Mk IV steering column on eBay

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Lynn Larsen

Lynn Larsen

• May 31, 2005

• #1

Jim is this the real thing???

This is claimed to be an original J-Car Steering Column and has a starting bid of $100.00 with no bids at present.

Regards,
Lynn

 

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Tom_Hughes

• May 31, 2005

• #2

If you click on 'other items', he has some other nice items for sale as well. I bet he's an interesting fellow to chat with.

 

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BenL

• May 31, 2005

• #3

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Jim is this the real thing???

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I believe Jim said that he would be leaving for Italy on Monday (yesterday), so he may not have easy connectivity.

 

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Lynn Larsen

Lynn Larsen

• Jun 1, 2005

• #4

Right you are Ben. I forgot that he was going to be tooling around in Europe for a while and entering a couple of cars in the Targa Florio.

I wonder if anyone else, Pedro??, knows if this is the "real deal" or not.


Thanks,
Lynn

 

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wpeter

• Jun 1, 2005

• #5

It is correct. But is it original? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

Ron Earp

Admin

• Jun 1, 2005

• #6

Not much to that at all, at least externally. I imagine the inside is simple too, probably easy to copy and rip people off.

 

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Gregg

Gregg

Lifetime Supporter

• Jun 1, 2005

• #7

I emailed the seller re same. He advised that there are no numbers stamped on the column and that it was fabricated. Based upon that, you can draw your own conclusions as to its originality. Furtrhermore, the seller refuses to give out his name or telephone number. Good luck to those who will still bid.

 

Pedro

Guest

Supporter

• Jun 1, 2005

• #8

Thanks for the input Bill, nice to hear it is accurate for the MKIV, at the going price it is provably a good deal even if it is not original; the one on the picture is not original either but it will cost much more than $100 to replicate.

 

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wpeter

• Jun 2, 2005

• #9

It's one of those things that can be replicated easily and original or not, 100 bucks to replicate it is reasonable. The bits are cheap, so if you can weld you can make it for $50 including the u joint. Nice pics of the difference between the Mk1 and the MK4.