Al Melling going to pay us all back now?

[flysuper]

I noticed on ebay that a guy was selling some tvr engines , when i checked the advert it said that they were being sold for a friend ALL MELLING !!!!.
So i thought it was only fair that i ask him if he is going to give me my £10 out of any sale he makes, i have had no reply'
now the adverts has had the for al melling removed !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MCD-AJP-6-Engine-/330602...

[DonkeyApple]

No one likes a gambler who can't handle their losses

[flysuper]

Thiefs should not proffit!

[flysuper]

i think i ment to say thieves

[Jasper Gilder]

I've heard he's up and doing something at Portimao where he's now based

I'll be out there with a (undersubscribed) tour to the Portuguese Historic Racing in October

If there's any news I'll post

[flysuper]

yes thats were this guy is selling the engines from ,so that makes sense

[450Nick]

I seem to recall that the original engine from MCD was a pile of st and had to be extensively worked on by John Ravenscroft until it was fit for use. In which case this would be better used as a coffee table..

[flysuper]

yes that sounds about right

[scotty_d]

450Nick said:

I seem to recall that the original engine from MCD was a pile of st and had to be extensively worked on by John Ravenscroft until it was fit for use. In which case this would be better used as a coffee table..

Can't be worse than some of the sp6's fitted to cars out there re-builds before cars even hit 10k

[450Nick]

scotty_d said:

Can't be worse than some of the sp6's fitted to cars out there re-builds before cars even hit 10k

Actually I think it can...! I seem to remember someone saying they were pretty much useless before Ravenscroft had his way with them..

[scotty_d]

That is really not saying a lot for them then, Oh well good looking coffee table it is then for someone

[900T-R]

450Nick said:

Actually I think it can...! I seem to remember someone saying they were pretty much useless before Ravenscroft had his way with them..

Didn't the first one last about 15 minutes on TVR's dyno according to JR?

[V8 GRF]

450Nick said:

scotty_d said:

Can't be worse than some of the sp6's fitted to cars out there re-builds before cars even hit 10k

Actually I think it can...! I seem to remember someone saying they were pretty much useless before Ravenscroft had his way with them..

Putting this a little into context, remember PW and Al had fallen out and it was TVR who said the engine's were useless, just before they changed them significantly enough to not pay MCD any royalties....

The engines supplied were prototypes and as such not expected to be perfect, I believe that most new design engines require work before they run successfully what the case was here is unlikely to ever come out into the open

As someone has posted on here recently in any discussion there is 'your opinion, my opinion and the truth' so in this case I'd suggest there is 'TVR's opinion and Al's opinion with the truth lying somewhere inbetween'

[450Nick]

Yeah that sounds about right.. Either way... If I was in the market for a reliable speed 6 engine for my TVR, I'd be looking elsewhere..

[macdeb]

V8 GRF said:

450Nick said:

scotty_d said:

Can't be worse than some of the sp6's fitted to cars out there re-builds before cars even hit 10k

Actually I think it can...! I seem to remember someone saying they were pretty much useless before Ravenscroft had his way with them..

Putting this a little into context, remember PW and Al had fallen out and it was TVR who said the engine's were useless, just before they changed them significantly enough to not pay MCD any royalties....

The engines supplied were prototypes and as such not expected to be perfect, I believe that most new design engines require work before they run successfully what the case was here is unlikely to ever come out into the open

As someone has posted on here recently in any discussion there is 'your opinion, my opinion and the truth' so in this case I'd suggest there is 'TVR's opinion and Al's opinion with the truth lying somewhere inbetween'

[flysuper]

This is all great but do you think we will all get our £10 back for the raffle of his car ??? when his engines sell on ebay

[V8 GRF]

flysuper said:

This is all great but do you think we will all get our £10 back for the raffle of his car ??? when his engines sell on ebay

No, so justaccept that your £10 is long gone. If it bothers you that much you shouldn't have bought a ticket in the first place.

[Flintstone]

V8 GRF said:

flysuper said:

This is all great but do you think we will all get our £10 back for the raffle of his car ??? when his engines sell on ebay

No, so justaccept that your £10 is long gone. If it bothers you that much you shouldn't have bought a ticket in the first place.

Wow. Bit of a feisty response?

[JR]

Flintstone said:

V8 GRF said:

flysuper said:

This is all great but do you think we will all get our £10 back for the raffle of his car ??? when his engines sell on ebay

No, so justaccept that your £10 is long gone. If it bothers you that much you shouldn't have bought a ticket in the first place.

Wow. Bit of a feisty response?

On the other hand half of fly's PH posts are about wanting his money back. Modern Britain?

[flysuper]

are you one of als pals or is it ok to rip people of ?