WTF? Really? Custom W Mk3 at auction.

[Hsing-ee]

https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.co...166968&image=8

What the heck is this thing? Any ideas on provenance? And does anyone think it’s worth £500 + fees?

Cylinder has a lovely 1" gouge in it and the wonky silver-soldered scope mounts remind me of a Yamaha FS1E I bought once for £25 that was held together with chickenshit weld & was completely out of true in six directions.

I think it's a monument to the aspirational Thatcher years, when you could buy an ex-local authority house directly from the local authority and then slap some really nice faux timber on it to give it that mock-Tudor Tyrolean look.

The neighbours would be so jealous they'd probably slit the rag roof of your second-hand Ford Escort XR3i Convertible.

In summary; recycle the metal as Chinese e-scooters, the wood as Belgian MDF. It's an abomination.

[Geezer]

Cylinder has a lovely 1" gouge in it and the wonky silver-soldered scope mounts remind me of a Yamaha FS1E I bought once for £25 that was held together with chickenshit weld & was completely out of true in six directions.

I think it's a monument to the aspirational Thatcher years, when you could buy an ex-local authority house directly from the local authority and then slap some really nice faux timber on it to give it that mock-Tudor Tyrolean look.

The neighbours would be so jealous they'd probably slit the rag roof of your second-hand Ford Escort XR3i Convertible.

In summary; recycle the metal as Chinese e-scooters, the wood as Belgian MDF. It's an abomination.

Welcome back - long time no see.