depending on cost to 17 - 19. You're not insuring its second hand valve as you would with a normal car but an "agreed value" of what it would for you to replace / rebuild it.
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20th October 2008, 20:38
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20th October 2008, 21:02
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look at all the space under the bonnet, you could fit a couple more cylinders in there at least
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20th October 2008, 22:29
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look at all the space under the bonnet, you could fit a couple more cylinders in there at least
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I wonder if he needs a nice new hood?
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21st October 2008, 21:27
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Marlin screwed up my hood length to luckily i asked them to fit the hood so I didnt have the problem of sending it back. Apparently the car length is governed by the door length Terry will probably ask you to measure your doors.
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21st October 2008, 21:58
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Incredible, Terry thinks it's a problem at their hood supplier.
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30th October 2008, 07:42
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Perhaps your hood might fit that one?
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30th October 2008, 17:14
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Doesn't look very red either - that is very cheap for an SVA'd car. Major saving to be hand. But I'd want to rebuild it to be sure everything is A-OK.
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30th October 2008, 20:20
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There seems to be some awesome (gruesome) negative camber on those front wheels. Almost looks like they are laying down!
As Patrick says - very cheap for an SVA'd car. I wonder why.....
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30th October 2008, 21:54
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Quote:
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There seems to be some awesome (gruesome) negative camber on those front wheels. Almost looks like they are laying down!
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I wonder when he last checked his lower arms for fatigue cracks...?!!
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26th June 2009, 07:04
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dunno, but the ali bonnet just doesn't work on it at all IMO.
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26th June 2009, 12:51
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I think its actually painted grey/silver. I agree - it doesn't look great with a pale colour.
Still thinking about keeping by bonnets "in the raw" as it were but with a dark colour for the coachwork. I am tending towards BRG now....
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26th June 2009, 13:02
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I think if it were fully polished it might work quite well on a dark colour
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26th June 2009, 13:45
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Still thinking about keeping by bonnets "in the raw" as it were but with a dark colour for the coachwork. I am tending towards BRG now....
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So that'll be two BRG sportsters then. White Roundrels for pretend race numbers?
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26th June 2009, 14:37
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Now there's a thought.....
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