Is this guy smoking crack?

£500 for a chipped cam cover?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3221319848...&sojTags=bu=bu

This is surely cossie tax upon cossie tax

 

Crazy isn't it! I've a mate with no lie about 20 of them stacked up in his unit. He is sat on a little gold mine lol

 

What are they worth these days?

 

There's loads around, £80-£100, wouldn't pay a penny more unless it's a brand new one

 

Last 1 in auction went for £93 and it was vgc.

 

My mate saw them and commented when he was over there. He reluctantly sold me one whi I had refurbed

 

Yeah it's hard to get him to sell anything he don't need the money that's why. I borrowed one off him once so mine wasn't off the road when I pained it

 

A few breakers are selling them around the £120 mark. +£30 for a refurb and you've got yourself a brand spanking cover.

 

I offered £90,declined.
Had a look and tidy covers do make around £180.
Mine is blue and has a breather hole so want an untouched 1 in red.

 

And yours is a early one 3dr not saff sorry to say.

 

Chancer........

Or people who have lots of cossie parts trying to falsely raise prices...... there's plenty of them so why would prices be rising ????


Make my blood boil.

 

How come?
I thought all 2wd's had the quarter turn cap and the 4x4 and escos had screw in caps.
Are there more differences??

 

I refurbed mine myself using my chosen colour of spray paint and rubbing the top down using fine sandpaper and a flat sanding block to take it back to the alloy . Lasted well up until I broke it up for parts.

 

I will message ya later mate.

 

I am going to refurb mine and put it on my garage wall. I suspect I will just paint and rub down but did consider full refurb.

 

I need 1 as I want a mint red 1 without a breather hole,but I'm not paying £500 (unless it was new and I had had a few beers) so think he will be keeping it a while.

 

Couldn't you just get the hole welded up then repainted?

 

No idea,I don't know if it can be welded but I messaged tremona garage about it but no response yet.

 

Pretty certain it could be welded up as long as it doesn't warp it then a bit of paint work and done?

 

Fooking dreamers. Like most of the divvys selling anything cossie related ha ha ha ha.

 

Spoke to Richard at tremona,he could weld it but the finish where it is wouldn't be great so I'm on the hunt girl a screw on oil cap untouched rocker cover so if anybody has 1 or wants a swap p.m me!

 

I bet Mick at spray station could get it looking like new

 

Here is the one spray station did for me, never needs polishing either as it is all paint but looks highly polished<br/>

 

Looks mint,but as costina seats,mine is the wrong cover,I should have a screw in oil cap so I'll still need another cover to start with.
I'll keep him in mind if I get a scruffy 1.
That cover looks mint!

 

I thought all 2wd cossies had half turn oil caps

 

Also my pet hate! Greedy sellers who just think of a normal price and double or triple it and think they are doing you a favour!

 

That is what I call a quality job, looks superb!

 

Mine is a late 89 and that's screw on.

In a way i wish I'd sourced another before drilling the breather hole as it was original and mint

 

Again greedy people trying to make a buck, iv never paid more than £50 for cam covers even on eBay prices, few years back now but they never worth £500. Got offered one local to me recently for £300, complete dreamer told the guy too.

 

There is a good reason why so many are drilled though as they need the breather or are you going back to concourse orig? The way I see it is period mods look fine on show cars.