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magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3848
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 8:55 pm: | |
Jeff, Maybe I'm missing something here but why would you want to pull a used clutch and install it in your car? I would say it is the most vulnerable part on the car to be abused. |
V.Z. (Ama328)
New member
Username: Ama328
Post Number: 43
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 7:56 pm: | |
Check back in month or so and see if the cars are gone or not...owner mighta fed you line just to get rid of you... |
Horsefly (Arlie)
Member
Username: Arlie
Post Number: 529
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 6:31 pm: | |
Even though those TRs are already sold, better make sure that you know where they came from before you go buying parts that came off them.
I would certainly have a look at the hulks and make sure they had a VIN tag inside the windshield. (as required of all cars sold in the U.S. since 1968) |
Todd Gieger (Todd328gts)
Member
Username: Todd328gts
Post Number: 286
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 5:38 pm: | |
I was really looking forward to the fairy tale ending...what a great story anyway. Good luck mate!
TTG |
Jeff Green (Carguy)
Junior Member
Username: Carguy
Post Number: 93
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 5:02 pm: | |
Hello Frank, I don't know the numbers of the cars. And the former owner didn't seem to want to talk about them very much. I am still thinking about the clutch for a 1990 he has. Will this clutch work in an '87 TR? If so, I may make an offer. |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 1612
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 1:25 pm: | |
Jeff, what were the serial numbers of these two TRs allegedly for sale ? |
magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3832
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:40 pm: | |
I guess Skippy is a sissy. |
Wade R Nunez (308nut)
New member
Username: 308nut
Post Number: 50
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 5:10 pm: | |
let me know if one comes up, I have access to a wrecked TR and am trying to locate parts before I buy it, depending on how reasonable the parts are
Wade |
Andrew (Enzo250gto)
Junior Member
Username: Enzo250gto
Post Number: 53
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 8:56 am: | |
Jeff,
That sucks to hear what happened. I was hoping for a good ending to the story. |
Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 3479
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 16, 2002 - 8:53 am: | |
Sorry Jeff!
but business is business.
...no just kidding, it was not me!
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Jeff Green (Carguy)
Junior Member
Username: Carguy
Post Number: 87
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 9:17 am: | |
BUMMER GUYS !! The owner of the wrecked TR's called me a few minutes ago, they are sold. He was down in Tampa at some business meeting and ended up selling them to a fellow business man there. The only item he has left is a clutch assembly for a 1990 TR, it is a used unit of course. He said he had 3 wrecked TR's at one time, and put all the best parts together into one car, and sold it about 3 years ago for around $70,000. The 2 remaining wrecks have been sitting since that time. My timing really sucks! Oh well, anyone need a clutch assembly? (I am so low right now....) |
yasir saifullah (Yasir)
New member
Username: Yasir
Post Number: 16
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2002 - 6:55 pm: | |
Jeff,
Since he hasn't been able to sell them for all these years,he's not gonna sell them overnight.Keep your cool and do not show him your eagerness/excitement to buy'em otherwise his asking price might go up.
Later, Yasir |
Jeff Green (Carguy)
Junior Member
Username: Carguy
Post Number: 86
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2002 - 8:25 am: | |
Thanks for all the well wishes Guys! I have left numerous voice mail messeges, and told some of his employees to say something. But so far no luck. He owns 3 businesses and is only about 40 years old. Constantly on the go. I'm not giving up, and will keep everyone posted. |
Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 456
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2002 - 5:45 am: | |
Wow that is pretty amazing. Great find on your part Jeff. I bet the kid is willing to let the both of them go for at or less than what he payed for them. Lets hope your good luck turns into good fortune. Keep us posted.
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John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member
Username: Futureowner
Post Number: 306
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2002 - 3:52 am: | |
Any luck yet with reaching the owner? |
John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member
Username: Futureowner
Post Number: 301
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 9:17 pm: | |
Paul,
Don't jinx it!!! |
Paul Newman (Newman)
Member
Username: Newman
Post Number: 841
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 9:13 pm: | |
maybe its a pair of fiero kit cars, hehehe. |
Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 961
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 9:03 pm: | |
I hear Horsefly's battlecry!
I am with you Arlie!
Are they for sale?
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magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3770
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 8:56 pm: | |
If this is true, Then Skippy's a sissy. |
Omar (O. H. B.) (Auraraptor)
Junior Member
Username: Auraraptor
Post Number: 60
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 7:55 pm: | |
It's the farmer's newphew's red-headed daughter story ;) |
SRA (Sranderson)
New member
Username: Sranderson
Post Number: 19
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 7:40 pm: | |
Damn Jeff,
I started to read your post, and I thought it was going to be as farmers daughter story! (but seriously, nice find!)
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Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
Member
Username: Caribe
Post Number: 464
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 7:38 pm: | |
Love to hear the end of this story and how these cars came to reside in such an unusual place. Keep us posted! |
Horsefly (Arlie)
Member
Username: Arlie
Post Number: 494
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 7:36 pm: | |
EXACTLY where are they located??? (Heh heh heh).
And what did you say the guy's phone number was?
(Evil grin). |
Jeff Green (Carguy)
Junior Member
Username: Carguy
Post Number: 84
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 7:23 pm: | |
Living in this small Michigan town, I find myself whining about Ferrari parts and services not being available within driving distance. I think in all the years I've lived here I've only seen 2 Ferraris, both just passing through town. And now that I have the TR, I am sure it's the only one in a least a fifty mile radius. Exotics here are a very rare sight. So I've been ebay'ing and scrounging for parts for my car. I have come to just accept it as the way things are. Well I was out buying shop supplies when I ran into an old carbuddy, and we got to talking about the old muscle car days that we were lucky to live through (in more ways than one!) I mentioned that I got a TR and am working on it, but parts are a bit expensive and sometimes hard to find. He says you have to drive by this farm way out south-west of town and look behind the big barn, cuz there are some strange shapes back there. So I go out in the middle of nowhere to this very nice farmhouse with several big barns. From the road I can see just the left rear corner of....could it be....I think it is.....a Testarossa!!!!! I pull off the road, and walk just a few feet off the road to get a better look. And what do I see but TWO WRECKED TESTAROSSA'S !! They are mid-late eighties cars, one wrecked in the front, and the other in the back. Must be the plan is to put the two together into one good car. But judging from the amount of crap on them, they have been sitting for a few years at least. I went to the house, and young fella answered the door. I asked about the cars, he seemed real low key about them like they were just in the way. They belong to his nephew, who hasn't touched them in years. I asked if they might be parted out or bought whole? I said he didn't know, but gave me his nephew's phone number. I have called frantically but no answer yet. I just can't believe it...right under my nose in this hick town...never even heard about them before! Isn't life just amazing sometimes? I'll keep you all posted on the status of these cars. I'm sitting here typing away...still shaking my head with amazement! |