Good to hear that there wasn't a difference in colour after the film was removed. Red can fade a bit, and some plastic films have UV inhibitors that will block the damaging UVrays to a degree.
The previous owner obviously took great care of it, and likely had it in a case most of the time.
You were in the right place at the right time for the Hamer!!
Definitely lucky!!
Reminds of a local auction I went to about 4 years ago where I picked up a small box of tools for $10.00. There was a box of walkie talkie parts that hadn't sold previously, so the auctioneer decided to tack it onto my lot for free. At first I didn't want it, but what the hell. I had absolutely no use for those things, so I thought I'd make $ 20 on ebay with them.
The damned things ended up selling for $ 1400.00!!!!!
So I think I know how you felt at the moment when you thought you were going to s#!t yourself! Me and my wife were just staring at the computer screen in disbelief.
That's my lucky story. I think it'd be hard to top yours though. You should post pictures of it and let others drool too!!!
The previous owner obviously took great care of it, and likely had it in a case most of the time.
You were in the right place at the right time for the Hamer!!
Definitely lucky!!
Reminds of a local auction I went to about 4 years ago where I picked up a small box of tools for $10.00. There was a box of walkie talkie parts that hadn't sold previously, so the auctioneer decided to tack it onto my lot for free. At first I didn't want it, but what the hell. I had absolutely no use for those things, so I thought I'd make $ 20 on ebay with them.
The damned things ended up selling for $ 1400.00!!!!!
So I think I know how you felt at the moment when you thought you were going to s#!t yourself! Me and my wife were just staring at the computer screen in disbelief.
That's my lucky story. I think it'd be hard to top yours though. You should post pictures of it and let others drool too!!!
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