If Barry Haynes messages you and says he’s got a special part and he’s willing to meet up and show you. For Christ’s sake don’t turn up. You know he’s the only man to have a restraining order from the entire town of Barnsley.
I think the answer for a lot of these folk is that they don't know. They've spent loads on having someone fix it, but they've no idea what's been done, or whether it's been done well. They've no idea. They see a picture of a bus that looks approximately the same...so that's the price.
It started out ok but went downhill rapid after he won the meat raffle and stripped off and started dancing around on stage
I would imagine that the way to get a near as dammit valuation of any bus is to see how much a proper Grade A concours one is worth from a trusted site, then look at the one you own of the same model, then deduct from the concours price, how much it will cost to get yours into EXACTLY the same condition as that one. So for example, if a mint Devon like mine comes along, and I mean mint, and for example it’s worth 30k and it takes me 25k to get it like that, then surely it’s worth 5k.(These are figures that I am picking out of the air, for valuation example sake).
It has a new interior, but what about the body any rust? It has a new interior. That's why I'm asking 18k.
As MGb suggests. You need to adopt a much more politicians styled reply. “Does it have any rust?” “I think the question you should be asking is “what about the interior “” “No I’m interested in the rust” “I think it’s important not to get too lost in the detail and obscure the important issues here, which I’m sure you agree is the new interior “
Some of this is Wheeler Dealers etc. fault. Buy a Porsche for £5k Spend £3500 on wheels, paint etc. Sell it for £10k....we’ve made £500 profit Edd. Ignore the 25 hours at £70 an hour that the mechanic cost. So every ‘restoration’ of whatever ‘classic’ you dig up is always worth what you have in, plus profit.
That’s how I feel having spent far too many hours of my life watching Wheeler Dealers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That’s how I’d be with Car SOS but luckily because I get so choked up when they do the end reveal, it stops me watching too many in a day.
And there endth the lesson. That should be in big bold letters on the title page of this forum. Imagine the heart aches, bankruptcies, divorces, mental health breakdowns that could have saved. the government sees fit to put a warning on fag packets, but nothing on old buses. Things have to change.
I'd so far as to say you CAN'T make a £5k bus into one worth 30k. There must be a ceiling for restored buses that's way lower than unwelded "survivors".
Yep I think you must be right. How can a completely original solid bus be the same cost as a bus with a replaced chassis components and aftermarket panels and a new interior. No matter how well it’s been done.
people see this as the end game and don’t worry about the cost of the addiction #wwwVw aware helpme ! This could be us sort of thing
