Today I acquired...........

[Nick DV]

Bargain!
I used to have a Raleigh Aero Pro Burner. I've bought good cars for less than they are worth now!!!

Don't know how many times I've thought about things I sold years ago cos I thought they'd be a waste of time keeping ……….

 

[anto44]

Don't know how many times I've thought about things I sold years ago cos I thought they'd be a waste of time keeping ……….

When I was a teenager buying mk2 escorts to use as field cars for £150 and then squashing them when the engines or gearboxes let go was a common thing. When I look at what they're worth now I cry a little inside.

 

[cheb]

And if you kept them all there'd be a glut on the market and prices would drop. Also where would you have kept them? And all the other stuff that doesn't have a value now but might have done?

I think of 1600E Cortinas, the enthusiasts choice of keeper/doer upper back in the early 1980's. Where are they all now? Or multithousand pound FS1e bought and restored by nostalgic old men, the next generation will have their own nostalgia.

 

[Nick DV]

When I was a teenager buying mk2 escorts to use as field cars for £150 and then squashing them when the engines or gearboxes let go was a common thing. When I look at what they're worth now I cry a little inside.

 

[Nick DV]

I think of 1600E Cortinas, the enthusiasts choice of keeper/doer upper back in the early 1980's. Where are they all now

So true I so wish I’d kept my MkII Lotus Cortina now ..........

 

[cheb]

My M.O. is sell things I don't think I'll need, and if I do I buy another one. I'm certainly not down on the deal.

 

[Mike Pinches]

I've got one if not both of these books, I also have a great book by A Grahame Bell really good if you're building a race engine!

I've just finished re-reading the 4 stroke tuning book by A G Bell over my lunch breaks. I also have his book on two stroke tuning which is also a good read, and should come in handy rebuilding my dads old GT250 race bike.
I also need to read Tony Foales book on chassis design, though I think that one is very heavy on the maths front.

 

[4String.]

...a Casio electronic keyboard.

MIL was recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, thankfully not imminently terminal, so OH has been helping her sort stuff out and has just returned home with said instrument. Always hankered after playing the piano, so I can’t wait to give it a go.

 

[knighty]

@knighty did you receive these squares yet from pressbrake1

nope, I thought a few other people wanted some, I've been waiting on him putting up a thread about them so they could all be picked up at once

bit like last time... I don't know tho I just assumed :-o

 

[Slowcoach]

nope, I thought a few other people wanted some, I've been waiting on him putting up a thread about them so they could all be picked up at once

bit like last time... I don't know tho I just assumed :-o

No worries, just thought I’d ask as I’ll get a pair now.

 

[MikeBB1970]

Freebies ; the silver box is just that...an empty box : ) An Eclipse brand hacksaw blade holder.

 

[MikeBB1970]

A new toolbox for electrical tools.

 

[MikeBB1970]

A cheapie but ok for basic checks , a Lap meter.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Another B&D drill.
|Sold as spares or repairs as it was not PAT and it didn't work.

New flex and plug fitted and it was fit for service.

 

[Wozzaaah]

Spotted some old LPs on FB marketplace for £1 each yesterday so went to have a look at them this morning.
Came back with 8 in various conditions.
Thought the ELO one felt a bit thick, even for a double album.... soon found out why.
It’s still got all the original bits and pieces including the poster and the cardboard spaceship model.
Not sure what it’s worth but way more than a quid!
Blue vinyl too.

 

[mpats]

Spotted some old LPs on FB marketplace for £1 each yesterday so went to have a look at them this morning.
Came back with 8 in various conditions.
Thought the ELO one felt a bit thick, even for a double album.... soon found out why.
It’s still got all the original bits and pieces including the poster and the cardboard spaceship model.
Not sure what it’s worth but way more than a quid!
Blue vinyl too.
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I just bought my old man a modern copy of war of the worlds on vinyl and it was much more than a quid. Thats a good haul.

 

[Nick DV]

Spotted some old LPs on FB marketplace for £1 each yesterday so went to have a look at them this morning.
Came back with 8 in various conditions.
Thought the ELO one felt a bit thick, even for a double album.... soon found out why.
It’s still got all the original bits and pieces including the poster and the cardboard spaceship model.
Not sure what it’s worth but way more than a quid!
Blue vinyl too.
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"Jammy git" comes to mind

 

[Nick DV]

I just bought my old man a modern copy of war of the worlds on vinyl and it was much more than a quid. Thats a good haul.

Yeah, but worth it for that album

 

[jinjahbiscuit]

War of the Worlds has got be worth a few bob now. I picked a copy up a couple of years ago, I think it cost me at least 15 quid. Still good though.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I'm not allowed to listen to wotw
Wife gets creeped out by it. A throwback to her childhood