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Hmmmm, two large bids retracted.......that always rings bells.
How much had it gone up to then? By the time I looked it was just over £3,200.
My first thought was that it might be Tirtone's - look at the height of the seats and his dropped off the radar about eighteen months ago - but his was a four pot, the tyres are different and he did use lowered floor pans in his Miglia so it shouldn't have the Noddy driving position.
Will be interesting to see what it sells for though...
I thought when it got over a thousand I slept dreaming about all those hours working on the tub were worth it ! Now it's back to just three! Ive e mailed the guy and he gave me his number and he sounded from his knowledge of the build that he was the builder? I;m tempted to bid but you sort of get attached to your own project like a troublesome child!
Just thought I would warn any one who is thinking of buying a re built Triumph engine from Dyno Bush from e bay! Don't on any account. His rebuilds are tragic, very bad work indeed! He comes over as a happy chap willing to do anything and he cannot! Just keep away from him he's bad news!
Hi, are any of you Sammio builders interested in raising money for prostate cancer? as it only affects men! I'm raising money for the unit that are looking after myself and The Sammio was an inherent project that has kept me going! Have a think and let me know if your interested? Part of the battle of cancer is the positivity method and of course treatment it was the many problems encountered with the cordite build and the challenges. I'm working on the interior at present and lowering the floor pans so I don't look like Noddy!
Could be a bargain for someone with a rotten car with a V5 in a sort of entire body/chassis transplant fashion. Otherwise it'd be quite a challenge to get it registered I should imagine.
Agree with T it's a migraine in the making, import duty then change of name? But it was just imported as a Triumph Herald sire please prove it was built by you.......
Agree with T it's a migraine in the making, import duty then change of name? But it was just imported as a Triumph Herald sire please prove it was built by you.......
Do you have to pay import duty and VAT for a Channel Islands car?
£4395, a lot of money for what seems to be an un-registerd car. Unless it is staying on the Island of course, that would probably be the best place to finish it and register it, given it seems to have a local number.
The "winning" bidder was the same person that retracted their £6k and £12k bids......and if you dig a little further, that same "buyer" has retracted 47(!) bids in the last six months. Call me a cynic, but I bet that car has not been sold, and somebody was just pushing up the price until it reached what they were hoping to get........or it will now be offered to the second highest bidder to get their "maximum" which was £4,259. Without the phantom bidder, this person would have got it for £3,600.
The Channel Islands has a lot of coastline......and I smell a fish.
