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Dear CMMRe: Wareabouts
in CMM February 2010 (Issue 251). Regarding the Oulton Park,
Vintage Sports Car Club Seaman Meeting, 24.6.1961, the driver of the Bugatti
was not Roy Fidler. The Brian Fidler
car (a T35) was no. 81 that day. Driving in tricky conditions... Dear CMMRe: Spannerman (February 2010
issue 251) and driving on snow. I've always found it best to have plenty
of tread on the tyres and inflated at the correct pressures. I fail to
see how reducing pressure will help.
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I have just received two
replies from my ad on your online service, both claim to be agents who will
pay by "cashiers check" and arrange shipping, one reply is non specific
and the other from west Africa! Do any readers have any experience of this type
of reply, I am very wary as I am constantly receiving e-mail and letter scams
from Nigeria and Eastern European countries making all sorts of ridiculous offers
in an attempt to get your bank details, presumably with a view to emptying my
bank account.
Yours
D. Cowell
*That's exactly what they intend to do; this is another email scam
going the rounds of many sites on the web; they pick-up various email addresses,
and intend to send you a fake cheque (as if you would let any goods go without
seeing some hard cash). We seen several examples of the emails they send out.
Pathetically, one started "Dear sir/madam - We are willing to buy the item(s)
you are selling at full price..." Another seemed to offer a money laundering
service offering $10,000 above the asking price (this email was sent to Helen
in our admin dept!) 'to cover incidental costs etc.'
This is, verbatim, another email sent to CMM: "i'm very much interested
in purchasing your advertised product tagged at[price].i'm an international
dealer importer and exporter in varieties of goods,the payment is by certified
america cashier check.if the payment term is pkay by you,kindly email me your
full name,address and phone number to proceed with payment right away.as regard
the shipping,i have a reputables international shipping companies that ship
my consignments.he will be coming for the pick up as soon as the payment is
concluded.i will like to know the present condition of the product in order
to speed things up as soon as the payment is made.so if you're okay by this,kindly
get back to me in time." In this case, the software this snake was using
failed to spot a price (We didn't advertise anything) and so didn't slot it
in his letter.
You can spot these fakers a mile away - just use your common sense!
We'll leave this letter on our on-line site as a word of warning to others!
HAPPY DAYS ...
Dear CMM
To cut the costs of family
holidays, I have recently purchased a 1982 Bedford CF Camper Van. With five
children, it will be a bit of a squash but think of the money we will save on
family holidays. It has a cooker, fridge and small work surface and I'm
sure my wife will be able to cook meals for seven.
As an obvious "Classic" I am astonished to find that parts are quite
difficult to obtain for it. I expected to be able to buy body panels "off
the shelf" and have been surprised to find they are not available. One
possible supply source told me that the CF didn't warrant remanufacture
of body panels as the initial order would need to be for a 100 of each
panel. I, personally, would gladly pay up to £20 for a new wing as
mine is well past repairing.
The plastic roof opening window is cracked and lets in water but Bedford do
not even list this part. They are very unhelpful. I purchased a new set of brake
shoes the other day and was surprised how expensive they were.
I bought three sets from eBay from separate suppliers but each set was
different and wrong for my CF. They were quite cheap though and I was pleased
with the price. However, I ended up buying a correct set from one of the
advertisers in CMM and he charged a fortune - almost as much as the three
wrong sets all totalled. Still, I should be able to sell the three
wrong sets to other CF owners as the shoes are universal and fit all CFs...except
mine.
I remember back in the early '70s, we bought linings and rivets for my Father's
CF and they only cost £1 9s 10d for a set of four from Shaw Autos. They
were a devil to fit but we got three out of the four on. Family holidays with
my parents were always such good fun - we played in laybys and ‘greasy
spoon’ cafe car parks while my father attempted to repair the old CF. I
remember once, we were three days late getting to the campsite and father said
we could look at the beach but then we had to get off home in case the CF played
up on the way back - happy days.
Does anyone know anywhere I can get CF parts really, really cheap? Looking forward
to a lovely Summer Holiday.
Bill Jackson
via email: jaguar1952@btconnect.com
*Our prize letter wins a great Revell scale model
of the Jim Clark Ford Cortina Lotus.
After the fireDear CMM I want to write and
thank CMM, and especially Charles Russell, for your amazing support and
encouragement you have given us before and after the fire that destroyed
our museum of the 1950s, which sadly was an arson attack (CMM December
2009 and January 2010 issues). |
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