Manual for sale on Ebay (asking £34995)

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Manual for sale on Ebay (asking £34995)

Postby arranj » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:45 pm

All we know is that it is a manual - and that it has 4000 miles and is unregistered. And that it is for sale by auction this week....

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/delorean-dmc12

12% commission to be added to hammer price.


UPDATE: Vin 6283 grey manual

UPDATE: For sale by the new owner http://auto-union.co/list/car/ and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282226812824
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby Dangermouse » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:06 pm

:confusion-scratchheadblue: It may be 03672, a black interior manual?

what do I win if I'm right??
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby arranj » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:14 pm

How have you figured this out? Do you have any more details?
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby Dangermouse » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:42 pm

arranj wrote:How have you figured this out?


Isn't it obvious?
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby arranj » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:54 pm

No....?? There is hardly any detail on there at all, other than a picture which doesn't reverse-search - and a mileage of 4388 which doesn't Google either....
I hate being out-Googled ;)
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby Admin-bloke » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:37 pm

arranj wrote:No....?? There is hardly any detail on there at all, other than a picture which doesn't reverse-search - and a mileage of 4388 which doesn't Google either....
I hate being out-Googled ;)


Is this the 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 time you're not quicker than Google ?

I bet it's a scam if you can't find the info, Mr T'inter-Web :dance:
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby Dangermouse » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:42 pm

Assuming it's not a scam....

the car is pictured outside Jason Sharkey's premises in Indiana who sort of restores them. The only one he has offered for sale in recent years with such low mileage was 3672 which was listed on the old dmctalk.com site in 2011 with a mileage of 2500. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to confirm and the .com site is dead, so I can't go back there.

It was then in Switzerland in 2013 according to the Owners Directory, which would get it to the correct side of the pond.

The current owner is also left handed, walks with a limp and likes corgis. Possibly.
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby arranj » Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:41 pm

I think it's legit - but I also think the current owner is someone who has bought more than one car from Jason Sharkey... So it would seem quite an interesting coincidence that he's then bought a ex Sharkey car from Switzerland - although possible I suppose if the Swiss guy remained in contact with Jason Sharkey. Is it possible this is a different car "under the radar" from Jason Sharkey? Have you tracked all of his sales over the last year?
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby Dangermouse » Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:40 pm

Well, I have only tracked the ones I know about ;) . I'm sure there are others.

I am equally sure there are a few partnerships between people in the UK and US where cars are just transferred privately as UK cars are at a premium at the moment

Why do you think the current owner is someone who has bought a few Sharkey cars? Do you know who it is?
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Re: Manual for sale by auction on 24 September

Postby arranj » Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:49 pm

I have a working theory, based on the M.O. - I think he deliberately wants to keep this in the dark to stop us talking about it too much and potentially upsetting the eventual buyer if they end up paying like £30k or whatever and find us saying it was bought for £10k (not actual numbers!!). But I have no evidence to back this up. If it isn't who I think it is, then alternatively it will be that guy in Mansfield who's brought a few cars in and sold them under the radar - but he doesn't tend to do any work the cars at all, so I think this is less likely, given the description seems to imply some recent work to the car over here.
Either way, I have reason to believe this was a private import that wasn't ever advertised. I know of at least 2, maybe 5(?) others from Jason Sharkey (to completely different buyers) that you probably didn't see anything about too.
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