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Help, I lost an Alpine A110!

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TypeRboy

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Ok not exactly another British car, but there is no place for French cars on this forum. There was an Ebay auction for an Alpine A110 1300 on the web yesterday, and I was sure that I saved it to my search folder, but I guess I didn't cause it's not there.

Did anybody else see that auction and save it? The car was in the US, and had a buy it now price so it may have been sold which is why I can't find it now.

I have been looking for an A110 for a few years now, and I can't believe I lost the ad! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif

Thanks everyone!!

Mark
 
Are there any others in the US?
I used to have the Heller plastic kit of one.
I've never seen one in person,though.Cool car!

- Doug
 
The A110s are really neat cars in person (and really small!). I saw two at a vintage hill climb in Cortona Italy during the spring of 2003. Come to think of it, the majority of cars at that vintage hill climb were British. There was even a Lea-Francis. Hows that for an obscure British car?

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
The fellow here in Vancouver who owns Wilkinson books ( Ted Wilkinson ) has a 1600 road car. Has all the flares and tail and everything. It's a sweet car, and he'll never sell it!
 
That ebay auction was a scam, and got shut down. Real pretty car too. I saw it probably about when you did - wasn't up for very long. Even if buy it now is used on ebay, the ad stays up for 60 or 90 days.
That auction had all kinds of red flags... Approved bidders only (when you try to become approved they ask you for your ebay ID, maybe a password, and ask to be emailed directly, or make a wire deposit - giving them your bank acct number), Low price for a rare desireable car in excellent shape, and a few others that had me stepping far away from it.
 
yea being a scam makes sense... My friend bid on a boat last
week and was the second highest bidder. He got an e-mail the next day after the auction closed telling him that the boat was still for sale and he could have it at his last bid. He was pretty happy about that until he got three more e-mails from e-bay offering him the same thing. When he contacted ebay they told him that all 4 e-mails were spoofs ( that's what ebay calls fraud e-mails )I guess there are a few people out there trying to get you to send them a deposit or payment for items that they don't have..

As far as Ted's Cortina goes, I have no idea if it is sold. I asked him about it some years back, and got a price, but it was out of my range for that particular car. Good thing, cause I'd rather have the one I have now anyway. I am working on getting another Mk1, which is just restored body wise, but unassembled. Stay tuned!
 
Was his not as good as it looked?
I had regrets (after buying a rust-bucket),
of not buying his.

- Doug
 
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yea being a scam makes sense... My friend bid on a boat last week and was the second highest bidder. He got an e-mail the next day after the auction closed telling him that the boat was still for sale and he could have it at his last bid. He was pretty happy about that until he got three more e-mails from e-bay offering him the same thing.

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Even if the seller does have the item it can be dodgy- particularly since the e-mail offer came so very soon after the auction's end. A shill could have been pushing the bidding up and then been left with the high bid. The real bidder then is approached and asked to pay what was their maximum. This happened once to me and I responded by telling them I'd pay the much, much lower bid before the "non-paying buyer" started pushing the bids up. The seller didn't think much of that idea... so no sale.

I don't think much of the auction "safeguards".... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif

caveat emptor
 
I never actually saw Teds car, but was told that it was pretty nice. The price was around $8.000, and I thought that was quite a lot for it. in retrospect it might have been a good deal if it was as nice as he said, but that's pushing the market for a GT, at least I thought so then!

I paid $3.000 for my 63 Deluxe, and it was rust free with 33,000 original miles on it. I've put a lot more into it since then, and it still needs paint ( pretty faded )It has gas coilovers now, with a vented disc conversion and upgraded front and rear sway bars. The interior is nice enough to leave alone. I put in a GT steering box and of course all the suspension/steering bits are new now. my biggest expense was the RS alloy wheels out of England! ( well no, my biggest expense is this stupid Cosworth BDA!!! )

Fun cars though, I prefere driving it to the Elan.
 
I too saw the ad and sent two emails to the owner asking to inspect the car. Both emails were responded to with identical responses, neither of which gave further info re inspecting the car in person. As others have noted, when an ad disappears such as this one did, it is usually becasue eBay pulled it. However, based on the email replies I received, I have sent another asking to view the car just in case it and the offer really exist. Sounds risky but I'm close enough to be willing to make a trip to inspect the car and review all documents. Worth a trip in case the sale is legit.

Tony
 
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