Listers,
My brother and I attended Import late Friday and all day Saturday. Friday
was a washout, Saturday the rain held off.
Not a TR3 anywhere, but a nice solid 62 TR4 racer went for around $2700, an
early TR6, w/o engine, g'box, and interior went for around $1400. I wish I
could have talked my brother into that project. A very, very solid car
needing all the stuff that rusted out parts cars can provide.
A '74 Canary Yellow TR6 with 14k miles "appraised at $18k". Don't know if it
sold, but it demonstrates the idea of buying a great car and just making
payments instead of fixing up some junk at 2/3 the cost (or more) and three
years labor. Nice gold (yellow) TR6 at $4500 asking. Should have sold,
unattractive colour though. Sheet metal for TR6 and TR4 everywhere this
year. Gent in our local club picked up a low mile TR4 engine with overdrive
gearbox attached for $350. Carlisle is a buyer's market and the really low
prices wait until Sunday. Don't want to bring it home to the wife.... Not a
good place for vendors unless you have something very special or very cheap.
The old saw about "1/2 of the new price" doesn't fly at Import; more like
1/10 of new. Some stuff was laughable like the TR250 with the rear 1/3
missing and the front wrecked for (asking) $1500. I've got a complete one
that hasn't fetched the $750 I'm asking!! Anyone out there looking? E-mail
me for description. One primrose TR250, worth about $4000, was asking over
$8k. It was still there when we left. TR250 buyers are knowledgeable. A
TR250 basket case was for sale at $1500 with a TR4 thrown in. Wish I'd
brought a trailer. If the owner is a "lister", do you still have them? You
buy mine or I'll buy yours!! Bought a R/R wing for the TF and a glovebox
size Clymer's Triumph manual for $8, that's all I spent.
I thought it was a good show, lots of British junk among the VW's, if you
looked. A big, big crowd. I'll be back next year, probably selling something
TR related.
Ed Woods
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