WTF? This cant be real....

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Mark Solesbury

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913

 

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Rabbits

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #2

"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913
>
>
Wouldn't be the first anyway - there was one in Tesco's car park in Redditch
yesterday. OK it was LHD but UK registered.

Dave

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #3

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:21:48 -0000, "Rabbits"
<Dave@spam_me_not.charnia.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913
>>
>>
>Wouldn't be the first anyway - there was one in Tesco's car park in Redditch
>yesterday. OK it was LHD but UK registered.
>
>Dave

It would be amongst the first actually sold.

It's pretty common for ebay to have pre-ordered cars on sale. All you
are buying is the production allocation - it's quite late in the day
when you actually have to specify colours, spec etc.

I think some people make a pretty decent profit on this stuff - the
selling price on ebay is irrelevant in this case as the guy is
planning to take 7.5% of the vehicle sale price, which AIUI means the
auction price comes off the vehicle sale price.


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Alan J. Wylie

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #4

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 09:52:26 GMT, "Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> said:

> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913

I'd rather have one of these for much the same number of pounds.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9883&item=4520636938&rd=1&tc=photo

I'm not sure what the bid on the first item is for - I can only assume
it's a premium you pay the dealer for the privilege of being first off
the blocks with a shiny new model in April.

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but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
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Tom Woods

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #5

On 23 Jan 2005 15:35:27 +0000, [email protected] (Alan J. Wylie) wrote:

>I'd rather have one of these for much the same number of pounds.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9883&item=4520636938&rd=1&tc=photo
>

That is an impressive bit of kit!. I'd be interested to see exactly
how 2 v8's work together.

 

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Alex

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• Jan 23, 2005

• #6

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:26:33 +0000, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 23 Jan 2005 15:35:27 +0000, [email protected] (Alan J. Wylie) wrote:
>
>>I'd rather have one of these for much the same number of pounds.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9883&item=4520636938&rd=1&tc=photo
>>
>
>That is an impressive bit of kit!. I'd be interested to see exactly
>how 2 v8's work together.

Coupled through the Transfer box, I'd imagine. Not difficult, there
were early WWII american tanks (Sherman?) which used a Chrysler
Multibank engine, basically 5 4-cylinder engines mounted together,
coupled on the back with large gearwheels.

Alex

 

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Peter R.

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• Jan 24, 2005

• #7

On 23 Jan 2005 15:35:27 +0000, [email protected] (Alan J. Wylie) wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 09:52:26 GMT, "Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> said:
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913
>
>I'd rather have one of these for much the same number of pounds.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9883&item=4520636938&rd=1&tc=photo
>
>I'm not sure what the bid on the first item is for - I can only assume
>it's a premium you pay the dealer for the privilege of being first off
>the blocks with a shiny new model in April.

That one is the recovery variety, NOT the missile launcher. And it
does't say anything about the missile being included eiter. WHat a
blatant rip off !

Peter R.

 

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Dan Mckenzie

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• Jan 26, 2005

• #8

"Peter R." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913
> That one is the recovery variety, NOT the missile launcher.

Sorry to pedantic, but its a resupply vehcile, not a recovery version.

You can buy them in Poland for about £1000 (8000 Zloty), still have to drive
it home though!

http://motodemont.com.pl/zil/zil_135.htm

Dan

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jan 27, 2005

• #9

On or around Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:10:46 -0000, "Dan Mckenzie"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Peter R." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29749&item=4519565913
>> That one is the recovery variety, NOT the missile launcher.
>
>Sorry to pedantic, but its a resupply vehcile, not a recovery version.
>
>You can buy them in Poland for about £1000 (8000 Zloty), still have to drive
>it home though!
>
>http://motodemont.com.pl/zil/zil_135.htm
>

Zil 131 looks quite a beast an' all, and maybe a touch more practical.

these look fun, mind:

http://motodemont.com.pl/dla_kolekcjonerow/PTS.htm

fun site.

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