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1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Edgar Lowe - 11-01-2020
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1191071
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Erich - 11-01-2020
I'm curious about the decision to go to a split screen. Rear wheels closed center, front wheels open center.
Erich in Seattle
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Steve kay - 11-01-2020
Thanks Edgar for a hilarious start to a wet Saturday morning. I know nothing about the car, but Julien Sumner or maybe a youthful ad copywriter in the back office, have produced a magnificent piece of inaccurate and misspelt fluff that doesn't even have the excuse of being badly translated from German. Surely the vendor can't have been asked to check the text. The only bit missing is a claim about performance at Brooklands.
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Ian Williams - 11-01-2020
Sorry I don't see a real issue with the description, yes perhaps a couple of miss spellings and a little fluff, but otherwise how is it all that inaccurate? You could perhaps debate its true value or your personal taste regarding the aesthetics, but it is an A7 special designed for trailing and probably would work well as such.
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Howard Wright - 11-01-2020
Hi All
It’s a nice car and I know Steve Hodgson would make a cracking job of the build. Just hope my special will command that sort of price when it’s time to sell
.Cheers
Howard
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Austin in the Shed - 11-01-2020
Steve kay Wrote:Thanks Edgar for a hilarious start to a wet Saturday morning. I know nothing about the car, but Julien Sumner or maybe a youthful ad copywriter in the back office, have produced a magnificent piece of inaccurate and misspelt fluff that doesn't even have the excuse of being badly translated from German. Surely the vendor can't have been asked to check the text. The only bit missing is a claim about performance at Brooklands.It may well have Brooklands history !
I'm sure in 2007 I did the VSCC driving tests there and I thought Steve turned over a car just like this on one of the tests on the banking.
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Tony Griffiths - 11-01-2020
Very pretty yet functional-looking but in no way an "Ulster" (what an over-used word that is). A really cracking specification - and no doubt its absolutely first-class workmanship - will combine to make it an effective trials and driving test winner. However, it is just a "special" and the price, of course, hugely optimistic.
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Paul N-M - 11-01-2020
(11-01-2020, 11:44 AM)Austin in the Shed Wrote:Would this be a case of situational irony thenSteve kay Wrote:Thanks Edgar for a hilarious start to a wet Saturday morning. I know nothing about the car, but Julien Sumner or maybe a youthful ad copywriter in the back office, have produced a magnificent piece of inaccurate and misspelt fluff that doesn't even have the excuse of being badly translated from German. Surely the vendor can't have been asked to check the text. The only bit missing is a claim about performance at Brooklands.It may well have Brooklands history !
I'm sure in 2007 I did the VSCC driving tests there and I thought Steve turned over a car just like this on one of the tests on the banking.
Paul N-M
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Barry - 11-01-2020
Saw the car several times in Steve's shop when he was building it and watched him driving it on the Stoneacre Trial. Quality build and it works!
RE: 1929 Ulster replica for sale £29500 - Ian Williams - 11-01-2020
Quote "but in no way an "Ulster" (what an over-used word that is)"
I am inclined to agree with you Tony but we should also remember that the term "Ulster" was coined by us as enthusiasts rather than an official name for a particular model, I agree that today it is used/abused to cover anything which is of a similar design. This particular car has at least got a body on it which started as a replica "ulster" type but with a fair amount of personalisation, personally I feel that unless someone is claiming it to be an accurate recreation whats the harm in using the description.
I should add that even if we feel it is overpriced, try having a car built to the same specification for that money, only if you are capable of doing almost all the work yourself would you manage that.