SL V12. All forlorn

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Just doing our walk around the neighbourhood, and noticed a V12 SL R129 on a driveway of a rather nice house, flat tyre. Hood decidedly green (algae) looking sad and neglected.
K reg - 1993 ish?

It doesn’t look too bad apart from being dirty.

I know it could hide a multitude of gremlins..... but one does wonder o_O
 

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1993....
Top engine harness self dissolves.
Other than that (and coil packs at ££££) not much to worry about...
 

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Would probably be worth a look. Good ones are 10k plus.
 

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1993....
Top engine harness self dissolves.
Other than that (and coil packs at ££££) not much to worry about...

Hope. The numpty at Benz responsible for that bit of dtf has retired.....
 

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Hi,

Just doing our walk around the neighbourhood, and noticed a V12 SL R129 on a driveway of a rather nice house, flat tyre. Hood decidedly green (algae) looking sad and neglected.
K reg - 1993 ish?

It doesn’t look too bad apart from being dirty.

I know it could hide a multitude of gremlins..... but one does wonder o_O
One wonders if the guy at the really expensive house can’t afford to run/repair it , can you :D:D:D ?
 
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I think they be be elderly or become infirm, a walking frame was visible in the window.

As for me - who knows.... facing redundancy at the moment.

12,000 redundancy, the other 32,000 to go onto ‘zero hours’ type contracts.

One wonders why an airline screaming ‘overcapacity’ is currently cash purchasing another airline for €1.1 billion.

.....and all the job cuts are in the UK..... and the vast majority of profit is generated in the UK.

Read the info on the petition.

https://www.change.org/p/boris-john...hare_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial
 

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I..............

One wonders why an airline screaming ‘overcapacity’ is currently cash purchasing another airline for €1.1 billion.

.............

Doesn't it have something to do with slots at various airports? i.e. Airport can only handle x flights /day & if that airline has a bunch of slots at airports that the purchasing airline does not...?
 

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I think they be be elderly or become infirm, a walking frame was visible in the window.

As for me - who knows.... facing redundancy at the moment.

12,000 redundancy, the other 32,000 to go onto ‘zero hours’ type contracts.

One wonders why an airline screaming ‘overcapacity’ is currently cash purchasing another airline for €1.1 billion.

.....and all the job cuts are in the UK..... and the vast majority of profit is generated in the UK.

Read the info on the petition.

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-ba-mass-sackings-of-its-uk-workforce-is-immoral-and-possibly-illegal-it-time-to-act?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_21897935_en-GB:v10&recruiter=37125010&recruited_by_id=46ba4740-2e49-0130-c493-38ac6f16cbb1&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial

Sorry your livelihood is in jeopardy, that's crappy. My father worked for BA for 43 years, a job for life. Sadly, there's no such thing anymore. I've been freelance most of my working life. No job security, no sick pay, etc. I've actually enjoyed my career and been gainfully employed every year but there's no sense of security, ever. I hope things go well for you.
 

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If you don’t ask you will never know.

I used to pass an old E type, sat in garden, looking very neglected. This was in the early eighties. On my next leave I asked about it, got it for peanuts on the proviso that I repaired the fence as this had to come down to get the car out.
Got it on the road after some work, continued to do it up when I had time or money. Stupidly got married and sold it to buy a kitchen a bit later. One of my big regrets.
Go and ask.


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very sad , correct me was ba bought for £1 from the taxpayer ?
 
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No, Caledonian was bought for £1, due to its debts and pension liabilities.


From Wiki.

The flag carrier was privatised and floated on the London Stock Exchange in February 1987 by the Conservativegovernment,[5][60] the initial share offering was nine times oversubscribed.[73]The privatisation of British Airways was regarded as very successful by industry observers, perhaps the most successful of a series of companies divested by the state in this era
 

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ok . so can you advise for my interest what did the uk exchequer net from the privatisation ?
 

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