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No,you've lost me Lee?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote vlux Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 10 at 21:25
Apparently someone on here bought it and is now stripping it of everything that makes it worth any money....s'all
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is it your trakka. those wheels belong with that van. i think it will be sriously devalued if you loose the specific parts that make it what it is.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steve B Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 10 at 21:27
They're just selling a set of wheels as far as I can see....rare wheels yes but they may just be fitting something else?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ..lee.. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 10 at 21:33
sorry i disagree. a vehicle like that should be kept as is. change wheels remove bull bar if you really want to change the look of it but selling the parts off means its unlikely to be put it back to how it was intended to be. in the case of the trakka i feel its important. if you wanted to build a van to look a particular way ie not factory then build one up from something less important.
 
it seems i`m not alone in the way i feel and i wanted to say something before its too late.
 
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I see where you're coming from but it's the owners(mastersdom) choice after all....right or wrong.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote vlux Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 10 at 22:21
Quote I see where you're coming from but it's the owners(mastersdom) choice after all....right or wrong.


Well, yes..of course. As long as the owner know what it is they are wrecking?

Im all for people modifying vehicles and making them their own (i have one myself) however, i also feel its a real shame to take this particular van to bits. There's a seriously limited amount of Trakka T3 conversions out there in the world, let alone a Trakka syncro that's somehow made its way to the UK.

I'd place money on it being the only one in the UK, possibly Europe.

Without those wheels and bull bar, its not an original Trakka anymore.

Its a bit like taking the the 4x4 running gear off of the Bay window syncro prototype so you can lower it.
Just buy another heap of a bay and lower that instead or trashing something with heritage...?


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As a previous owner of the van I can say that as far as I'm aware, it is the only Syncro Trakka in the UK (there are at least 2 x 2WD) and the guy who runs the Ausi combi forums reckoned it was the best kept T3 Trakka he'd seen...all smarts a bit now Cry  I only sold it 'cos I wanted to customize a van and didn't feel it was appropriate to do it to the Trakka but as has been said, it's the owners perogative in the end.  From what I've heard of the new owners current plans, anyone with a Whitestar may be able to save him the job and the Trakka along the way.
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This is a bit fishy, the bumpers were up for sale a week ago on sleaze bay on a 3 day auction, got pulled  them only the front was for sale on a buy it now and sold within 10 mins. Now the rims are for sale... Is this going to turn into one of those, "Oh no my van has been stolen and it is a one off" sagas
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The new owners ebay buying feedback does suggest it's getting the "Whitestar" treatment....including non-genuine bumpers and a back window full of hideous stickers!
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Someone elses van , someone elses money.
 
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Those wheels are by tsw. My dad had them on his audi 80 in the early 90's. 
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possibly not unique then.
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Originally posted by ELVIS ELVIS wrote:

Someone elses van , someone elses money.
 
Not like i give a fuck either way.
 
Come on E' its all about the Big Society these days!
 
I didn't think there was anyway a small conversion company would commission it own wheels, maybe just re-drilled, they'd of been better off putting some money into the interior build quality first. Dead 
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But why should i really be bothered that someone has sold a van and put the money in their pocket and the new owner has decided to sell bits off it ?
 
 What impact/effect does it have on my life/well being?
 
I treat the interent with the contempt it deserves. The day i cant get a hard-on as im worried about someone else selling shiney bits off their van is the day i cancel my internet.
 
 
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Now appears to be safe. Wink  And Elvis can now get a good nights sleep without worrying...Oh, he was anyway. LOL

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i feel a little bad now.     ish.

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Dont be.

 
I guess you could always wait until he is killed in a head on colision by an xmas drink driver , you can buy the slavage then i guess.
 
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