[TR] eBay Madness, part duex

[Joe Burlein]

Tony,

Nice write up!  Question sent!  ;-)


Joe

Tony Gordon wrote:
> 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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> Tony Gordon
> 72 TR6
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