Im fuming

Don't blame you for being a bit p****d off about that one Mike, we all like to think our treasures go to good homes. Do you know if the seller is the same guy who bought it off you? If so, name names, I'd certainly think twice about selling a decent engine to someone I knew was simply going to break it for parts.

Nick H.

Nick the guy I sold it too claimed that he was going to keep it to power a saw bench, and I had an agreement that should he ever sell it I would have first refusal to buy it back (I only sold it due to a lack of storage and the fact that at the time I was very short of money). So imagine my suprise when only 3 months later it turns up on ebay in bits. I have e-mailed him complainging about him stripping it. He claims to be an old guy that is selling up and the reason he stripped it was to get another D type running. (seems a bit odd to ruin one engine just to get another engine that your selling, running and have all the bits for sale anyway). I certainly will never be dealing with this joker on ebay, and should I ever meet him on the rally field, than I feel a few harsh words may be heard exiting my mouth.

Mike M

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c> That's all Sierra's are good for a good burn up.

c> Martin P

Nah, they make pretty good donors for kit cars too ;-)

nickh=== Posted with Qusnetsoft NewsReader 2.2.0.8

This subject came up in a lathe discussion group in which I used to participate. Specifically, some folks were miffed at a machinery dealer who parted out old lathes.

His position was he was actually SAVING more machines than he was destroying.

For instance, there might be a guy who was missing an apron, another who was missing a tailstock, another who needed a quick change gearbox, another who had a bad bed. So by parting out one lathe, he might be saving ten others.

You'll never see ME parting out a good engine, but I just offer this up as another perspective.

RS> This subject came up in a lathe discussion group in which I used to RS> participate. Specifically, some folks were miffed at a machinery RS> dealer who parted out old lathes.

RS> His position was he was actually SAVING more machines than he was RS> destroying.

RS> For instance, there might be a guy who was missing an apron, another RS> who was missing a tailstock, another who needed a quick change RS> gearbox, another who had a bad bed. So by parting out one lathe, he RS> might be saving ten others.

RS> You'll never see ME parting out a good engine, but I just offer this RS> up as another perspective.

Sure, it can happen that way and I'm sure we've all broken (I like your phrase 'parting out') rough engines to help with our, or other's, restoration projects. But this smacks of someone cynically selling off the parts seperately (particularly those unique to the DK) in the hope of netting a higher return than on a complete example of what most would see as 'just another D'

nickh=== Posted with Qusnetsoft NewsReader 2.2.0.8

Let's Turn this round

Would he have sold it if he knew it was going to be broken.

We put many hours of time and money into our hobby because thats what we enjoy doing. Sometimes circumstances change and we may have to do things that we don't want to. You may have to sell an engine or even a collection. Would you sell your little treasure (that you have spent many hours restoring) if you knew it would be broken for spares.

What sticks out and what has been broken is "TRUST".

I still have my Lister D and thats what got me into the hobby.

If I had to sell it knowing or even had a feeling it was going to be broken, would I. NO! I would rather give it away to someone who would appreciate it.

Richard

Man, that sucks. I think we would all be annoyed if we were in this situation.

Chris