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TR2/3/3A TR3a in the winnipeg region

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"FOR SALE $1200 1959 TRIUMPH TR3A
Green
Inherited from grandmother
Has been stored for 18 years
Still runs, looks good
Need to sell
Serious Inquiries Only"

Uh...there's a digit missing in the price, or there's something missing in the mind of the seller, or it's a scam?

$1200 TR3s that ran and looked good might still have been common in the 1970s, but not so much since! :devilgrin:
 
I live in in Winnipeg and replied to the ad by email. There was no phone number listed and I got no online responce from the seller. I thought this is a heck of a deal as I've seen some pretty clapped out TR3's go for $4500 on Ebay. It sounded so plausible: an elderly grandmother keeping her husbands car in the garage for sentimental reasons...the grandson inheriting the house and not knowing anything about cars or their value decides to put it up for sale cheap. A running classic garage find. Every car guys dream. Now I'm thinking it does sound to good to be true.Maybe a con man wanted a deposit up front from an out of town buyer???? At any rate I know most of the British car guys in the city and if someone did luck out and actually buy it I'll hear about it and keep you posted.
 
karls59tr said:
It sounded so plausible: an elderly grandmother keeping her husbands car in the garage for sentimental reasons...the grandson inheriting the house and not knowing anything about cars or their value decides to put it up for sale cheap.
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No doubt there are such "clueless grandsons" and such, but I would hope they would be few and far between! I'm pretty confident my children would never do something so, uh, dumb! My 19-year-old son just told me this morning about a used Nintendo game he'd bought and played. He noticed that it ended differently than he'd seen previously. Long story short, he did a ton of research about variations on that game and found that the one he'd bought was quite rare. He found a local game store owner/collector...and made a 1000% profit. There is no doubt in my mind that he or his sister would "do their homework" before disposing of any of my collection in the event of my untimely demise!
 
Id certainly take this add with a grain of salt, but its entirely possible that it is a legitimate post. I got my '63 spitfire in a similar situation, though it wasn't running and certainly not in what I would call "good" shape. the price was right though.
 
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