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Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 3:42 pm
by mk1coopers
OK.....must be a story behind it but I'll pass thanks
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:28 pm
by Old English White
Maybe created by a Mr Wayne Cooper who worked at the local Kwikfit?
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:58 pm
by surfblue63
I'd heard it was Wayne Carr who built that
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 4:24 pm
by mk1coopers
surfblue63 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:58 pm
I'd heard it was Wayne Carr who built that
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:26 pm
by miniminor
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-MINI ... 635-2958-0
Couple of early riveted steel wheels for anyone seeking originality.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:03 am
by DB1380
surfblue63 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:58 pm
I'd heard it was Wayne Carr who built that
I swear on my life there was a boy in my class at school with that same name....what was his parents thinking....or not.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:56 am
by Old English White
Looks a bit "chewed" around the edges when you look closely
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Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:37 pm
by Bitsilly
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274853899233 ... 1438.l2649
I am getting fed up with reporting these scams, Ebay could not care less.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:42 pm
by Bitsilly
ps. have a look at the other items for sale, some of the Minis' have bids.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:40 pm
by Exminiman
What happens if you put on a silly bid ? cant see anything could happen, maybe thats the answer?
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:34 pm
by trevorhp
I've offered to view the 970 as apparently it is in Wick I don't think they expected me to view!!
(come to that neither did I because its a bit North of me in Somerset)
Cock and bull story about death and illness etc. etc.
I'm still on the trail but in touch with ebay about progress, so far they seem powerless to stop this scam at the moment but now gathering evidence.
Just ask to view before purchase and see what happens then report it via messaging on ebay.
Keeps the seller busy !!
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:52 pm
by 66Traveller
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234075282304 ... SwYDZg4FCj
I think I might have put the correct 4 vent sills on this and put it back to hydro . Other than that quite nice but...: (i) wrong heater control panel (should have the bright alloy edge); (ii) wrong eyeball vents (should be chrome); (iii) Newton interior and carpet with double heel mat; (iv) bonnet stay -according to the description - is on the wrong side (left) - it should be on the right on such an early car; (v) wrong bonnet and hinges (the hinges should bolt up into captive nuts in the bonnet; (vi) wrong interior mirror (should be the standard grey plastic Wingard type; (vii) ? should have no holes and grommets in the inner wings but can't see this from the photos...
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 7:08 pm
by whistler
Didn't think the 1275GT had twin carbs.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:29 am
by 66Traveller
Indeed not (although twin HS4s were available as a "Pluspac" option from Special Tuning. Servo front bracket also looks wrong...
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:19 pm
by surfblue63
Re carbs, there were a few different plus pacs for the GT, one did have twin hs2s, but I doubt if those are original period items.
I think the car looks a bit iffy, maybe the photos, but the car looks very white indeed, to bright for glacier, and the side stripes are horrid in size, placement and colour. They should be red.
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:55 pm
by 66Traveller
surfblue63 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:19 pm
Re carbs, there were a few different plus pacs for the GT, one did have twin hs2s, but I doubt if those are original period items.
I think the car looks a bit iffy, maybe the photos, but the car looks very white indeed, to bright for glacier, and the side stripes are horrid in size, placement and colour. They should be red.
I agree on the side stripes - should be red on a glacier white car
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:14 pm
by Old English White
Weren't the rear bins trimmed on early GTs?
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:42 pm
by Exminiman
66Traveller wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:52 pm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234075282304 ... SwYDZg4FCj
I think I might have put the correct 4 vent sills on this and put it back to hydro . Other than that quite nice but...: (i) wrong heater control panel (should have the bright alloy edge); (ii) wrong eyeball vents (should be chrome); (iii) Newton interior and carpet with double heel mat; (iv) bonnet stay -according to the description - is on the wrong side (left) - it should be on the right on such an early car; (v) wrong bonnet and hinges (the hinges should bolt up into captive nuts in the bonnet; (vi) wrong interior mirror (should be the standard grey plastic Wingard type; (vii) ? should have no holes and grommets in the inner wings but can't see this from the photos...
Top of the market, but it not quite there, should be safe to say its a re-shell, which in its self is not an issue for me, but as others have mentioned, you might make an effort to get bonnet stay and sills right etc….……if you are expecting that price…..
As a side issue id there actually any difference between a GT shell and standard Clubman , apart from holes for servo fixings…..? Ie can you single out a GT shell ?
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 2:17 pm
by GraemeC
For the early ones - boot board brackets, different body number.
Don't think the later ones were any different though
Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 3:08 pm
by Pete
trevorhp wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:34 pm
I've offered to view the 970 as apparently it is in Wick I don't think they expected me to view!!
(come to that neither did I because its a bit North of me in Somerset)
Cock and bull story about death and illness etc. etc.
I'm still on the trail but in touch with ebay about progress, so far they seem powerless to stop this scam at the moment but now gathering evidence.
Just ask to view before purchase and see what happens then report it via messaging on ebay.
Keeps the seller busy !!
Whoever does these scams just hacks someone’s account each time, so it’s impossible for EBay to keep up. They just find an account with an easily guessable password each time they want to do it and post up the same adverts every time. An old GT I had is a regular one they use. Of course they’re relying on people to send deposits which they must be having some success with.
Classic Mini Austin 4 door "Hoopers".