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[Olympia5776]

What a fiasco.
Spoke to the elderly owner last night who professed to be a semi retired Lecturer in Motor Vehicle Restoration 
Bought the car in 1989 but hadn't kept a reciept for 23 years, stored in his B.I.L's facility so no reciepts for storage and couldn't be precise on the number of owners.
Told me the car was last MOT'd over two years ago and out of tax although DVLC shows that tax is due on 1-11-12.
Couldn't remember a number of simple things about the car but interestingly recalled a car that was sold in Ireland about 14 months ago right down to colour, location and price ......
The photos he sent were all dated 2 years ago but after he told me they were recent there was a short silence when I told him that all digital photos are encoded with date etc.
Upon cross examination  it transpired that the car had been welded in most of the areas that rusty examples would require although he advertised it as original and carefully stored.
Absolute dreamer who couldn't even prepare a logical story to give any provanace to the car ,which incidently had never been wet other than during an occassional wash yet one photo showed the arc of the window wipers over road dirt.
A no brainer in Braintree sort of sums it up........
Oh it was a BMW 635 bye the way.........

[Dishevelled Den]

That's a shame Don but then there's no accounting for the muppetry abound in certain parts of society.

Pity you were ballicked about to this extent all the same - maybe next time.

[2woody]

those 6-series are rot-boxes IMO

[Olympia5776]

I know, but I so want one ...........

[albitz]

Georgous cars if you can find a good one at a sensible price Don.

[Olympia5776]

Georgous cars if you can find a good one at a sensible price Don.

I'm on it as we speak Albs , I might be going up to your hometown this week .....

[albitz]

Say hello for me. ...........actually Braintree is less than 10 miles from here.If you came over I would have tried to arrange to come and say hello and buy you a pint for those CD,s you sent me.