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http://www.dvca.co.uk/vehicles-for-auction-view.php?classic-cars=Triumph-TR65053

 

Its not mine but I know and trust the auction house owner.

 

Looks to be a nice sorted car.

H

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That yellow trim piping really annoys me! Oh well each to their own.

 

Iain

Looks like its only the floor mats Iain.

Easily sorted.

The rest of the body colour is not so easily fixed ????

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Nothing wrong with that, mimosa is a great colour for a 6!

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Just seeing if anyone would rise to that one.

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Nothing wrong with yellow if it's on something other than a TR . . . . .....

 

Cheers

 

Alec

I used to have a yellow Vauxhall viva if that helps balance the discussion.

 

H

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Mines Jasmine, but the smell is all wrong.

 

But the fastest colour, especially when using Strombergs!

 

Is that with a 'summer breeze' behind you?

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Is that with a 'summer breeze' behind you?

Chris what a comfort a summer breeze would be. But will report back when I have the old girl road registered.

 

I have had the engine bored 10 though over, and a 250S head fitted, and no bumpers, is it now faster to 60 than a splutterer? (any PI) with apologies, but I have had a couple, so I know, even new injectors can be unreliable, along with

 

just about everything else.

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http://www.dvca.co.uk/vehicles-for-auction-view.php?classic-cars=Triumph-TR65053

Its not mine but I know and trust the auction house owner.

Looks to be a nice sorted car.

H

Have been looking to see how much it went for. It doesn’t appear on the list of sale prices on the web site. Pity because it would have been helpful when sorting out agreed value. The car didn’t have the sill trims which is a sort of indicator on a rebuild. The calculator for agreed value doesn’t seem to be available from the Register Insurance any more. Is there any advice on agreed value within the Register? JJC
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I think you'll find that only 11 cars and bikes actually sold at the auction . . . . . . which is why there's no price for the TR6, as in it didn't make one.

 

Auctioneers can talk up guide prices as much as they wish, but . . . . . it's the hammer price that speaks loudest, when some buyer decides to put his money where the auctioneer's mouth is.

 

The smart money is always there for a really good and pukka car, but there are only so many suckers around soft enough to pay premier league prices for first or second division cars. The world economic situation is changing, hence the appeal of classics as alternative investments falling, not to mention the building pressure against hydrocarbon fuelled vehicles generally.

 

Quite why a decent enough looking Ford Anglia or Riley 1.5 should each make £9k, whereas a halfway decent looking 50K mile Spirit and Shadow went for £6K apiece . . . . . ?

 

Cheers

 

Alec

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Nothing wrong with yellow if it's on something other than a TR . . . .

 

Cheers

 

Alec

 

 

Thank goodness for that....I once had Yellow Jaundice. :P

 

Dave

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I think if I was paying "Top Money" for a TR - I'd want to actually drive it to ensure there are no gearbox issues (quite common) no whiney differential (quite common) and the engine has healthy oil pressure once warm, but hey what do I know..... :ph34r:

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What do you know ? More than most when it comes to auctions, Mark !! Don't be too modest, now . . . . .

 

I had to laugh recently whilst perusing correspondence between a 'classic auctioneer' and a TR pal of mine. The hammer man reckoned that my pal's TR6 might bring £30K on a dealer forecourt (my estimate would be more like £27K tops, maybe £28K on a good summer's day) or £25K max as a private sale . . . . . and therefore might well gross as much as £33K at his auction. No mention of what that would return net to the seller.

 

Once the buyer's and seller's commissions are removed from that gross figure, plus the attendant expenses, we're pretty much down to the suggested private sale figure anyway . . . . which also happened to be the auctioneer's suggested reserve figure, as a starting guide to encourage interest.

 

The business ethics and morality of the auction house industry never cease to amaze me. Fools and money.

 

Cheers,

 

Alec

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Hi Alec,

 

Brilliant to see you're still contributing to the Forum and the planet!!!

 

Auction's are a funny old game...... set the reserve low and let the public decide where the value is.....

 

I personally would want to drive one to make sure it's mechanically A1.....

 

Glad you still fighting mate, and keep that pecker up :lol:

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Thanks Mark,

 

yesterday was a bit close for comfort, I can tell you the colour of the GR's eyes, but thanks to the good folks at Poole Cancer Centre I'm still here and another round on points to the good . . . .

 

Couldn't agree more about test driving . . . . .

 

Why on earth would I want to buy a car without driving it so as to gain at least some clues as to its mechanical condition ?

 

Back in my days of motor trade involvement we only ever sent trade-in cars down the block if they were dodgy or defective in some respect - a decent respectable car, be it a cheapo Escort or Mini or a costly Dino or Silver Shadow, could always be brokered in the trade quickly enough as long as the price was right. A cast iron repute for accurate description was the key, that and taking a modest profit and leaving an adequate profit for the purchasing trader - everyone in the transaction chain has to put bread and jam on the table, after all.

 

Cheers,

 

Alec

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