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Re: A Spit isn't a TR4

To: Pete Ryner <pryner@ij.net>
Subject: Re: A Spit isn't a TR4
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 15:35:49 -0700
Cc: Tom Ambrose <tambrose@tir.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <LOBBIHBOGNAHOECEEALICEAFCIAA.pryner@ij.net>
I've heard of "Bait and Switch" before, but this takes the cake!  :)

Joe

Pete Ryner wrote:
> 
> Tom,
> At least it was a spitfire.  I answered a similar ad in New York a few years
> ago.  Car had been sitting NEXT to his barn for "10 years".  Said it was a
> TR-4 on the phone, thought it would run.  He only wanted $150 so I bought it
> unseen.  Got there on Saturday and found a Herald sitting next to the barn,
> no front end, a tree growing through the rusted out floor board, etc.  I
> ended up giving him $100 for it and sold it at cost to an enthusiast.  You
> just never know.
> Pete
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Tom Ambrose
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:13 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: A Spit isn't a TR4
> 
> I went out this afternoon to check on a "1972" TR4 that's been in a barn for
> "a long time"for sale for $500 obo. The fellow took a battery out of his
> truck and the car fired right up-sounds great. He said it hasn't been
> started for over a year. All gauges seemed to work. Wipers-OK. No brakes-the
> brake lines were cut. As far as rust goes, the floor boards are rotten
> through and the hinges on the bonnet were weak with rust. Good old Michigan
> salt.
> 
> Most of you can relate to the feeling I had as I drove out to check this
> car: high hopes and who knows?
> 
> Well, it was a Spitfire, not a TR$. Oh well. Still the price did come down,
> so I'm still pondering whether to buy it. I can use the rear spring and some
> other parts. BTW, when he pushed on the clutch, I didn't 'see' any movement
> in the front pulley.
> 
> Here's to dreaming about barns,
> 
> Tom

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