alfas
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 03:09 PM |
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Locost Ringer
TXTRIPPER 1,400 twin-weeber tax exempt little weapon
avoid!!!
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 03:27 PM |
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The TX Tripper, which I recall, was based on a Spitfire chassis, (Triumph, not SuperMarine), with an oddly beach-buggy-like g/f body. Somebody living
nearby actually built one, using the GT6 engine and g/box.
Maybe the use of an identical model name is purely coincidental? Doubtful, IMHO!
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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CosKev3
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 03:29 PM |
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What's a txtripper?
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Slimy38
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 03:38 PM |
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Is it just me or do the pictures look like they were ripped from a previous auction?
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 03:46 PM |
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Although it has twinn weebers, there's no mention of awsum breaks, so (of course) I would avoid this car.
This 1147cc tax-exempt (1972) TXTripper will appeal to someone, but it's not my cup of tea.
[Edited on 30/12/14 by motorcycle_mayhem]
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ReMan
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 04:08 PM |
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Similar to a TX Tripper..............
 
tripper
[Edited on 29/12/14 by ReMan]
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 04:24 PM |
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Yep - that's what I remembered!!
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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r1_pete
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 06:17 PM |
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Will have to send one of those querries, because it looks nothing like a Tripper
 
Tripper
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200mph
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 06:24 PM |
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Askmid has it listed as 'kitcar'...
If it isn't broke, fix it until it is
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loggyboy
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 06:31 PM |
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Registered as 1150cc, not 1400
as green not black/silver.
insured simply as 'kit car'
Mistral Motorsport
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jacko
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 07:01 PM |
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Look.s like a Luego kitcar to me
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 07:25 PM |
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Rollbar & front grille look Luego, no bonnet bulge so possibly the Luego locost bodywork.
Give a man a fish & it will feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod & you've saved a fish.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 07:46 PM |
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Grill looks like a Luego as does the headlamp mounting bracket, not sure I've ever seen a 1400 cross flow
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rick1962uk
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 08:09 PM |
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i dont agree with the add but its not a ringer if it is the police should be notified as its stolen sorry to rant but just thinking of the comeback if
the owner picks up on the forum
but your right one to be avoided
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theduck
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 08:32 PM |
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A ringer covers any car being used on the road using the identity of another car in order to seem legitimate/legal
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rick1962uk
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 08:36 PM |
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but are you 100% it hasnt just had a body swap as i said i dont agree with it but we must be careful
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 08:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by motorcycle_mayhem
Although it has twinn weebers, there's no mention of awsum breaks, so (of course) this illegal heap is to be avoided.
But it is described at a "weapon" and therefore the owner should be shot.
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theduck
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 08:41 PM |
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Yes, I am 100% sure, because the car they are claiming it to be uses spitfire chassis and it is clear from the pictures that is not on a spitfire
chassis.
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alfas
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 09:48 PM |
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for me it looks like a locost / haynes roadster chassis
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 29/12/14 at 10:57 PM |
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http://avcis.police.uk/portfolio-item/contact-us/
Why not ring them or email and let them know - if its wrong AVCIS will find out - or drop it
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 31/12/14 at 06:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rick1962uk
but are you 100% it hasnt just had a body swap as i said i dont agree with it but we must be careful
As already pointed out theTX Tripper used a Triumph chassis There is NO WAY that chassis is a Triumph therefore the car is being sold as something it
isn't which means it's a RINGER
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kj
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| posted on 1/1/15 at 10:50 AM |
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Not cheap either, someone would probably buy it too.
Think about it, think about it again and then do it.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 1/1/15 at 12:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rick1962uk
i dont agree with the add but its not a ringer if it is the police should be notified as its stolen sorry to rant but just thinking of the comeback if
the owner picks up on the forum
but your right one to be avoided
I,m with Rick on this, there is no evidence that this is a stolen car wearing another's plates which would be a ringer, it imay be an
incorrectly registered car which is a different matter as it also depends upon when it was modified.
The old rules were very lax, as an example if you transferred the majority of the components of a car to another chassis you were allowed to retain
the original plates, this explains why you sometimes see historic rally cars, let's say a MkII escort first produced around 1975 wearing earlier
plates from a mkI escort, the body's were wreaked so they moved all the parts over to a later shell, DVLA would inspect and you keep your
original number.
Another example are kit car cobra's etc wearing triumph plates when the only item carried over were the front uprights, you just registered
having rebodied the car, then subsequently an engine change, followed by advising you had upgraded the chassis and brakes ...... Eventually you could
morph a car into something else, bending the rules yes but not illegal, they should really be inspected remember when the rules were made cars all had
chassis.
If the price reflects the physical value then the owner if concerned should arrange an inspection making allowance for the costs to correctly register
if required.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 1/1/15 at 12:50 PM |
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If the chassis is as some people suspect is a Luego then I think you will find Luego didn't start producing road chassis's until after the
SVA test was introduced. IMHO the SVA and later IVA tests have reduced the number of poorly built and downright dangerous kit cars being produced and
road registered (or not as the case may be)
I suspect that in the event of an accident any insurance taken out on this vehicle may well be invalid due to false information being supplied .
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Wadders
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| posted on 1/1/15 at 01:19 PM |
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Whilst the SVA and IVA might have stopped a few horrors hitting the roads, i think its fair to point out that thousands of perfectly engineered cars
were made and modified by men in sheds without loss of life and limb prior to the nanny brigade getting involved.
Live and let live i say...........and buyer beware of course. 
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