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matty h - 9/5/11 at 09:50 AM

NTDWM
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2802852.htm
Matty

steve m - 9/5/11 at 10:35 AM

That is very cheap?

Bluemoon - 9/5/11 at 10:47 AM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
That is very cheap?


Maybe, depends on build!

Dan

scootz - 9/5/11 at 11:09 AM

*Cynic Mode On*

That'll save someone an IVA...

hucky - 9/5/11 at 11:51 AM

bargin.. i must be getting close to that price now and still not even bolted anything together

even to strip and rebuild once rebuilt its road legal

Shandylegs - 9/5/11 at 11:54 AM

quote:

Maybe, depends on build!


Although I need another car like a hole in head and will take some serious grief from the other half, at that price it was too good to turn down.

Just had a chat to the owner and pending collection it's now provisionally sold - to me!

ReMan - 9/5/11 at 12:04 PM

Not that anyone would, but that would be worth buying for the SVA/reg alone, break it and get your money back and a free registration

JoelP - 9/5/11 at 01:29 PM

must be priced wrong, there's just no reason to sell it so cheap when it has tax and test. Id call and find out but its one of those 070 numbers!

cliftyhanger - 9/5/11 at 02:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Shandylegs
quote:

Maybe, depends on build!


Although I need another car like a hole in head and will take some serious grief from the other half, at that price it was too good to turn down.

Just had a chat to the owner and pending collection it's now provisionally sold - to me!


If I was closer I would have had a go. Great toy for the summer, can't see how you could lose on it.

kipper - 9/5/11 at 02:11 PM

Shandylegs.
I would be very wary of this sale .
It smells like a scam to me, Don't be conned into sending money for this sale via a third person.
If you are dealing face to face with the seller all well and good but I was nearly conned by the offer of a norton motorbike for a not to be missed price, only when I insisted on meeting with the "seller" was the sale called off.
If it is too good to be true it often is the case.
Denis.

jossey - 9/5/11 at 02:25 PM

sooo. if "someone" bought this and stripped it down and built it up with there own parts then they would get a full IVA'ed car for £1000.00

nice.

wonder if it has a chassis number??? mmmmmm

Shandylegs - 9/5/11 at 03:16 PM

Thanks for the concern, but you can be assured no money will be changing hands until the car has been checked and collected in person.

This may come back to haunt me - but having briefly spoken to the seller (My fault as was busy at work) it gave me no reason for concern.

Fingers crossed that it does turn out to be a bit of a bargain

JoelP - 9/5/11 at 05:45 PM

keep us posted if you get it

dare you to offer £950 on it

[Edited on 9/5/11 by JoelP]

Mike Wood - 9/5/11 at 09:00 PM

Hi

It is a genuine car and seller with proper SVA paperwork and registration as a Locost. He just needs to sell. Not many people travel to Scotland to view cars!

I viewed the car in Oct last year, when it was a higher price, but couldn't persuade my other half of the need for another vehicle. It is a basic 1.3 crossflow car, book chassis, with some nice fabrication - looked good little car, as is, or to modify with a race cage and 1700cc crossflow or bike engine for hillclimbs in road car classes. The SVA compliant 3 point seabelt mounts on the roll bar and the rather square section to the bonnet, bottom of windscreen and scuttle mar the looks somewhat, but it still a nice car.

If you change your mind do say!
Cheers
Mike

YODI - 10/5/11 at 06:49 AM

I'd have travelled for that but the advert says sold.

Shandylegs - 10/5/11 at 09:55 AM

quote:

It is a genuine car and seller with proper SVA paperwork and registration as a Locost. He just needs to sell. Not many people travel to Scotland to view cars!


Mike - Having briefly spoken to Len I knew the advert was genuine and the reasons for the sale, I just didn’t want anyone trying to gazump me at the last minute. I was totally honest with him that in my opinion the car was far too cheap (Bourne out by the fact his email inbox was full to bursting), but he stuck to the advertised price and took me on my word that I would take the car – a good honest person.

Thanks for the info on it’s condition. It’s reassuring to know, as from past experiences pictures can lie!

I also think you are reading my mind about future plans for the car – nothing too exotic, either leave well alone, decent x/flow set-up or cheap blade engine package! We’ll see after I’ve picked it up.


quote:

dare you to offer £950 on it


Despite been born and bred in the heart of Yorkshire, there are even times when I don't take the p....ss. Although we have also agreed a fair price on the spares and Brian James trailer

matty h - 10/5/11 at 03:30 PM

You got yourself a bargain there Shandylegs,they always seem to be milews away.

Mike Wood - 16/5/11 at 08:21 PM

Did you pick up the car? What plans for it now?

Best wishes
Mike

ragindave - 29/5/11 at 10:00 AM

Nice and shiny now looks good, good luck with the sale!



LOCOST Kit Car on eBay (end time 07-Jun-11 23:06:44 BST)

YODI - 29/5/11 at 10:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ragindave
Nice and shiny now looks good, good luck with the sale!



LOCOST Kit Car on eBay (end time 07-Jun-11 23:06:44 BST)


Thats a shame

Shandylegs - 29/5/11 at 12:31 PM

quote:

Thats a shame


Why's that?

YODI - 29/5/11 at 12:44 PM

Because I've been looking for one and that was more than perfect for the money but by the time I saw it, it had been sold...

It's a shame that it's been sold simply to put on ebay but 5hit happens, you snooze you lose...

I'm sure the seller will make a healthy mark up and good luck to him, it's still a shame though.

[Edited on 29/5/11 by YODI]

eddie99 - 29/5/11 at 12:49 PM

A serious shame!

YODI - 29/5/11 at 12:50 PM

just realised the guy that asked me why it's a shame is the seller lol

Shandylegs - 29/5/11 at 01:19 PM

Yodi - That's a bit like the pot calling the kettle on that one with the way you appear to go through cars!

Anyway, have a bid it may well go for less than you think (But I hope not).....

YODI - 29/5/11 at 03:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Shandylegs
Yodi - That's a bit like the pot calling the kettle on that one with the way you appear to go through cars!

Anyway, have a bid it may well go for less than you think (But I hope not).....


Mate, at no point have I said what you are doing is wrong have I?

I simply said it's a shame thats all, and it is.. For me it's a shame as I'd have kept it and replaced my mx5 track car with it hence it being a shame for me.. I haven't said its wrong and I even wished you luck.

designer - 29/5/11 at 04:00 PM

quote:

I also think you are reading my mind about future plans for the car – nothing too exotic, either leave well alone, decent x/flow set-up or cheap blade engine package! We’ll see after I’ve picked it up.


The problem is that you got it to re-sell it, the above was a load of tosh!

Why not say so?

Shandylegs - 29/5/11 at 06:44 PM

Are you a close fiend or family and are therefore aware of why I bought the car, what my plans were and the reason I'm selling - no thought not!

To all the bandwagon jumpers - I bought a car that was advertised, person selling was happy, I'm now selling the car. Whether or not it covers what it owes me remains to be seen.

Rant over and now back to

JoelP - 31/5/11 at 12:45 PM

dont tell me anyone on here wouldnt be happy to have a kit for a few weeks and make a few quid on it. We nominally live in a free country with free markets.

montythemole - 31/5/11 at 03:12 PM

I can agree with the seller. I got a Tiger Avon as a swap on my MGB and in a period of weeks went from "wow this is great, just need to do x and y and z to make perfect" to "this isn't actually that different from my Dutton and another car I've bought rather than built" so it went up for sale to raise cash for a future kit purchase.

Good luck with the sale.

Mike Wood - 1/6/11 at 11:27 PM

The car looks worth at least £995!

Did the purple seats get ditched?

Mike

[Edited on 2/6/11 by Mike Wood]