Edward,
I guess this means my TR4A should be worth $30,000-40,000 since it really
has had everything replaced. Since cars in the $10,000-13,000 range have 8
inch holes in the frame, clutch, tires, exhaust, etc...
Sorry, I could not resist....
Dave Herr
73 Stag
64 TR4A (for sale for best offer over $40,000)
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> From: Edward Hutchinson <seah@zorba.info.sunyit.edu>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Frustration
> Date: Monday, April 14, 1997 8:25 AM
>
> I've been looking for a decent TR6 or 250 for about 3 months now. I've
had
> the opportunity to look at a few and have been really suprised by what is
> out there.
>
> Two examples:
>
> Looked at a car which had been listed to $13000 (won't say what model).
> While looking at it the owner told the story of how he had peeled the
> stickers off a Die-Hard battery and put stickers from an old Lucas
battery
> on. I'm thinking "this is an honest person?" He then told me that the he
> would replace the redlines with blackwall tires because the redlines had
dry
> rot. The tires looked and handled well during the test drive, and had no
> cracks in the sidewalls or tread. He did mention that he had four sets of
> redlines on back order. The muffler system was pretty well shot, the
> speedometer didn't work and some of the molding was off the car. There
were
> a couple of other things I don't remember.
>
> Had to travel 7 hours round trip to look at the second car. It was listed
at
> just over $10,000 with all kinds of new stuff. Conversation on phone with
> owner resulted in no answers which would indicate that anything was wrong
> with car. At first sight the car looked great. Owner said frame had been
> completely redone and showed me pictures of the process. When I looked
> under the car there was a 8" hole in the frame. the rest did look pretty
> good. Thought this might be just the car for me. Looked farther, exhaust
> would need replacing soon, clutch needed work, redlines had cracks in the
> sidewalls and in the tread, the floor under the spare tire was so rusted
> that I could have easily poked my finger through it and there were a few
> other things. It was advertised as a frame-off restoration and I guessed
I
> assumed that meant a rebuilt engine. I learned that it doesn't.
>
> Thank you for listening to me vent.
>
> Someday I will find the car I've been looking for.
>
> Ed
>
> "One-seventh of your life is spent on Mondays."
>
>
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