[Surely no-one will pay that much?]

I must admit I haven't looked at Triumphs for sale on ebay for quite a while but I was utterly amazed at some of the buy-it-now and classified ad prices. There's more than 20 TR's for £20k and over but the one that really surprised me was this:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-MKIV-1300-/301710312782?hash=item463f56054e

 

Who on earth is going to pay £17500.00 for a Spitfire? And I say that as a Spitfire owner. Sure, this one is in nice condition but its not original and it not as if there's race history or anything interesting like that.

 

Can't help thinking there's an awful lot of chancers out there hoping to dupe rich fools out of their money, I'm off to put my car up for sale...

[So whats your Area Logo]

Essex Area's badge features the emblem from the county flag and coat of arms of 3 Seaxes (short saxon swords). These were the arms given, during the medieval period, to the ancient kingdom of the East Saxons 

[Nice German chap]

Was he a Triumph Owner?  What was his interest in classics? What was he doing in your area?  Anything Triumph related?

Etc. etc. etc.

 

No idea! I was a bit surprised by the whole thing at the time and didn't stop long enough to chat. He had a decent looking camera (i.e.it was huge), I think he was just out taking photos of the seafront/pier and anything with 'soul' that took his eye.

[Nice German chap]

Hi everyone

 

I was just getting into the old forum when it all went belly up! Never-mind, good to have it back.

 

I drove to work in my Spitfire last Friday and found a German chap taking photos of her as I was about to leave for the day. "Is this your car?" he asked, I admitted responsibility, "It's really nice" he said. "She's a bit grubby", I confessed, I felt I should apologise for the many and varied shades of blue. "Ah, but she's got soul" he replied. I thanked him and drove home a happy man. Beats the last comment of "still got your MG?"

 

Wes