Steve T Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 As Davejb is so keen to see some of my 'YOU JAMMY GIT' purchases over the years, here is a selection.....(all from carboot sales...) Ridiculously expensive these two were. £5 for the pair. I was robbed..... When I picked this up, the booter shouted, 'No idea what that is mate!'. £1.50 later, he didn't need to know as it was now legally mine (I have since removed the daft cone off the end and restored it ) £7 I paid for these. Shockingly expensive. This one was even worse at £2. 50p each these were, but I knocked him down to a fiver for the lot.... I seem to recall this was around £2...... And I paid £3 for this pile of paper..... This small selection cost me £20 from a second hand book shop run by a guy out of his living room.... All this cost me was the postage to get it to me. Found by a guy magnet fishing in his local canal. He didn't want it........... Same with this. Found by a guy who knew I collected WW2 stuff. It was holding up a home made skate-boarders ramp in a local park, so he removed it and replaced it with bricks. All it cost me was the postage. Merlin exhaust manifold from a Mosquito NF1. Petrol can WD stamped and dated. 50p from the carboot.......stripped, repaired, repainted And the moral of the story? Get to the carboot EARLY and look under the tables! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrie Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) Nice pics @Steve T, and some great bargains....:) I've had some great deals from the boot sales I frequent...too many to list actually...got pics of most of the items, but dont want to brag..... My Bro in Nottingham ( not far from W.Bridgeford BTW LOL ) got me some great stuff at the weekend... Cost was only a few quid too... I got a 25lber 1938 dated shell casing a couple of weeks ago for £3.60...cos that was all the dross I had in my pocket...and one weekend, knocked a WW1 german helmet back for £50, a few mins later I realised my mistake, and went to get it, of course...it was gone...:) Two weeks ago, I bought a retired army majors WW2 Greatcoat for £2....my mates is going back this Sunday, ( I'm meant to be meeting the seller, but cant make it... to buy the rest of his stuff for whatever he wants for it....:) Edited June 14, 2016 by Norrie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Bil4338 Posted June 14, 2016 Major General Share Posted June 14, 2016 My recent pickups, not very cheap, but not expensive either.quite satisfied! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Hi @Steve T, You have definitely been very lucky, especially with the handbooks, as some of them are worth more than what you paid for the whole lot D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Indeed they are @DAK D. In fact, when I first got them and posted them on the 'other' forum (that shall not be named), one of the guys went mad because he had just forked out £70 for the Lewis 303 booklet on it's own!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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