Ramon - and Rich - and Gary - (and Robert P. - and - Mr. X)(and The Mole):
I realize I am a little late with this response - but better late than never!
Rich:
I know you were being facetious - but - There are no free lunches (except when you get 'conned').
At 02:58 01/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
> Hey! With all of this "Giving" going on, can someone please GIVE me a
>Series IV or V Alpine close to the west coast, so I can realize my dream
>of owning one again? A Great Big Thank You in advance !!
>
>PS: BRG would be nice !
>
>Rich
>
Ramon:
It would not have helped if you had charged those prices - but if you had negotiated reasonable prices for the articles - and been able to collect them - it would have been an orderly market - we might all still be in 'business'.
As it was - I had acquired an 'inventory' of Alpine parts, including an operational car and a non-operational car plus a mess of parts for a 'reasonable' fee. It was my intention to run a 'hobby' business - it went well for a while - people bought gauges, starters, generators, chrome bits, etc. for nominal money. The operational car was sold for a reasonable fee (Under two grand as I recall) and other odds and ends moved for mostly single (maybe some double) digit $ figures.
But then the villains started to show up. One took away a very clean looking overdrive unit (not tested by me) to 'evaluate' it - never saw it again!
Another - (after I had left the premises) took the whole rear axle of the 'parts car' and left it sitting on concrete blocks on the frames - it 'cost' me to have a tow truck come to take it away - he could not deal with a wheel'less car and sent another operator who had the flat-bed kind of tow-truck who could 'drag' it up on the flat-bed and take it away.
The one who took away the rear axle also took sundry other parts - starter, generator and who knows what else - my (ex) wife was not equipped to deal with these subtle differences - and I was not there to monitor the transactions.
Can't remember which race it was that started out with "Gentlemen - start your engines" - was it Monte Carlo or Le Mans? or?
Needless to say I have not seen 'penny' one for these items - nor have I seen the 'gentlemen' - will I be pilloried for saying there was some honour in the British Empire? - which does not seem to have transferred to SOME of our North American cousins.
But as in every Special Interest Group there are the bad apples --- (not including 'The Mole' who towed away my Black Beauty with its blown lower bearing for a paltry $200 - but at least with my agreement and his $200 cash in my pocket - that was fair and honest gentlemanly dealing)
So, Robert P of Victoria and Mr. X of Vancouver Island - where are my rear axle and other parts - and my overdrive unit - are you just going to continue to STEAL Them - or will you step forward and do the gentlemanly thing?
Barrie Henderson
>>----------
>>From: Spontelli, Ramon[SMTP:rs11(at)ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM]
>>Sent: Friday, January 24, 1997 7:22 AM
>>To: tigers
>>Subject: RE: Curious "Logic"
>>
>>
>>> Now we've got: " Hose your Sunbeam buddies by charging mega $$$ for
>>> parts, and this will help all of us"
>>>
>>> You guys are startin' to scare me........
>>
>>Yea, Gary.
>>
>>How would it have helped us all if I had wanted $1200 for those exhaust
>>manifolds I GAVE you last year? Or if Ted Elzinga had wanted $1200 for the
>>slave cylinder bracket he GAVE me for our Mk I? Of if I had wanted $1200
>>for the four-barrel intake that I GAVE Ed & Karen Foster? Or if Lou Meyers
>>had wanted $1200 for the Series I doors he GAVE me? Or if I had wanted
>>$1200 for the front hubs I GAVE him? Or if Bill Davis had wanted $1200 for
>>the LAT hood he GAVE me? Or if I had wanted $1200 for the sway bar brackets
>>I GAVE Phil LeBrun?
>>
>>As one who has given and received more parts FOR FREE than I will ever sell,
>>I just do not understand this whole silly-ass LAT-wheel, air-cleaner,
>>fan-shroud, reservoir-tank, and anything-off-a-Mk II game that just gets
>>sillier and sillier and sillier.
>>
>>Ramon
>>rs11(at)ElSegundoCA.ncr.com
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