Post by: Sheepman on March 29, 2020, 08:28:52 PM
Post by: Tom on March 29, 2020, 09:34:00 PM
Calum is documenting the rebuild of his FC in the restorations section of the forum
https://www.series2club.co.uk/new_forum/index.php/topic,169.0.html (https://www.series2club.co.uk/new_forum/index.php/topic,169.0.html)
Other than that, you are right. Things are a bit quiet on the FC front at the moment - maybe folk are just getting on with other projects :thud
Post by: linesrg on March 30, 2020, 10:54:33 AM
I'm confused. You advertise something at £13,000 and it doesn't sell, so you repost it at £13,500 -
auction: #143565744057Regards
Richard
Post by: Formerlyjeremy on March 30, 2020, 11:30:25 AM
Price - the concept of things being re-assuringly expensive?
Post by: Genem on March 30, 2020, 11:51:23 AM
:whistle
That particular one is an interesting example for someone interested in marketing. The 300Tdi engine and crane imply its intended to be a useful workhorse rather than an "original, collectable", which probably means it falls into the gap between two stools, not a particularly attractive working vehicle at that sort of price and of reduced interest to the collector end of the market because its "wrong" ?
If I wanted a working vehicle on a farm, for that price I'd not be going for something 50+ years old with a high centre of gravity and a reputation for falling over on side-slopes... and a crane that may or may not work after you've spent money fixing it. As a comparison, you could have bought this considerably younger Unimog and still had £3k in your pocket.
https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u1300ag-project-unimog-full-agricultural-spec-u1300ag-u0838
Post by: Jepster on March 30, 2020, 02:20:19 PM
Post by: linesrg on March 31, 2020, 11:49:26 AM
Given the rubbishy pictures - covered in dust, dull location etc, I suspect this may be a "Yes Dear, I'm trying to sell it but..."
:whistle
That particular one is an interesting example for someone interested in marketing. The 300Tdi engine and crane imply its intended to be a useful workhorse rather than an "original, collectable", which probably means it falls into the gap between two stools, not a particularly attractive working vehicle at that sort of price and of reduced interest to the collector end of the market because its "wrong" ?
If I wanted a working vehicle on a farm, for that price I'd not be going for something 50+ years old with a high centre of gravity and a reputation for falling over on side-slopes... and a crane that may or may not work after you've spent money fixing it. As a comparison, you could have bought this considerably younger Unimog and still had £3k in your pocket.
https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u1300ag-project-unimog-full-agricultural-spec-u1300ag-u0838
There's a lot not original about it so it is a lot of money for something few would be interested in - now the Unimog is a completely different ball game but this is a Land Rover forum....
Regards
Richard
Post by: Genem on March 31, 2020, 10:18:26 PM
G.