javelin for sale e-bay

[p.p.]

a jowett javelin on e-bay

no. 220737368572


peter

[Jack]

Link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3D1&_rdc=1

Worryingly, I think he might be right about the registration number - is this likely to be original? I can imagine an X5 owner paying a grand or more for that reg, if they bought it for that purpose will we see the car restored?

Interested in members opinions on the price, it's up at £2.5K Buy It Now, seems on the high side to me, but as we know prices are creeping up...

Jack.

[p.p.]

i just speaking to the man.... he will sell the javelin (with out the registration number) for £1200.- but only to club member....

peter

[TedAllen]

Oh dear.
I've seen better ones scrapped. I wonder what's under all that filler/primer.
£250 for spares !

Ted

[Peter Holden]

We do not want any more spares!
We want the cars on the road!!
I agree the 'filler and primer' look bad and what is it like under it. However, at least you know there is filler and can sort it before painting. Better than buying a car that looks great only to find out after a short period that all the filler is coming away from the rust it is covering up and making a car that you have spent a lot of money buying looking worthless. Looking at the photos of the underside it looks quite good, at least the side the photo is off. You would need a good poke around though and look at the usual places.
It would be a shame to loose it's original number, to many cars are loosing their original numbers. I would not buy it if it lost it's number! Got no space at the moment anyway!
Let's hope it is saved

[Chris Spencer]

Peter is right - at least the car is shown warts and all - but appears to have the underpinnings of a solid shell - It would be shame if it is parted from it's original registration which is why the vendor has stuck out for £2.5K for a car that is worth less than £500!

[Forumadmin]

I think the car looks fairly solid underneath. The filler may only be awaiting paint after welding and not actually be covering loads of rust. Perhaps ask the seller?

[Andy Stevens]

The registration number is worthless at present as it cannot be transferred off an un-MOT'd car, so I would have thought the vendor is unlikely to sell the car without the number.

Andy

[p.p.]

on e-bay again...
no no. plate....

no. 220741324681

peter

[Jack]

Currently £2.20, no reserve.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3D1&_rdc=1

He can't sell the plate separately unless he can get an MOT. He seems to think that someone else is going to restore the car, get the MOT, and then he keeps the plate. Which is a bit silly, nobody is going to buy the car at a sensible price on that basis. Partly because if it is anything like our cars, they could be in the garage for 10 years before the car gets MOT and put on the road, and anyone who wants a car like this wants the history and original plate to match the car.

Jack.

[TedAllen]

I'm sure he can't even keep the number on a retention certificate unless the car is taxed and tested.
The price now on screen, with no reserve, doesn't reflect the possibility of any welding having been done to the primered areas.

[p.p.]

maybe some member will go to visit the javelin.....and speak with the seller.....have a good look on the car ,....and make a offer with the plate !! maybe it is the worth to get the car!
any member make the journey please inform me, please!

peter

[ian Howell]

All that apears to be necessary is for a less-than-reputable MoT examiner to issue a certificate. The number can then be transferred and possibly the vehicle itself scrapped or broken for spares.

Where there's a will . . .

[Jack]

All that apears to be necessary is for a less-than-reputable MoT examiner to issue a certificate. The number can then be transferred and possibly the vehicle itself scrapped or broken for spares.

Where there's a will . . .

Years ago maybe, with modern electronic certs and systems, as well as the penalties for testers if discovered, chances of getting this kind of thing through are minimal now. No MOT tester I know would ever consider it, even if they have *ahem* allegedly done that kind of thing in the past. Most have been burned so many times with even little stuff and VOSA retests that they stick to the rules all the time, any doubt they won't do it.

Only other way is to effectively ring a car, get the MOT cert, and then ring it back. But that's illegal enough to potentially land you a large fine and a criminal record. Not worth it for the few hundred you'd get for the plate, even taking the day to do the change probably isn't worth the money.

[Chris Spencer]

Jack - All trades, industry & proffesions have vises, loopholes and a way of bending the rules - if several hundred quid is there to be made - they will make it happen if they are that way inclined - look at MP's for example - not all forged their expense claims but several did - likewise for MOT testers and any other section of society.