Steve P Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 I am curious why there are loads of bids on this when it looks so rough?.I have one in my garage i have never used,it has windows and seals and everything. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/triumph-vitesse-Herald-Fibre-Glass-Hard-Top-Roof/224266302499?hash=item3437503423:g:wYwAAOSwVi9fzAXH Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 I'll give you £73 for yours Steve? They can be < 400 from what I've gleaned !!! First dibs on yours if you want to sell? Please. Looks like it's a fight between 6d and 0i, they are the only ones left after 3 others dropped out ??. Think I'll ping a bid in unless you get back to me..... edited to say ... I've communicated with nursecurly and he is expecting £300. but he will allow collection... saving 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: I'll give you £73 for yours Steve? They can be < 400 from what I've gleaned !!! Postage is hefty, though... £60? I almost gave this one away, as it only cost me £50; I changed my mind - thankfully, going by those prices! - it's now fully restored and hanging on the wall out of the way, or will be when I can reach the hooks - very high up and impossible for one person to lift on a ladder.... I think I'll revise the price if I ever go to sell. I'll watch for the final price on that eBay one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Awww cummon lads... you know I want one now ( it will make my missus happier). Gimme you best price and I'll arrange collection....pretty please 😁😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Jeffds1360 said: I'll give you £73 for yours Steve? They can be < 400 from what I've gleaned !!! First dibs on yours if you want to sell? Please. Looks like it's a fight between 6d and 0i, they are the only ones left after 3 others dropped out ??. Think I'll ping a bid in unless you get back to me..... edited to say ... I've communicated with nursecurly and he is expecting £300. but he will allow collection... saving 60 With all the work left to do, it`s probably worth about half his "asking" IMV?. But as I found out recently selling a redundant piece of "kit", when they get into bidding it can go silly. Mind I wasn`t complaining, I nearly got back what I paid for it!. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Probably whoever is bidding lives close enough to collect. By the time you add postage, rubbers, perspex, paint, I've seen complete ones go for less than £200 in the past year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Oh dear, I've been outbid. Not going any higher. Not that keen on the work required. I'll wait for Colin or Steve to come back to me ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Jeffds1360 said: Oh dear, I've been outbid. Not going any higher. Not that keen on the work required. I'll wait for Colin or Steve to come back to me ???? Hello Jeff I have one that I do not need it is painted black and has all the glass in it I can not remember what the head lining is like and it is all tucked up in a store store shed /tent! But if you are interested in it make me a sensible offer and I will undo the store and dig it out! I live in the Midlands J4 M5 Roger ps pm me if interested I do not want to start a Dutch Auction I would use Fleabay if I did! pps just looked at this site and it made my eyes water!!!! Honeybourne Mouldings fibreglass replacement panels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colin Lindsay Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 35 minutes ago, rogerguzzi said: pps just looked at this site and it made my eyes water!!!! Honeybourne Mouldings fibreglass replacement panels Quite pricey, but a lot of them do come up second-hand so keep an eye out. Nice to see that the fittings and seals are available; I was able to source mine through a mate who repairs accident-damaged buses and so has an entire range of glass and other panel or door seals. The plan is to use it for a trial period until I get the hood fitted - which may even come first, the way things go in my garage - and then see how it compares against the hood itself for bad-weather use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted December 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Didn`t realise Honeybourne were charging that much!,i bought it from Bournemouth for £100 a few years ago with a plan to use it for the RBRR,drove the Vitesse down there and came back with it fitted,I think that`s the only time i used it.did the RBRR with just the hood,I rarely have the roof up anyway,now the hood has shrunk. Hardtop now hanging in the roof space of my lockup. Off now to see if Brooklands are doing the New Years Day meet. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 So it sold for £300+ Poor 0i lost by £1 and 26 seconds to a new bidder!!! In that state ...unbelievable! I thought they were about 400 new and 200 used.... I'm out of touch! It's double that! Sorry lads, no way could I spend 400+ just now.. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Hum..... perhaps the one in my garage loft is worth hanging on to to supplement my pension then...... Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Didn't realise Honeyborne had made a hard top with the quarter lights. Most of the roofs I've seen had only the rear window, so assumed the quarter lights were a DIY mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Mine is by Smith and Deakin, (S+D - the two to extreme left and right below with the little silver badge at the b-post) but as with Honeybourne, a while ago you could get both either with quarterlights or without. The one I really want has two rooflights, like Le Mans-style panels, in the actual roof. Haven't found any yet in my area / price range but could yet get my own modified... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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