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Is it just me... am I too cynical?

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Is it just me... am I too cynical?
Nick Lettington Offline
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#1
08-02-2021, 06:21 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 06:27 PM by Nick Lettington.)
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-spec...SwpTtgIDtX
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08-02-2021, 06:44 PM
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!"
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08-02-2021, 07:07 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 07:17 PM by Tony Betts.)
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. Big Grin

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.
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#4
08-02-2021, 08:24 PM
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.
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08-02-2021, 08:35 PM
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?
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08-02-2021, 08:38 PM
This isn't even faintly funny. I was laughing so much I nearly fell off my chair and injured the dog.
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08-02-2021, 09:03 PM
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. Huh
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08-02-2021, 09:27 PM
(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!
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#9
08-02-2021, 10:20 PM
A rusty chassis and a free GRP body? Sounds, well, perhaps just a tad unconvincing. Amusing, though...
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08-02-2021, 10:30 PM
I have often thought some diagonal brace from the radius rod mount might be helpful, but what is with the two tubes?
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