Thanks ... I'll keep you posted on what transpires ...
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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message -----
From: <lfm614@aol.com>
To: "Tony Gordon" <triumph@2simpleusa.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] eBay Madness, part duex
> Too funny, I have been watching the stupidity on e-bay and you are bound
> for riches. Send us the auction numbers so we monitor the progress and ger
> the nickster's attention.
>
> Too funny, wish I had something original in its NOS package, I'd join you.
>
> Lou
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tony Gordon" <triumph@2simpleusa.com>
>
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:03:47
> To:"TR list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "6pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [6pack] eBay Madness, part duex
>
>
> Having seen the eBay madness messages, I got to thinking ... what do I
> have
> that is so rare, so precious, so unique that no one would mind bidding a
> fortune for it ... needless to say, I came up empty handed. Then I
> recalled
> that in the back of the garage, buried with all my other treasures were
> some
> parts that were in the boot of the TR6 when I bought it.
>
> Yes ... there it was, just the kind of thing that would make some salivate
> for
> ... a genuine Unipart Oil Filter, still in its rather battered box, but
> the
> real McCoy nevertheless. It just shouted out to me ... here I am, use me
> to
> make your fortune ... and there it was, carefully hand made by English
> artisans slaving over the hot fires of industry in Birmingham and
> Coventry,
> crafted to an exquisite jewel like perfection of folded pleats of
> non-bleached, high quality velour of the quality only used by the Queen to
> write on, and all assembled in a lightweight, scintillating aluminium
> capped
> splendor.
>
> I'm hoping to raise somewhere between one and two grand for this unique
> trophy
> class item, and I buy anyone on the list a beer when Jonmac makes it to
> Detroit using my windfall. Given how much I expect to make, I thought
> largess
> was needed, so half the money will go to the American Cancer Society
> (joking
> apart, a cause very near to my heart).
>
> If you wish, you can add to the mirth by asking wonderfully strange
> questions
> that might be seen in a Sotheby's auction ... and I'll post all the
> replies to
> the eBay page. Just is case you're interested, the item number is
> 190183325605 ...
>
> And, if this bloody thing does attract a single bid, it will only prove
> that
> there are some really strange people out there with much more money than
> sense!
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