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15 minutes ago, Sjcm said:

More old motor eBay bidding insanity. Buyer listed at 99p, currently 90 pounds. For that you get two rusted solid transcontinental motors, a rusted solid X03, 1 lima? motor, 1 tender drive unit, assorted stripped down pancake motors and various bits. What am I missing?

 

Bid now so you can get a deal

25 bids for that pile of useless junk? Fools and their money spring to mind. That lot looks as if it's been lying on the floor of someone's garage for the last twenty years.

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2 hours ago, Sjcm said:

More old motor eBay bidding insanity. Seller listed at 99p, currently 90 pounds. For that you get two rusted solid transcontinental motors, a rusted solid X03, 1 lima? motor, 1 tender drive unit, assorted stripped down pancake motors and various bits. What am I missing?

 

Bid now so you can get a deal

Photo looks more like a breaker's yard!

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19 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Photo looks more like a breaker's yard!

Yep if you dealt in spares you could probably make a profit over months selling bits individually. If you actually hope to use them - well the Triang motors can take decades of abuse and still work but even then it's a gamble considering the condition. The newer motors I wouldn't give you a fiver for - if someone's stripped a motor of usable parts and left the armature then you can guess where the problem is

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You're probably going to get more pleasure from taking the £90 and spending it in such a manner as you regain consciousness on the floor of a black cab around 5am and the previous night comes back to you in flashbacks over the next 24-48 hours.

 

Or your friends remind you....

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1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

You're probably going to get more pleasure from taking the £90 and spending it in such a manner as you regain consciousness on the floor of a black cab around 5am and the previous night comes back to you in flashbacks over the next 24-48 hours.

 

Or your friends remind you....

 

You forgot to include ... black cab,"with your face glued to the floor in a diced carrot pizza"...

 

These small details are always instructive!

 

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3 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

You forgot to include ... black cab,"with your face glued to the floor in a diced carrot pizza"...

 

These small details are always instructive!

 

 

I've paid for it.

 

I'm not throwing up!

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17 minutes ago, Billy Flathead said:

 

Brush's secret project to emulate the success of the Metrovic Co-Bo if it turned out to be successful?  Rival manufacturer with a design ready to go at the press of a button would have an advantage to attract the ever wayward wanderings of late 1950' s British Railways modernisation plan chequebook...  🤣

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1 hour ago, John M Upton said:

 

Brush's secret project to emulate the success of the Metrovic Co-Bo if it turned out to be successful?  Rival manufacturer with a design ready to go at the press of a button would have an advantage to attract the ever wayward wanderings of late 1950' s British Railways modernisation plan chequebook...  🤣

Not a bad price for a working Transcon power bogie....    

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13 hours ago, MrWolf said:

You're probably going to get more pleasure from taking the £90 and spending it in such a manner as you regain consciousness on the floor of a black cab around 5am and the previous night comes back to you in flashbacks over the next 24-48 hours.

 

Or your friends remind you....

Or you view the resulting sordid video evidence on Youtube and/or social media - and here endeth your career!

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45 minutes ago, Hroth said:

Pictures and a listing of the contents would help....

The listing is titled Hornby Dublo but below the description includes:

 

Material: Tin

Scale: O Gauge

Please note these are old approx 50 years +

 

So it's not Dublo and if it's tinplate try 70 years +

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