France here I come... Leboncoin madness

[Stuart Delahoy]

Well, I will be the guinea pig for anybody who thinks buying a car , unseen, in France is a good idea.
I found a lovely very early 1962/3 basic saloon with the body that has no rear side windows
on the fantastic Leboncoin.
After several emails and photos an offer was made and to my complete surprise accepted.
A deposit was transfered into a complete strangers account and the journey planned, I mean what could go wrong!
So I catch the late night ferry from Newhaven tomorrow, towing a car trailer behind the family Fiat Multipla...leaving the very understanding and supportive wife at home on her own... on Valentines day.
Wish me luck...

 

[Cornish4]

Hi there Stuart, very good luck to you, and well done for bagging such a little beaut. Remember a little risk now and then is good for us, and those experts who know about these things say we should have a little scare every day. Something about it being good for the heart. Any chance of you taking the 3L to Thenay in July? Regards Brian.

 

[Rich]

Wow good luck with the trip, dont forget to take lots of pictures

 

[Lobster]

Good luck. I'm hoping it all goes smoothly as I could end up doing something similar!

 

[Bertl]

Good luck, Stuart!
I took the train to Rouen and drove the newly acquired car back to Germany ... what a great trip! A few weeks of Bavarian air had the '78 GTL rusting badly, and so I was looking for spare parts ...
Don't scare the little Renault with the ugly Multi (we own one too ... I know what I'm talking about ... ;-) but it's OK for towing the trailer.

 

[pepper]

Good luck Stuart, can't wait to see some photographs of the latest acquisition.

 

[Runkersraith]

Me too, Stuart,

sounds like an adventure! Good luck for the trip and we all are keen to see the images

 

[mike4gtl]

bon voyage

 

[Lobster]

Hey whats going on? Are you still there? How did it go?

We need to know how it went (& pictures please!)

 

[pepper]

I agree I hope everything went well! I didn't want to mention the problems Mike had with his sale, let's here sone good news please