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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Alastair on July 04, 2009, 07:55:52 AM

Title: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: Alastair on July 04, 2009, 07:55:52 AM

A Time capsule Messerschmitt in USA - item no 300327524774 started at $100 - watch it fly!

Title: Re: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: cuscus47 on July 04, 2009, 09:17:32 AM

It seems as if the listing has been cancelled.    ::)  I wonder if initiated by e-bay or the seller?  The phone number listed is an unpublished cell (mobile) in Northern Indiana a few hours north-east of me.  Does anyone recognize the car, if indeed the photo is of the car?     :-X

Title: Re: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: Jim Janecek on July 04, 2009, 02:59:18 PM

I know the seller, don't know the car.

also-I am not this seller's biggest fan.

The seller cancelled the listing, if eBay cancelled it, the entire listing would be wiped away clean and there would be nothing to look at.

it has been relisted here:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300327560879

Title: Re: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on July 04, 2009, 03:51:17 PM

Is the seller sure it's a '55? Where's the KR175-type vents in the engine cover?!   ???

Title: Re: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: Trident on July 04, 2009, 09:35:43 PM

Because not all  late 1955 cars had the slotted vents on the top of the rear bodywork. Definitely a 55 car because of the small indicator warning light on the dashboard. Not sure about the claim to it  having original paint though - the black deluxe painted stripe on the front wing is not normal pattern, however US export models were often different to european models.

Title: Re: Messerschmitt KR200
Post by: karonut on July 21, 2009, 12:14:13 AM

1769 miles! or should that be 1790 or 1796
Missing dome (damaged) windows missing
Missing wiper motor arm & blade
bodged fuel pipe & tap (original lever not connected)
changed top engine mounting
Missing wood trims inside
Missing door trim
Missing hinge trim
Choke knob changed
Radio speaker grill trim missing
I'm sure the dial for the radio should be behind the dash (there is a coorect shaped cutout in the dash to be removed) and just the control knobs above and the valve box on the floor?
Internal heater pipe should go across the car just under the hinge (where is it)
HT lead modified plug rubber missing

They must have been some very hard miles. It is an early KR200 but and a good car for restoration but not a complete or totally original one, now the Kr200 to the left in one of the photgraphs may be different