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Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Nick Lettington - 08-02-2021
Was wondering if I should ask the vendor to fill me in on the extensive racing history... It is a shame that there are no photos
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-special/114671972730?hash=item1ab2fb717a:g:lBkAAOSwpTtgIDtX
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Reckless Rat - 08-02-2021
Fibreglass Ulster rep body. No doubt a knackered 3brg engine and a slighly buggered about chassis.
As my old auntie used to say "How Much? You ought to be wearing a mask!"
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Tony Betts - 08-02-2021
hi nick,
yes and yes.
i think you should ask him were he raced and what races he won????
also ask him why he ran the back axle upside down.
i notice the sellers address is kent. and the GRP body was supplied by ticking tappets. (wayne horn) also kent.
so would i be right in guessing its wayne horn selling it himself?????
well blow me down with a feather.
thought id check ticking tappets website, and its the same phone number as the seller.
id love to know were and when he raced.
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Zetomagneto - 08-02-2021
Tony, can’t you see the top secret mods on this chassis that make it a winner!
Surely you know about the upside down axles.
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Nick Lettington - 08-02-2021
My cynicism at the description led to the title of the thread Tony!
I wonder if he and a mate had a wheelbarrow race or three with the two racing chassis and it came first several times. I had no plan to ask him directly, but I would love to know more about the pedigree claimed.
Is his father called Geppetto?
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Steve kay - 08-02-2021
This isn't even faintly funny. I was laughing so much I nearly fell off my chair and injured the dog.
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Tony Betts - 08-02-2021
hi nick.
i got that, i was taking the piss. mainly from my previous knowledge of this trader?
gene.
i understand the races that were won, were over 1/2 mile in reverse. very fast i understand.
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Nick Lettington - 08-02-2021
(08-02-2021, 09:03 PM)Tony Betts Wrote: hi nick.
i got that, i was taking the piss....
Aha... glad we cleared that up... though I am now starting to think he may just be using the oft misquoted PT Barnham no publicity is bad publicity game to spread the news about his new GRP ulsteroids!
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Tony Griffiths - 08-02-2021
A rusty chassis and a free GRP body? Sounds, well, perhaps just a tad unconvincing. Amusing, though...
RE: Is it just me... am I too cynical? - Bob Culver - 08-02-2021
I have often thought some diagonal brace from the radius rod mount might be helpful, but what is with the two tubes?