ML7 on ebay
Robbo | 15/04/2017 09:23:41 |
1504 forum posts 142 photos | Anybody fancy a major renovation job? |
Alan Waddington 2 | 15/04/2017 09:50:40 |
522 forum posts 87 photos | 6 bids, so someone clearly does
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Roderick Jenkins | 15/04/2017 09:55:50 |
![]() 2176 forum posts 608 photos | What sort of atmosphere strips ALL the paint and chrome? EVERYTHING is rusty Rod |
Emgee | 15/04/2017 10:13:18 |
2406 forum posts 285 photos | Rod, all except the ally bits and probably the gears ? Emgee |
matt merchant | 15/04/2017 10:15:18 |
![]() 19 forum posts 2 photos | has that thing been buried in a field? |
Ady1 | 15/04/2017 10:17:39 |
![]() 5067 forum posts 734 photos | I saw a car like that once, an old standard I think, not a flake of paint but still intact It had been sitting in a cave on the Isle of Arran for about 40 years |
Dave Spicer | 15/04/2017 10:21:10 |
18 forum posts | I think it was dredged up from a harbour.
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Ady1 | 15/04/2017 10:23:04 |
![]() 5067 forum posts 734 photos | Posted by Alan Waddington 2 on 15/04/2017 09:50:40:
6 bids, so someone clearly does
and the reserve price hasn't even been met yet, lol |
Mike Poole | 15/04/2017 10:31:20 |
![]() Moderator 3306 forum posts 73 photos | Perhaps it has been used as a boat anchor by a super adept owner. Must have been a very corrosive atmosphere to have stripped it so comprehensively or maybe a fire but can't have been too hot as all the alloy and aluminium is intact. Mike |
Speedy Builder5 | 15/04/2017 10:57:12 |
2593 forum posts 208 photos | I thought "fire damage" but the plastic knob survived.
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Hopper | 15/04/2017 11:19:56 |
![]() 6204 forum posts 321 photos | Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 15/04/2017 09:55:50:
What sort of atmosphere strips ALL the paint and chrome? EVERYTHING is rusty Rod Coastal, humid, probably warm. We see a lot of it here in the coastal wet tropics, by the sea, temps in the 90s year round, humidity in the 80-100 per cent range most of the year. 1970s vintage motorbikes frequently turn up in similar shape to the posted lathe, even when stored under cover. It's a crying shame for want of a squirt of WD40 once in a while. I've seen a couple of BMW R90S's my mate picked up in similar condition. So bad the alloy parts such as brake levers and casings were flaking apart and delaminating to the point of being useless. I love this line in the eBay listing: "was working but not used for many years" as if a scrub with a wire brush and you'll be turning out 5" gauge locos in no time. Sadly, I have to relinquish my claim to owning the world's most abused ML7 now. He wins hands down. |
stevetee | 15/04/2017 11:39:02 |
144 forum posts 14 photos | Guys , it's just been left out in the rain for a while. Water the universal solvent. |
Tractor man | 15/04/2017 11:40:48 |
426 forum posts 1 photos | Jeez Louise! Stick some jenolite on and paint it as an amusing garden ornament. Bout all it's good for. I've got two shapers in my garden as bird tables that the wind doesnt bother lol. |
Ian P | 15/04/2017 11:46:27 |
![]() 2578 forum posts 114 photos | What is it with the Myford name that makes people want to bid on an item that surely can only have scrap value? Looks to have been stood in a marine environment for years and it looks like it includes a lump of driftwood, possibly the box of bobs bits has some valuable items in it but I would not want to find out. Maybe the sellers opinion that they 'think it will be OK when its cleaned up' has some influence. Technically speaking the eBay definition of that item is that it is fully operational and functions as intended! Ian P
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Mike Poole | 15/04/2017 12:03:13 |
![]() Moderator 3306 forum posts 73 photos | Posted by Tractor man on 15/04/2017 11:40:48:
Jeez Louise! Stick some jenolite on and paint it as an amusing garden ornament. Bout all it's good for. I've got two shapers in my garden as bird tables that the wind doesnt bother lol. Get then on eBay, someone will buy them. Mike |
martin perman | 15/04/2017 12:18:26 |
![]() 2042 forum posts 86 photos | Surely that a weigh in job, not worth the time or money.
Martin P |
KWIL | 15/04/2017 12:35:51 |
3549 forum posts 70 photos | By the time you have ground the bed again, there will be nothing left! Not even a weigh-in job. |
not done it yet | 15/04/2017 12:50:56 |
6736 forum posts 20 photos | Perhaps the water pump and generator are expected to be some of the 'bits and bobs'? |
Benny Avelin | 15/04/2017 13:28:37 |
80 forum posts 86 photos | Surely one can salvage gears, crosslide, pulleys, covers and so on. It's hard to tell but it doesn't look too pitted. With regards to the price of myford spares these days, I am sure with some work you can make some money on this piece, or save money depending on your preference. In fact I would use it to practice scraping the bed, would be a fun exercise. |
Benny Avelin | 15/04/2017 13:36:28 |
80 forum posts 86 photos | Posted by Tractor man on 15/04/2017 11:40:48:
Jeez Louise! Stick some jenolite on and paint it as an amusing garden ornament. Bout all it's good for. I've got two shapers in my garden as bird tables that the wind doesnt bother lol. I would cry if I drove by your house and saw these machines standing there. It's a shame that machines gets left without love. |
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