Damaged Tam on Ebay for £4000, reserve met!

[chris watton]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18308&item=4503888500&rd=1

Anyone on here intersted in a refurb job???, or just want to keep a spare engine in the garage, just in case!!!

[Phil Dicky]

It must be worth more than £4,000 even in this state, even at £10,000 to get it repaired your saving £5,000.
Can't remember seeing Tamoras for less than £20,000. Plus its CAT D so can't be that bad ??

Phil

[chris watton]

Phil Dicky said:

It must be worth more than £4,000 even in this state, even at £10,000 to get it repaired your saving £5,000. Can't remember seeing Tamoras for less than £20,000. Plus its CAT D so can't be that bad ?? Phil

That's what I thought, the price is VERY low, even if it needs all body panels replacing plus the cabin refurbed, a bargain in anyone's book I would have thought,,

[Mr Freefall]

chris watton said:

Phil Dicky said: It must be worth more than £4,000 even in this state, even at £10,000 to get it repaired your saving £5,000. Can't remember seeing Tamoras for less than £20,000. Plus its CAT D so can't be that bad ?? Phil That's what I thought, the price is VERY low, even if it needs all body panels replacing plus the cabin refurbed, a bargain in anyone's book I would have thought,,

BUT. if the chassis is twisted then that is a different story...

[Phil Dicky]

I would have thought a body off repair and jig could still be covered for £10,000. Any one any thoughts I could be getting excited here, stop me please !!!!

Phil

[JonRB]

Perhaps (and this is a total guess) the seller bought it back off their insurer for, say, £4k. So with a reserve of £4k anything over that is pure profit.

[Pies]

JonRB said:

Perhaps (and this is a total guess) the seller bought it back off their insurer for, say, £4k. So with a reserve of £4k anything over that is pure profit.

With a log in name like reclamet,I reackon he's a scrap dealer of some sorts,not the type that usually give away bargins.Plus of the two viewable past auctions both are wrecked cars

Treat with caution

[nubbin]

That car looks damaged to a very similar extent to mine - except I managed to bend the chassis and roll "cage", plus break two wheels. There's at least £15k of damage to repair on that car - mine was written off as at least £28k damage, plus VAT!

A baragin it aint, but if you want an engine and gearbox for another project, plus sell off the wheels, it's probably a good price. I heard the engine from mine has gone into a TR6 rebuild!!

[JonRB]

Pies said:

With a log in name like reclamet,I reackon he's a scrap dealer of some sorts,not the type that usually give away bargins.Plus of the two viewable past auctions both are wrecked cars

Hmm. Well I guess I failed the observation and initiative test then.

[19560]

nubbin said:

That car looks damaged to a very similar extent to mine - except I managed to bend the chassis and roll "cage", plus break two wheels. There's at least £15k of damage to repair on that car

Assuming that the chassis isn't bent then £3K fibreglass, £2K interior, £2K paint and £2K contingency plus say £8K to buy is £17K and it's still a cat D write off so about the right price.

nubbin said:

mine was written off as at least £28k damage, plus VAT!

That's rediculas, they don't cost that to build from new!

nubbin said:

I heard the engine from mine has gone into a TR6 rebuild!!

Fortunately for the rest of us he's abandoned that project.

[_DJ_]

19560 said:

nubbin said: That car looks damaged to a very similar extent to mine - except I managed to bend the chassis and roll "cage", plus break two wheels. There's at least £15k of damage to repair on that car Assuming that the chassis isn't bent then £3K fibreglass, £2K interior, £2K paint and £2K contingency plus say £8K to buy is £17K and it's still a cat D write off so about the right price. nubbin said: mine was written off as at least £28k damage, plus VAT! That's rediculas, they don't cost that to build from new! nubbin said: I heard the engine from mine has gone into a TR6 rebuild!! Fortunately for the rest of us he's abandoned that project.

Too late - anyone on here buy it?


>> Edited by _DJ_ on Wednesday 17th November 14:45