Thread: Scrapping S1 & yes, I am peeved-off

Originally Posted by clean32

sounds rather commie to me

That was the point

what an a-hole

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Pretty much, the Brit offered to carry the broken case PTO from the LR60 festival in Cooma and deliver it to a LR Enthusiast who lives in Canberra (the Canberra chappie was in NZ for the LR60).

The pommy chap didn't deliver the PTO to Canberra but put it in his shipping container and sent it back to the UK.

Yes after some negotiations the Qld chap got goods to compensate the loss of the PTO trade. However the consequence for me was I had my PTO dismantled to salvage the gears for a 1948 LR. So what would have been a 3 way trade with three satisfied Aussie enthusiasts, ended up with a lot of angst, one semi satisfied Aussie enthusiast, two unsatisfied Aussie enthusiasts and profit for one Brit pillager.

yeah now that just sucks

And you say it was a commercial operation? That makes it worse.

mmm, what does everyone think of the overseas chappy having a container land in perth soon to stack goodies away to go back overseas.

Originally Posted by bayrover

mmm, what does everyone think of the overseas chappy having a container land in perth soon to stack goodies away to go back overseas.

Vandalism, rape and pillage.

Originally Posted by bayrover

mmm, what does everyone think of the overseas chappy having a container land in perth soon to stack goodies away to go back overseas.

i don't see a problem

so, if there was a second hand part in the UK, at the right price, that i needed, and its cheaper than the same thing in aus, i brought it and arranged postage to aus would i be doing the wrong thing as suggested in this thread? should i leave it in the UK for an enthusiast as you guys are indicating? don't think so

money talk bull**** walks, everything has a price and when sold i don't think it matters to anybody on here which country it ends up in or who the buyer is........don't start me on ex mil stuff

the more that leave our shores the more valuable ours/the ones left become.......maybe

In South Africa, there seems to be a mad scramble for Series and Defender vehicles and spares.
Old 110 County SWs are almost unobtainable: at one stage you couldn't drive around without seeing an old 1980s V8 CSW, now they seem to have disappeared.
Where to?
I suspect back to Mud Island. Seems like (from what I've read), the road tax is low on those models, and some Poms like the V8s instead of the oil burner.
The old Disco is a dime a dozen over there, so the upgrade route is simple: buy an old Disco that won't pass MOT and slot in the 3.9/4.0, then sell off the Disco spares.

On the other hand, good condition Disco 1s and 2s are selling for Oz$ 7000 and up (that's cheap over here, we have a very odd used vehicle market....)

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Vandalism, rape and pillage.

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