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28-01-09, 14:39
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I agree that 30K is nuts, and for a bitster at that. But the buyer doesn't know it's a bitster, and it is presented as a complete unit which has seen war service. No offense to the ebay sellers on this forum, but this seems to be par for the course when it comes to ebay.
The recession may take some of the guys out of the game, but there are still lots of guys out there with too much money. Quite frankly, in my neck of the woods, nobody I know has lost their jobs, and the only reason I know that something is going on is because gas is half the price it used to be. Otherwise, if I hadn't read about in in the newspapers, I wouldn't know it existed. I see the old girl has now crossed $15,000. Still a long way to go to reach that reserve. 
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28-01-09, 15:04
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dave the wreck that sold a little while back was one of the "got to have it for my project" deals. some german unit from the peoples republic of CA. are building a 39 ford truck and want to make a tracked truck out of it. it was going to sell for what ever the asking price was. i met the guys (nice guys) when they were going to pick it up.
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28-01-09, 15:44
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Hey Dave, I know the impulse buyer types well. Reminds me of our mutual friend who buys the golden jeeps. Bet those guys on the left coast wish they had waited for that last cut-down but running carrier for their project. Would have been a much easier conversion.
Guess you survived the latest Texas ice storm since you are posting early this morning. We only got a quarter inch of ice here overnight but it will be shorts and short sleeves weather again by tomorrow afternoon. Good thing since I have some things to paint outside this weekend.
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28-01-09, 17:47
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had to go and chip the ice off the other halfs truck, she is from NSW and so not used to advers weather. the thing was about the other carrier was that they already had a running ford truck and so didnt even take the motor of the one they got. they hualed it back to CA with a light trailer and a F150.
yea about golden jeep boy, how many $3000+ data plates has he got now? does he still have his $20,000 project T-16? it will look good if it ever gets finished. stop up some time, i have added about 75 new british items to the store. dave
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28-01-09, 17:54
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He hasn't started work on either of his T-16 projects. But he did buy another jeep to scavange parts from.
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29-01-09, 11:17
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unless they got wind of this thread (prospective buyers that is) i found this place by typing "bren carrier for sale" into google and it brought up an old thread in amongst the list from this site.....
or a you say, its been sold locally to save ebay comisions etc etc Richard
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