Sorry to be naïve but what sort of grief is possible with selling an engine as I may be selling a low miles fulvia engine which is 'under my bench'best regards richard
Aha. Richard you would not believe me if I told you how much grief I got, ranging from being sued to various threats of unspecified violence from Russian mafiosi (all I hasten to add in writing, much to the interest of Kent police). It seems the buyer of my engine, who was either delusional or spoke no English, and therefore did not understand the words "sold as seen, condition unknown and you must assume requires total rebuild" on my eBay listing, was under the impression, by which hand I know not, that my engine was a virgin, time warp, factory fresh unit. I even got a signed receipt from the garage that collected and paid for it in new £10 notes (some 5 months after winning the auction) mirroring my eBay description, but it seems when they dismantled it they found it needed a lot of work. What a surprise that must have been for a professional garage dealing in classic cars.
Moral of story:
1. Don't ever sell an old engine built up, but dismantled, and photograph and inventorise all parts, and
2 Avoid buyers that speak no English, and convince themselves they are buying a pear, when you are in fact selling a strawberry.
As I said, under the bench is the best place, with hindsight.
Clive
