Re: SER1 station wagon 107 on ebay

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Whilst I agree, that this has it's problems, the vendor does clearly 
point out that the engine has been swapped for a 2 1/4 petrol, and at 
least he hasn't punched holes in the wings to fit the flashers, so give 
them a little credit. THe door swap is pretty funny though!

Like you say it's fine for us, we as a group know what we are looking 
at, but I'd always recommend anyone to take an expert with them when 
buying any old car anyway.

Jon


On 14 Nov 2005, at 07:15, Eighty Inch wrote:

> Randy
>
> Maybe 1958 ??? but as his description said 1948/49 by 1959 they were
> definitely Series 2 in which model there were plenty of 109" Station 
> Wagons.
> In the description, the vendor plays on the history, the rarity and 
> age of
> the vehicle even suggesting "film work" by removing his bodgy flasher
> wiring, (which if he knew his stuff was actually available on NADA spec
> vehicles built at the time of the vehicles production).
>
> There are some very unscrupulous vendors out there.  There is a bloke
> locally here who was sold one of the very early 1948 80" (in the first 
> 1500)
> with the early fabricated bulkhead for a price commensurate with a 
> vehicle
> of that age.  It turns out it is all a 1953 model with only an early
> bulkhead bodgied in.
>
> So all said, Jeremy is right when he suggests "Caveat Emptor on this 
> one."
>
> Cheers
> Diana
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rose, Randy" <rsrose@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:19 PM
> Subject: RE: SER1 station wagon 107 on ebay
>
>
> Yea, we are a picky group, aren't we?  We seemed to have covered the
> flaws pretty quickly.  On the upside though, it's nice to see several
> good pics of a running example.  They are so few of these around that
> it's fun to see what else is still out there rolling around, take
> inventory of what they've got, and see how it stacks up to yours.  He
> has to have meant a '58.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Randy
> '57 107 Station Wagon; 2.25 petrol inserted with no bulkhead mods and
> the original radiator; Pasadena, California
>
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