[ROVERNET - UK] 2000TC on eBay

[Carl Bauer]

Stains on seat could potentially be consistant with a flood car.

Regards,     Carl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruotolo Gianluca (DD)" <gianluca.ruotolo at enel.it>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:15 AM
Subject: R: [ROVERNET - UK] 2000TC on eBay


Dear friends,

in my opinion there's quite a lot to do on this car.

First of all, I see two or three close but different colours; the rear part 
looks darker, so it needs a complete respray.

Then, driver' s seat is to repair or to change, but a cheap spare could be 
available.

I can't understand the dark stains on the sides of the front seats, it's 
very uncommon, never seen.

By the way, to mantain my leather seats I use to put on them Crema Nivea ( a 
kid of fluid fat milk cream) , and it works good.
It was done for the skin, but it's ok.
It's very popular by us for this kind of purpose.

At the end, as we know rebuilding an engine could be very expernsive,so 
everything depends on the price of the car, or on your ability to do it 
yourself.

If I think that, some years ago, the chairman of an english Rover Club 
bought such a car, of the same colour, as a non - running cheap project and 
it worked well, I understand that in this kind of bargains you've to be 
lucky!!

That car was on Classic cars, maybe maybe in 1992.

Best regards, gianluca.


-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com 
[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Per conto di Glen Wilson
Inviato: lunedì 30 ottobre 2006 2.43
A: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Oggetto: [ROVERNET - UK] 2000TC on eBay



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-TC-2000-PROJECT-CAR-COMPLETE-BRITISH-LOW-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ260046128874QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6472QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#mainImage

This car is down the road from me, and I've looked at it closely. I
posted pictures on the web some months ago for Rovernetters to look at.
I'm not sure what the reserve price is, but the seller wanted $2k for it
when I spoke with him a few months ago. It is a solid car, but it is
most definitely not a 40,000 mile car. It has been poorly resprayed, and
the paint is peeling in several places. Some of the interior panels have
overspray on them. There is some rust in the doors, though I don't think
it was all that bad. It has an SD1 badge up front. The engine had all
sorts of oil leaks.

When I saw it, I was told that the trans could not be shifted due to the
shifter ball and bushings problem that affects these things.  It had not
run or moved in ten years, so I'm not sure what to make of the agent's
claim that it had been "started and moved frequently" during those
years. It is possible that they have managed to start it up, but to say
"it runs and was driven regularly" would tax the Heart of Gold's
improbability drive. The air cleaner was on top of a stack of tires next
to the car, and I note that it is still not fitted. In the picture, the
car is sitting just outside the bay where it had been sitting for the
last ten years, and I rather doubt that it got there on it's own power
(gravity doesn't count).

When I looked at this car, I was thinking it looked pretty nice for a
$500 or possibly free car, but the seller was adamant about the price,
at that time. I'd say that it is straight and solid (except for the
somewhat rusty door bottoms) and about 98% complete, but I wouldn't
drive it ten feet assuming it would start and go into gear.

If I sound negative about this, there are two reasons for this. First,
the owner is a used car dealer who knows what condition this car is in
and has a grossly inflated idea of its value who swore it had 40k
original miles on it as I stood next to him looking at the driver's
footwell in the pictures. Second, the person selling it on eBay is an
agent who is simply relaying what he was told, and he has not done due
diligence on this car.

Caveat emptor, people. The car can definitely be restored, and it
deserves to be saved, but we're talking full mechanical and cosmetic
restoration here. On the other hand, he just sold someone an 88" LR that
was a complete rust bucket (floors, frame, everything) and a non-runner
to boot for $4,000 and the buyer left positive feedback. I guess value
is in the eye of the beholder.

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