The Price is SHITE!

[TheOtherStu]

23 hours ago, CaptainBoom said:

@TheOtherStu Come on down, you've won The Price is Shite!

 

Why thank you! I can't wait for my ..... prize 🤣

Well, you'll see from my avatar that I'm sceptical of anyone who says "Barn find". They're normally some old shite that's been sitting in a yard, with the hope that someday they'll get round to fixing it (I know many of you have similar "projects" in your yards)

So let me introduce you to the this 1983 Starion. It clearly has lots of interest, because it's still got 6 days left and has 13 bids

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266298257152

[MiniMinorMk3]

It's the only one on Ebay so it must be worth thousands. Factor in the Japanese fan boy tax. Must be worth £3,756.73

[Dave_Q]

£2860 (not collected and relisted as cat bid on it and cat doesn't have a recovery wagon)

[CaptainBoom]

£2867.98, although I must say, I quite like that. 

[Justwatching]

Turbo. Original. Low Owner. Bet it will go for strong money.

£5k.

[Stanky]

£4220.20 from me. I mean I'd pay £2000 for it to just sit in it on my drive and make 'brummmmm' noises.

Witness the fitness.

I bet it's rusty as fuck though, and I'd sit in the seat and immediately it'd collapse through the floor

[grogee]

£7k on the nose. A more eighties slice of Japanese goodness you could not find. 

Look at what mk2 rx-7s are going for these days

[somewhatfoolish]

£3333.33. Disappointing it doesn't come with a medallion, chest wig and a shirt that only fastens halfway.

[TheOtherStu]

11 hours ago, grogee said:

£7k on the nose. A more eighties slice of Japanese goodness you could not find. 

Look at what mk2 rx-7s are going for these days

Oh I'm well aware what it is. I'd happily own one.

It's the whole "barn find" nonsense. Why can't people say what it is?

"I've been storing this in my garage,  hoping to get round to restoring it. But I'm a lazy fucker and I prefer going fishing with my pals and it's just rotting away, so I'm hoping someone will pay strong money for the seized engine and rotten floorpan"

[catsinthewelder]

£4567.89

[vaughant]

Not a bad description and seller seems friendly and helpful in his replies.

It's rolling and not siezed but I think truthfully you'd want to hear that running before committing mega ££££ to it.

However, I'd say without doubt if you've bothered turn it over by hand to check it's not siezed, and put a battery on it to "test the electrics" then I'm sure you've tried to start it, and failed and now can't be arsed spending weeks with fuel cans/impromptu pumps, tracing out many silly wiring/immobiliser faults and so on.

A ULEZ/tax/MOT exempt cool car does appeal to many I'm sure but to have the bollox to go forth with more than £5001 for it I think would be optimistic.

If he's playing clever and "miraculously" gets it to start just before auction end with a "smoky turbo from sitting" then my number could be miles out.

So I say £5001.01

[CaptainBoom]

Boom_daughter is in this for £4,328.71 and a discarded empty fag lighter in the glovebox

[TheOtherStu]

Bollocks. The usual "Didn't make enough, so we'll say it's now broken" or something.
Where do we go from here? anyone know who was closest?

[Dave_Q]

After much dicking about here is the bid history.

The highest actual bid was £2300 but as the £2000 came in after that, I reckon that the bid would have been on £2020 when the seller shithoused the auction?

If you're happy with that as a result then looks like it's my turn

[CaptainBoom]

I'd say Dave_Q come on down to be honest, I can't see any need for an inquest or stewards enquiry.

 

[Dave_Q]

I've stuck to auctions, with bids on and finishing within a day or 2 so we hopefully achieve climax.

Running but rusty P100, £820 no reserve, ends in 2 days.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404345227570

[CaptainBoom]

I'm going to offer £1,750.00 and the lucky* buyer will find that the rubber floor mats are structural

Boom_daughter says 1,416.00 with a mummified Bounty bar under the drivers seat

[Stanky]

"2.0 pinto with type 9 5 speed gearbox"

got to be £1500 in that? I'll go nuts and say double its current price. £1640

[catsinthewelder]

Not going to lie, I want it but don't have time to weld it up or aproximately £2059 spare.

[somewhatfoolish]

Last minute bidding frenzy carries it to £2220, because shit old ford.

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Bollocks. The usual "Didn't make enough, so we'll say it's now broken" or something.
Where do we go from here? anyone know who was closest?

Probably someone made an offer they couldn't refuse so it got pulled.

[MiniMinorMk3]

£1950. Will be stripped of mechanicals and then shell sold on as barn find project.

 

Last MoT

2 January 2020
PASS
Mileage
32,823 miles
Expiry date
1 January 2021
Repair as soon as possible (minor defects):
Nearside Front Outer Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Offside Front Outer Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Front Outer both front outer sills coroded

[TheOtherStu]

Okey dokes, well I'll leave it for someone to have a go

[Jim Bergerac]

£2100.

[Jerzy Woking]

These P100's were popular for booze cruises to the continent. I think everyone of them siezed by Customs was crushed rather than put out to auction like most other siezed vehicles.

[Justwatching]

These are desirable for some reason, but it's still a shitbox in my eyes, so it gets a low-ball estimate from me: £985.

[Dave_Q]

On 26/06/2023 at 21:04, CaptainBoom said:

I'm going to offer £1,750.00 and the lucky* buyer will find that the rubber floor mats are structural

Boom_daughter says 1,416.00 with a mummified Bounty bar under the drivers seat

Ended at £1245 so Boom_daughter is the winnar

[CaptainBoom]

20 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Boom_daughter is the winnar

She is going to be chuffed in the morning!  If it's OK with folks, I'll get her to find something after school tomorrow.

[CaptainBoom]

I did the Geography Homework and to continue the blue pickup theme, boom_daughter found this...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354865931554

Finishes at Sunday lunchtime, it's currently at £310 with 15 bids from six bidders

1990/1 VW Caddy Pickup 1.6 in derv

Let's list what it has going for it:

• Nothing, it's end of life utter grot.  It needs to be folded up and cubed.

List of viability for Price is Shite:

• It's gopping, check
• Very frilly in all of the wrong places, check
• The seller is a bombsite dealer with 75% positive feedback score, check
• It's been towed by the plastic front bumper, check
• Stinging nettles growing inside the bulkhead, check
• Number plate says EEW, check

NB, it has this winning contradictory feedback:

It's her birthday today and she's well pleased to be part of the game.

[grogee]

On 6/26/2023 at 8:50 PM, Dave_Q said:

achieve climax

Those were the days.