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milnes

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Interesting Trojan?
« on: April 26, 2014, 09:37:15 am »
A Trojan for sale on E-bay with an interesting past. Is this tone paintwork an original spec?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141263505799?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2014, 10:06:05 am »
where to start on this one  :)
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2014, 10:25:10 am »
Very interested Richard, please do tell  8)
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2014, 07:07:29 pm »
Good to see an original handbrake in use. But over the top for my liking. Great original style Trojan optional extra boot rack. Still have some left in chrome somewhere. Number looks vaguely familiar.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2014, 07:27:46 pm »
That number plate is an age related one I think, which suggests the original one has been sold.  I believe the car is on the Register, one of the many with an unknown owner now, but without a chassis number this cannot be checked.  Jean
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2014, 07:24:48 am »
If it is the one I think it was then Stuart might have a numberplate for it out of my chuck outs. But then as an age related series there are a lot of them about! There is a tendency to lift plates prior to export, for sure. Personally I think we have a daft system where you can sell a cars history but its a product of the State renting registrations and not providing a system to monitor ownership. They would not be needing all the club agencies to tell them what is going on then. Indeed in one way RUM would not be needed, though the more enlightened part probably would still have come to light in some form. Indeed did that not come first, I forget.
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2014, 11:17:13 am »
BSK TO YSK allocated to various VRO'S for age related marks between3/90 and3/92 so either it lost its registration or was unobtainable through lack of documentary evidence so it must have had this number allocated under Weiners ownership as he sold it in 1997
Chassis number in catalogue is 8156
I presume I have the right car as it shown as sold at £18400
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2014, 01:00:43 pm »
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I presume I have the right car as it shown as sold at £18400

That might be right:

£18,400  bid price
£02,760  commission, at 15%
£00,483  VAT on the commission (at 17.5% in 1997)

£21,643

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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2014, 01:07:59 pm »
£18400 was price including buyers premium according to my CHRISTIES LIST
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2014, 11:31:05 pm »
Originally registered as 912BTR and removed in 1990. 912BTR is now on a 2003 Renault Master  :(

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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2014, 11:53:01 pm »
Might be one sold to Bournmouth bud, then.
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Re: Interesting Trojan?
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2014, 09:42:45 am »
BTR - British Trojan Register ??   ;D
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