Project 131 Sport on Ebay UK

[Sev131]

I spoke to my mate who was gutted to hear of his pride and joy being on ebay.

I e-mailed the seller and had no reply, the next morning it was off ebay. May be the seller has read my post on the forum or has been notified by someone or may even have sold it.

My mate told me that he'd had a letter from DVLA about someone trying to apply for a log book and that he had then got in touch with solictors who weren't interested. He even tried the Police. I'm not sure what he said to DVLA, but by the sounds of it, had lost interest.

Jim said that the garage owner he had left the car with had passed away. He was not notified and when he queried his cars progress, was told that the car had been moved on somewhere and his son did not know where it was.

I remember asking about his car about 11 months ago and he told me that he'd rather me take on the resto project as soon as he finds it. Someone had already stole the webber 45's and it seems like the interiors gone. He told me to come and collect the spares he had in his cellar. I went round to his place and picked up adjustable Spax rear shocks, an axle, gearbox, twin carb manifold, all the missing trim from the advertised car except the seats and lots more. He said as soon as i know the where abouts of my car, it's yours. He even has the missing 15" alloy wheel at home now.

Jim has said that if the car is going to a good home and will be restored,  he is happy! If someone on this forum has bought it and requires any info on history etc, i can give you the previous owners number. I can remember the engine being rebuilt by a fiat specialist in Derby and a stage 2 head bought from Autosprint of birmingham. It has lowererd springs on it that were made to his taste, i think 3" lowererd all round. Lots of new panels during the mid 90's that have only deteriorated by leaving the car outside uncovered.

I drove this car for a quick blast around 1998 and it was quick, very noisy and didn't want to stop revving!

[f1lmm]

I spoke to my mate who was gutted to hear of his pride and joy being on ebay.

I e-mailed the seller and had no reply, the next morning it was off ebay. May be the seller has read my post on the forum or has been notified by someone or may even have sold it.

My mate told me that he'd had a letter from DVLA about someone trying to apply for a log book and that he had then got in touch with solictors who weren't interested. He even tried the Police. I'm not sure what he said to DVLA, but by the sounds of it, had lost interest.

Jim said that the garage owner he had left the car with had passed away. He was not notified and when he queried his cars progress, was told that the car had been moved on somewhere and his son did not know where it was.

I remember asking about his car about 11 months ago and he told me that he'd rather me take on the resto project as soon as he finds it. Someone had already stole the webber 45's and it seems like the interiors gone. He told me to come and collect the spares he had in his cellar. I went round to his place and picked up adjustable Spax rear shocks, an axle, gearbox, twin carb manifold, all the missing trim from the advertised car except the seats and lots more. He said as soon as i know the where abouts of my car, it's yours. He even has the missing 15" alloy wheel at home now.

Jim has said that if the car is going to a good home and will be restored,? he is happy! If someone on this forum has bought it and requires any info on history etc, i can give you the previous owners number. I can remember the engine being rebuilt by a fiat specialist in Derby and a stage 2 head bought from Autosprint of birmingham. It has lowererd springs on it that were made to his taste, i think 3" lowererd all round. Lots of new panels during the mid 90's that have only deteriorated by leaving the car outside uncovered.

I drove this car for a quick blast around 1998 and it was quick, very noisy and didn't want to stop revving!

THAT'S STRANGE,CAUSE I SPOKE TO GUY THAT IS SELLING IT AND HE SAID!!!,THAT HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT YOU,BUT YOU HAVEN'T REPLIED!!!,SO,HE IS EITHER TELLING LIES,OR YOU ARE,AS I WAS THE HIGHEST BIDDER I WANTED TO GET THIS SORTED OUT BEFORE BUYING IT,DO YOU HAVE THE KEYS

[kev131]

Hi Lee

You might have missed the other posting about "how great this site is" and the subsequent postings about how everyone is generally friendly and helpful.

http://131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=1510.0

Whilst I appreciate that it must be frustrating to potentially miss out on a desired purchase on Ebay how "friendly" are your comments to Bobby above..?

Having met Bobby and corresponded with him over the years I'd be happy to bet that he is only trying to be helpful to fellow forum members - including yourself.?

Best of luck on getting the keys..and the car!

[mick131]

Whilst I appreciate that it must be frustrating to potentially miss out on a desired purchase on Ebay how "friendly" are your comments to Bobby above..?

Ditto Kev...

[Sev131]

THAT'S STRANGE,CAUSE I SPOKE TO GUY THAT IS SELLING IT AND HE SAID!!!,THAT HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT YOU,BUT YOU HAVEN'T REPLIED!!!,SO,HE IS EITHER TELLING LIES,OR YOU ARE,AS I WAS THE HIGHEST BIDDER I WANTED TO GET THIS SORTED OUT BEFORE BUYING IT,DO YOU HAVE THE KEYS

I emailed the seller, 12 hours later it was off ebay. I have had no contact. I only saw the advert on friday.

My mate has no internet and is not computer friendly, that's why i posted the info on this site and told him. I have known this car since i was 17 and have seen thousands being spent on it. To see this car end up the way it has from Jim is very dissapointing. I do not have the keys, not sure if Jim has. Like i said in my previous thread, good luck to you if you get the car. 

[mclements131]

pleese he not   a liar  bobby s  good. pleese dont say bad

[f1lmm]

pleese he not? ?a liar? bobby s? good. pleese dont say bad

mummy really needs to teach you how spell!! ,also your right kev,i'm sure bob is a nice enough guy,but the guy that is selling this car,is really sound,and wants to get sorted before,putting it back on e-bay,he's e-mailing me proof of the his correspondence that he sent to sev131,so i just want to clarify that he is also,being very professional in his attitude and manner,to getting all resolved

[Sev131]

Apologies F1lmm, i did receive an e-mail from Lee who is selling the car. I kept checking the wrong e-mail add i have.

I rang him today and had a chat. He seems like a very genuine chap and explained how he obtained the car and saved it from the bone yard. It seems that the story of this car with Jim is very very long winded and other owners/garage owners seem to have had somesort of ownership. I have passed on Lee's number to jim for him to query any issues.

It's quite hard to get hold of him so i told Lee if you have no contact then in my opinion go ahead with the sale. He does have the logbook in his name so i would of thought legally it's his.

I didn't mean to cause you the stress it seems you've had but, because what Jim had told me about the car in the past 12 months and not being able to trace it's whereabouts, any passionate 131 owner would have a concern.

Regards
Bob



 

[mclements131]

he evryone   sorry  for  bad  gramar  i sufferd a stroke   some  years  ago and  the  part  of  my   brain that   control   reading  and   writing   has  never  been   same also   lost  some senastin of taste   but   sorry  for   this  i can   still  drive  how  ever and   can   enjoy   a  relativly  normal life   enjoying   this   forum  and   131   friends,   can   ask   my  wife to   type  forme    if  she  is   free thanks martin.

[Gremlino]

Many thanks for your openess Martin.

My Father has had 2 strokes and I have experienced first hand how difficult and long the recovery is....if at all.

I think that the only way to resolve differences without descending into chaos is to use PM for any disagreements, we all have access to each others emails so wouldn't this be the best way to convey our differences of opinion?

Just a thought       

[f1lmm]

he evryone? ?sorry? for? bad? gramar? i sufferd a stroke? ?some? years? ago and? the? part? of? my? ?brain that? ?control? ?reading? and? ?writing? ?has? never? been? ?same also? ?lost? some senastin of taste ? but? ?sorry? for? ?this? i can? ?still? drive? how? ever and? ?can? ?enjoy? ?a? relativly? normal life? ?enjoying? ?this? ?forum? and? ?131? ?friends,? ?can? ?ask? ?my? wife to? ?type? forme? ? if? she? is? ?free thanks martin.

sorry

[f1lmm]

Apologies F1lmm, i did receive an e-mail from Lee who is selling the car. I kept checking the wrong e-mail add i have.

I rang him today and had a chat. He seems like a very genuine chap and explained how he obtained the car and saved it from the bone yard. It seems that the story of this car with Jim is very very long winded and other owners/garage owners seem to have had somesort of ownership. I have passed on Lee's number to jim for him to query any issues.

It's quite hard to get hold of him so i told Lee if you have no contact then in my opinion go ahead with the sale. He does have the logbook in his name so i would of thought legally it's his.

I didn't mean to cause you the stress it seems you've had but, because what Jim had told me about the car in the past 12 months and not being able to trace it's whereabouts, any passionate 131 owner would have a concern.

Regards
Bob


no worries i understand