The Price is SHITE!

[somewhatfoolish]

A peruse of eblag sale prices plus an AI thing tell me it will be won at £2143.80 by someone called Gareth who will ghost the vendor and not pay.

[Popsicle]

I'm probably going to be miles out, but these things always seem to fetch strong money, so £3.5k.

[horriblemercedes]

Yeah, it'll go for good money. Some fairly valuable bits there. I'm going to follow it, actually 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Sorry chaps, I completely forgot all about this last Tuesday after posting that there was only a few hours to go on Monday.

 

As for the Jeep, black is the wrong colour for one of those and they're not big enough to carry bodies out to the forest, so the market is limited.

I suspect a relist after the top bidder of £4,124 gets cold feet realising that they need a ladder to get in it.

[EyesWeldedShut]

They have a cult following so maybe two cult members with two Wranglers could share body transport duties?
£2,699 despite the 2014 MoT

[horriblemercedes]

The body lift should be taken off it ASAP as it'll be doing bad things to the transfer case. Also unless it has a slip yoke eliminator on it, I bet it'll have a hell of a wobble going on with that 4" suspension lift. Still worth money though. The bids will go up quite a bit yet, I predict

[Justwatching]

On 7/23/2023 at 11:35 PM, Popsicle said:

I'm probably going to be miles out, but these things always seem to fetch strong money, so £3.5k.

You weren't miles out at all - £3,650. 

[Popsicle]

7 hours ago, Justwatching said:

You weren't miles out at all - £3,650. 

Er does that mean I'm to choose the next one then?

[Popsicle]

If I've got this correct and I'm a choosin, lets go with a mildly knackered Manta with 3.5 days left to run.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275970950682

[MiniMinorMk3]

Are people stupid bidding that up? That sold last week at SWVA for £500 plus commission. The Ebay vendor hasn't even bothered with taking their own pictures.

Opel Manta GTE 1985 - South Western Vehicle Auctions Ltd (swva.co.uk)

That's gonna get relisted after the top bidder (at £3,500) views what he has bid and runs away quickly making excuses that the car was not correctly listed etc etc.

[Dave_Q]

£1800-odd already! I'm going for £3362.78 (shill bid to his mate Pete from the pub, immediate relist)

[CaptainBoom]

£2,800 with the inevitable immediate relist, which it will do again and again until it goes for a bit more than it was won for at auction. I love a Manta and they have their fans, (on here anyway) but it's not well described. I mean, at least open the bonnet and see if the oily bits are still there.

[Justwatching]

£2,691 by someone who didn't really understand what they were getting into. After a feeble attempt at fixing it up, the seller will try to sell it on unfinished, claiming to "have other projects" and "not have time". 

[CaptainBoom]

Boom_daughter says £2,326.28 once I showed her what one of these is meant to look like.

[Jim Bergerac]

£2950.

[somewhatfoolish]

£3,492.60 to tiddles the persian's flailing cat tail, relisted because "it was the cat".

[nev_jr]

£2345, my mates dad had/has one of those that's in considerably better nick, nice looking bit o' kit (not this one though, it's fucked).

[meggersdog]

Even used the auction house description. Wonder if it still is in Poole or have they dragged it across to IOW. £2176.00 is my guess

[grogee]

On 8/1/2023 at 1:04 AM, Popsicle said:

If I've got this correct and I'm a choosin, lets go with a mildly knackered Manta with 3.5 days left to run.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275970950682

£2621.46

These R cool. Eighties + rustbucket = ££££

[meggersdog]

Sold* for £2050 ,looks like my £2176 guess was closest. In which case have this LHD Fiat with one line of description and the wrong engine

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404413708657?hash=item5e28ef7971:g:N7UAAOSw0alkyBAA

[catsinthewelder]

£5850 leaving change from £6k to get some proper number plates.

[grogee]

I've been overestimating every single time and I think the current price of £3250 is too much and it's been set by all his mates shill bidding. 

So £3333.32

[MiniMinorMk3]

Just in from Greece

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A few words about the car on sale
This example was bought in 2013 from south Greece in very good body condition, without crash damage or rust in crucial parts, with a perfect interior, complete with all its original parts except for the engine, which was replaced by a similar later one 1600 cc and 90 bhp, and which combined with the car's low weight (<850 kg) gives this little Fiat "wings".

Some minor repairs - maintainance have been performed (brakes - starter motor - electrics), also some light bodywork - painting where was deemed necessary to reach a stable and reliable condition.

It has a 5 speed gearbox and thus relatively small fuel consumption, and can easily travel far, giving many classic rally rivals a run for their money in regularity and why not in sporting category. Additionally, thanks to low tax and insurance costs it can very finely make a pleasant and stylish every-day-car with spirit and nerve when needed.

Rare in the UK now.

£3750

[somewhatfoolish]

£4545.12 to a FIAT licker.

[Jim Bergerac]

£4998 of the King's pounds. 

[CaptainBoom]

£4,000.00, but I'd never drive it in the rain

[Popsicle]

£4222.

[CaptainBoom]

Boom_daughter says £3,822.00

[meggersdog]

Sold for £3800. @CaptainBoom Boom_daughter £22.00 over  @MiniMinorMk3 £50.00 under

[CaptainBoom]

I just want to point out the choice of this is nothing to do with me:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334976025912

Ex-salvage Vauxhall VX220 looking a bit ravaged and has been a front garden ornament for a few years.  Bidding seems to be at £2,055.00 from the seller's mates honest bidders.  The seller also has a non-fucked one up for auction as well as a pile of parts from a third one.  A whisker under four days to go.