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Ascender wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:02 pm How much more money would you have to sink in to that over the next couple of years?

I touched on this already:

Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:41 am b) endless pain trying to get the bloody thing to run properly

Gavster wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:05 pm A tenner says it doesn't reach reserve

Auction was ended early...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-550i-Man ... true&rt=nc

Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:40 am M parts tax is real.

I was just saying to my wife yesterday that a nice thing about tinkering with the MINIs is that parts are quite cheap.

Sadly
There's no pleasure to be had in paying £lots.

Gavster wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:12 pm

Gavster wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:05 pm A tenner says it doesn't reach reserve

Auction was ended early...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-550i-Man ... true&rt=nc

I was watching; I think the last price I saw was £7600 (reserve not met).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-Mercede ... 6016.l4276

Here’s a pic of what this could look like if you finish it

Considering it appears he's not even started it, this is one of the more optimistic "needs finishing" that I have seen

It's like putting "just needs a regas" on a car that doesn't have ac and you've intentionally damaged the standard system so you can't get cold air through it; even if you didn't want the wide kit on the SEC you've got rivet holes etc to repair where bits have been roughly attached

Hang on a mo. Was it a Bullseye prize, the finished article the "here's what you could have won"?

In other, more yellow, news;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175494053083 ... R6zcu56UYQ
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325431046471 ... 1110.m2109
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125612469952 ... 1110.m2109

speedingfine wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:01 pm http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details ... obcid=soc3

With the earlier style wheels please

Agreed. Earlier wheels are full of correctness.

The earlier wheels were only on the 6-cylinder XJR though. They'd look wrong on the V8 - the chrome on the bumpers is quite different, for instance, so it would be very obvious.

Did not know they were 6 cylinders

nuttinnew wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:22 pm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-Mercede ... 6016.l4276

I’d have a go at working on that if I had the space. You could get a nice SEC with all it’s windows for about £8k the last time I checked though.

Jobbo wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:10 pm The earlier wheels were only on the 6-cylinder XJR though. They'd look wrong on the V8 - the chrome on the bumpers is quite different, for instance, so it would be very obvious.

The earlier wheels are nicer, but I always had a soft spot for the slightly incongruous 5 spokes. Sharp suit with trainers

If it really is in decent shape, amazing value at that money.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325439775385 ... 1124.m2109

Not eBay but, this is...special:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details ... obcid=soc3

Shame the Duesenberg exhausts aren't connected

That's one way to gain attention...