Yep. You got it. Anyone who's been around the block with Lotus Sevens or
Turners knows what you're talking about.
Cheers,jd
--- On Fri, 1/8/10, AlfaOwner <alfaowner@sprynet.com> wrote:
From: AlfaOwner <alfaowner@sprynet.com>
Subject: RE: [Vintage-race] An S1 with Duplicate Number... a can of worms?
To: "'John Donohoe'" <sevenamerica@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 8:54 PM
John:
Was this car sold by a Connecticut dealer at some point in time?
If it was that could explain the duplicate serial number. There is a dealer
there through whose hands have come a series of Lotus 7s & Turners with
duplicate serial numbers.
"1 of 2"
-----Original Message-----
From: vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Donohoe
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:36 PM
To: lotus@se7ens.net; vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: [Vintage-race] An S1 with Duplicate Number... a can of worms?
Interested in opinions here, about my treatment of this 'Series 1 Lotus
Seven' which sports a new chassis plate showing #821 when I already know the
real #821...
Before passing judgement, please consider this: The past two owners of this
specific car contacted me before trying to sell it, and I told both of them
that it was not #821. What did they do? They sold it on as Lotus Seven #821.
The most recent buyer contacted me as the previous owners did, and I told
him the same thing: I know the real #821, and your car is not it. Further I
told him that I had informed both of the previous owners of the fact. Well,
the current owner has now decided to sell the car and has asked me to list
it. He was comfortable with me including the special notes you see on the
page: http://www.simplesevens.org/0821a.htm.
I think he deserves a lot of credit for being willing to put an end to the
charade that this is the genuine #821. I think also that by me posting the
car as I have, I am educating the potential Seven buying public as to a car
that is carrying a duplicate number. No, I don't like showing a car with a
dodgy number, but I do feel that by showing it the issue becomes public and
future buyers are better able to make an informed decision. There, that's
off my chest :-) So tell me what you think! I am genuinely interested in
your opinions. Cheers,John DonohoeSimpleSevens.org
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