Letters to the Editor

Monaco or Bust: A Road Trip to the Monaco Historic Grand Prix Raising funds for Breast Cancer Care and Prostate Cancer Charities


Dear All,

On the 6^th May, my friend Liz and I are going to be driving her husband David’s race prepared C type Jaguar, from the Royal Automobile Club to the Historic Grand Prix in Monaco, where it is entered to race over the weekend.

4 days later when we arrive on the 10^th May we are meeting the Chairman of the Historic Grand Prix in front of the Automobile Club de Monaco, where there will be a photo call and interview.

This trip is to raise charitable funds for Breast Cancer Care and the Prostate cancer charities, as very sadly we have many friends, of all ages that are currently suffering with these dreadful diseases. I am sure that you will all know of somebody who has been touched by the same.

Our 4 day trip is an awareness campaign to highlight the importance of getting checked.

Breast cancer is non gender bias. Yes guys, you can get it too!

Prostate & breast cancer are often curable if caught early enough.

So our strap line is:

“GET YOURSELF AN M.J.T!”

For those of you who know me, the actual driving isn’t the task, the weather on the other hand, in an open top, with 1,000 miles of tarmac ahead of us is!

So think of Liz and I, and please, donate generously.

These donations could make all the difference.

Just one click to:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/MOT

With enormous thanks in advance for all your support.

 

Kindest regards,

Sarah

Sarah Adams-Diffey (Mrs)

Classic and Sport Car is reading PreWarCar

As a result of your advertisement (1950 Bentley Sedan), I received an offer from Classic and Sports Car to include the story of the car in their Lost and Found column. Of course, I agreed, and it will be featured in an upcoming issue. By the way, Classic and Sports Car is my favorite magazine. Thanks again,

Allyn Griffith

Why is there no price of vehicles in advertisements?

Why do people not put the price they want for their vehicles on the ads? Are they too ashamed of their vehicles to quote the price and do others, like me, just ignore those ads and only consider contacting those who are prepared to be upfront about pricing? I want proof that they don't quote prices when contacted depending on the country you come from and not on the value of the vehicle.
Peter Flanagan

editor: the subject you come up with is as old as car advertising and probably also existed before that time with horse selling ads. There are various reasons why people sometimes do not show a price. Some people want to keep the freedom to adapt the price to their feeling about the marketsituation, without showing that to you. Sometimes they just like to know what the interest is that a car attracts independent of the price. Sometimes they try to sell the car of their neighbour and don't want to their neighbour to know how much they add to the price. Sometimes they have no idea what to ask for their car and want you to come up with a price suggestion. The next motivation not to show a price, is that a seller is not yet sure if he wants to sell privately or through an auction house. When he is showing his car at a certain price level he may be afraid that at auction this price has become an impossibility. 

We are sure there are many more reasons why some people don't want to show a price in the advert. And you should not care about that. If you don't like it, just ignore the advert. You can demand all kind of things like you do in your last lines, but in the end the seller/owner is in charge - is the boss-  untill the time that you or anybody else is taking over the wheel....

Futurliner #8 being restored in Sweden.

Dear editor,
Obviously futurliner #8 is in Sweden where it is being restored.
This picture I found in last years swedish Classic Motor magazine #10 where its owner is raising funds for its restoration at Barkarby swap meet.
Classic Motor regularly reports on this project.
Kind regards,
John Elema