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"Sometimes the throw-out bearing makes noise and sometimes it don't." LOL Quite the list of details.
 
My BE has had about 4 owners in the last 10 years including me. I think it would be interesting to know how many before that.
 
kalist said:
You can't fault a guy for trying to be totally honest.
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Not faulting for honesty, just unatractiveness. The car sounds like a problem that has been passed around.
 
Sometimes I feel I bought the BE counterpart of that car (LOL).
 
Here's my rewrite.
(Everyone could use a good editor from time to time)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]<span style="font-weight: bold">Daily driver and a sharp driving fun little car</span>

This car has had some mechanical restoration, rebuilt engine.
It has a smooth running engine, the exhaust manifold has been replaced with a Pacesetter 4-1 long tube header for better performance.
The muffler has been replaced with a Thrush turbo muffler. Its quiet until you get towards 3000 rpm.
It has the original AM/FM radio in the car and it still works.

All the lights are working, carb has been rebuilt.
It has the Weber conversion.
The weber conversion replaces the intake manifold with a long path aluminum intake, this has the Weber DGV 32/36 carb which is very user friendly.

The heater works great, the top is in good shape, not perfect but decent for a driver.
Front tires are only about a year old, the back could use replacing.

The car is British Racing Green with very little rust, it has a few dents and dings as would be expected on a classic of this vintage.
This car is perfect to go to cruising the coast. This car definitely draws attention, with waves and smiles both inside and out.

Clear Title with antique registration, you pay once and it's registered for life. It has passed MS inspection and has a good Inspection sticker.

228 Two One Eight 2310 Text is preferred but you may email as well.
This car is sold as-is, No warranty expressed or implied.[/QUOTE]
 
I can only trace owners back to the barn-find in 1979. It would be interesting to know more before then. All I can tell is that there are plugged holes where a roll-bar used to be.

Actually, when I bought my car, there was an issue with the California title. Figuring it wouldn't hurt to investigate the old titles (last dated in 1981), I contacted a guy by the same name (now in his 70s) and it was him! I had him write me a letter indicating that he had no interest in the car (that our picky Oregon DMV wanted). He told me the story of how he and his son enjoyed the car, and confirmed the color.

Provenance is good with anything collectible. Wine. Art. Rare books. Cars. :yesnod:
 
Boink said:
Provenance is good with anything collectible. Wine. Art. Rare books. Cars. :yesnod:
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I was given some photos of my BE being restored (rotisserie) and the original Hambro Import Documentation when I bought it last Summer. I found some insurance cards on two previous owners and googled them. The second to last owner is alive and well, the third to last owner passed away a few years after selling the car. It appears that he owned it until he was in his 70's.

I should write a letter to the surviving owner and see if he can tell much about the car........
 
I'm the forth owner of my bug eye and can trace it to the factory (heritage certificate and work reciepts which I will keep). Other cars which I own are a mistery!

Kurt.
 
I don't have much in the way of receipts but the Heritage Certificate, the original Hambro import document and my car all have matching numbers.
 
How can you trace the previous owners of your car? Isn't that confidential? I'd like to know who the okie was that did the horrible work on the car so I could slap them around a bit.
 
:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
In Ontario you get a title search when registering the car to show if their are liens etc., also listed is every previously registered owner, I think one of mine has had 11 owners & the other has had 7 owners, funny you can see some bought in the spring & sold in the fall or following spring, one season was enough for them I guess... ha ha
At one local show a couple told me how their brother had a Midget like mine except it was blue not red, he let their daughter drive it for a season & he sold it to a Brenda.... - I reached under the seat & handed them the title search laughing & saying "tell your brother I'm taking good care of his old car"
I knew it was originally basilica blue, talking to them helped me figure out when it might have been converted to red...
 
Jer, I just went through that with the Vauxhall - three previous owners, one for sure shows up when I google him. the other maybe. Will call one of these days. I am only the third owner of the Midget though, 1976-1979, 1979-2004, 2004-
 
Really depends on the jurisdiction. I've got complete history for my MGB -- someone ran the DVLA records before the car was exported out of the UK in the 1990s.

Not sure what I could get here in Utah, never tried.
 
Drew didn't your B come from Ontario ? might be able to source a "sellers" package for it...
 
RickB said:
Here's my rewrite.
(Everyone could use a good editor from time to time)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]<span style="font-weight: bold">Daily driver and a sharp driving fun little car</span>

This car has had some mechanical restoration, rebuilt engine.
It has a smooth running engine, the exhaust manifold has been replaced with a Pacesetter 4-1 long tube header for better performance.
The muffler has been replaced with a Thrush turbo muffler. Its quiet until you get towards 3000 rpm.
It has the original AM/FM radio in the car and it still works.

All the lights are working, carb has been rebuilt.
It has the Weber conversion.
The weber conversion replaces the intake manifold with a long path aluminum intake, this has the Weber DGV 32/36 carb which is very user friendly.

The heater works great, the top is in good shape, not perfect but decent for a driver.
Front tires are only about a year old, the back could use replacing.

The car is British Racing Green with very little rust, it has a few dents and dings as would be expected on a classic of this vintage.
This car is perfect to go to cruising the coast. This car definitely draws attention, with waves and smiles both inside and out.

Clear Title with antique registration, you pay once and it's registered for life. It has passed MS inspection and has a good Inspection sticker.

228 Two One Eight 2310 Text is preferred but you may email as well.
This car is sold as-is, No warranty expressed or implied.
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What's this--a literate car ad on Craigslist?!! Unheard of! Now I'm REALLY suspicious...!
 
I really wish people would take a little time and use punctuation and grammar and spell check. It would make a world of a difference.

IMHO

When asking someone to buy something a person ought to approach writing an ad as though it were a business transaction, be clear and provide good pictures.
Don't make it out as though it is something that it is not and at the same time tell people why they should want to give you money for your item.
Identify problems but don't make them seem more or less than what they are.

"Has some rust" isn't the same as "Floors are rusted out".

"Rust Free" does not mean you get the rust for no additional charge.

"Paint is good with only slight bubbling" is a slight of hand way of saying "Recent respray almost hides rusty bodywork".
 
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