I've heard of "Bait and Switch" before, but this takes the cake! :)
Joe
Pete Ryner wrote:
>
> Tom,
> At least it was a spitfire. I answered a similar ad in New York a few years
> ago. Car had been sitting NEXT to his barn for "10 years". Said it was a
> TR-4 on the phone, thought it would run. He only wanted $150 so I bought it
> unseen. Got there on Saturday and found a Herald sitting next to the barn,
> no front end, a tree growing through the rusted out floor board, etc. I
> ended up giving him $100 for it and sold it at cost to an enthusiast. You
> just never know.
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Tom Ambrose
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:13 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: A Spit isn't a TR4
>
> I went out this afternoon to check on a "1972" TR4 that's been in a barn for
> "a long time"for sale for $500 obo. The fellow took a battery out of his
> truck and the car fired right up-sounds great. He said it hasn't been
> started for over a year. All gauges seemed to work. Wipers-OK. No brakes-the
> brake lines were cut. As far as rust goes, the floor boards are rotten
> through and the hinges on the bonnet were weak with rust. Good old Michigan
> salt.
>
> Most of you can relate to the feeling I had as I drove out to check this
> car: high hopes and who knows?
>
> Well, it was a Spitfire, not a TR$. Oh well. Still the price did come down,
> so I'm still pondering whether to buy it. I can use the rear spring and some
> other parts. BTW, when he pushed on the clutch, I didn't 'see' any movement
> in the front pulley.
>
> Here's to dreaming about barns,
>
> Tom
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
|