OK, so I didn't look close enough. Yep, probably a bodge-job... your typical
run-of-the-mill Heinz 57.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hill <jrhill@chorus.net>
To: Triumph <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:24 AM
Subject: more ebay puzzles
> Regarding this week's "Mystery Triumph" on eBay, Don Sforza wrote:
>
> > It's a 74... only year with the low bumper and rubber thingies
>
> Are you sure? Could it be a '76 that got punched in the nose along the way
> and repaired with '74 parts? (Which is what the condition of the engine
> compartment suggests to me.)
>
> Is there a profit to be made in changing VIN numbers to pass off '74 TR's
as
> 1976 models?
>
> What I find amusing is the bidders like "PotRoastSteve" and "WebMan..."
> entering bid after bid with six days left in the auction, when the only
bid
> that matters is the one that someone will make with about 15 seconds to
go.
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
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