Piston

I think i got the wrong end of the stick, I thought it was shown because it was claiming to be a Merlin and wasnt. It looked like the real thing to me and I wanted to know what was wrong with it.
Can you explain why Meteor pistons are much deeper than the Merlin? also why they have a different ring arrangement.:confused:

IR ebay and tax

Selling on ebay is the same as any other business you pay tax on the profit you make regardless of turnover although if you go over 50Kish per anum you are liable to charge and pay VAT. To make money on ebay is hard work, its very competetive and prices on most things are well below retail. If you are a trader, you may need premises, staff, you pay business rates, ebay fees, paypal fees etc etc and if you make any profit you pay tax. If you run ebay as part of another business any profit made can be set off against losses made by the business as a whole.
The great thing about ebay is that it gives everyone access to a global market, buyers and sellers, anyone can have ago, some do it for fun, some people make a living and some people make allot of money, but you can be sure of one thing, if they are successful they work hard for it. Perhaps i went to the wrong school, but in my experiance there is no such thing as easy money and eBay is no exception to that.
The simple way to buy safely check the feedback. Its easy to spot scammers, some are clever and build up a bit of feedback but you can spot this by clicking on the people leaving feedback, they generally have 0 or very low feedback themselves. Scammers hardly ever build up genuine feedback so its easy to spot. Also never believe a description unless you know its right, even honest traders make mistakes although the good ones offer full refunds if your not happy . I never bid on anything unless i know what I am buying, if you are not 100% sure don’t bid. I wish i had a £1 for everything that is being sold on eBay right now as Spitfire but of coarse isnt. I have bought a few things that werent right but i put it down to experiance, I have also got some great bargains.

Mosquito

There was an amazing story in the Western Dailly press a whileback about a chap building a static mossie, the whole fusilarg was complete and fitted out, it looked superb , did anyone see it? I have a set of engine bearers for a mossie I am looking to swap for a hurricane engine bearer if anyone out there has one???:confused:

I agree

Quite so, Tony! If you reckon the that the round gun button is not so rare as this type, Graham, (with the red alloy safe/fire ring) I’d glady do a swap for one. In fact….I might even give you more than one for a genuine round button Spitfire grip old chap!!!! Andy Saunders

I agree my valuation was based on the grip alone, I didnt know the mount was with it and that adds a bit, not to mention provenace I would say Mark V’s valuation is spot on. I havent seen any rocker button grips complete for sale for 5 years, just my own experiance i wouldnt argue that the single round are even harder to find. Maybe im not looking hard enough!!:confused:

ouch

Here is a picture of it. I have better pictures. Brake lever says J.D & S.B DP224
Whats the value as I have been asked to sell it for another person.:D

ouch thats very nice, 🙂

Its about 12 inches long. It has a rocker button. Its not a relic. It has a brake lever (?) and what appears to be two pipes/ cables running down from the top inside an alloy casting that flares out toward the bottom.

There is a brass bracket with a finger sized hole in it clamped to the lower part of the blade. The anti slip covering is all intact. It has some provenance.

Can you give me a ball park guide?

🙂

In my experiance this grip with the rocker twin firing button is the rarest Spit grip to obtain at present, strange considering most spits were fitted with them. If its got provenance its a big bonus. If its in good condition with original covering,(make sure its the original covering, a sort of skrink wrap plastic) always double check the brake lever you can usually tell if its it the same age as the grip, quite often i have seen original grip with repro brake levers. Realistically you could expect to pay anything from £800 to £1500. Some may disagree with this but I would happily pay £1000 for a grip like this. Oh yes and check the dunlop number. If you get it for less its a real bargain.