Ebay Classifieds

[outatym2001]

I will bet only one percent of you have heard of Ebay Classifieds. “Ebay classifieds? What’s that?” You say.
Every time I mention Ebay Classifieds people are like, “Really? I’ve never heard of it.”
Ebay Classifieds is a free marketplace to post up to eight pictures and a text description for free. It works similarly like Craigslist. When you enter Ebay Classifieds it asks for your Zip Code so it can show you categories for your area.
Go to http://www.ebay.com and on the left side click on Classifieds.

Take this ad for example. It shows the underside of a 1985 Esprit. The mild steel zinc coated back bone frame is like the DeLorean with the upper and lower links and the Trailing Arm at the rear. The front is similar too with the Lower Control Arm (Lower Link) and upper A-Arm (Wishbone). On both cars the ends of the Anti-Roll Bar is attached to the LCA. Yes, I know not everything is exactly the same but you get the idea. The DeLorean was engineered by Lotus to be like the Esprit.
http://seattle.ebayclassifieds.com/c...i/?ad=12950404

[dmcjohn]

Interesting pic of the front suspension from that ad:

1985 lotus esprit front suspension.jpg

Looks like an identical setup to DMC in terms of the lower arm, the anti-roll bar, and the method of attaching the anti-roll bar directly to the lower arm (i.e. not using a drop link).

But then the interesting bit, looks like a solid link has been added between the lower arm and the frame extension to triangulate it, effectively turning it into a lower wishbone.

With the way the anti-roll bar is attached, it would seem that this extra lower link would put a lot of stress on the anti-roll bar mounting points, as it would not allow any movement as the wheel travels up and down - which is why Ed Uding allowed for some flex in his lower control arm supports upgrade.

Does anyone know if this is a common mod to a Lotus Esprit?

Thanks,
John

[sean]

I will bet only one percent of you have heard of Ebay Classifieds. “Ebay classifieds? What’s that?” You say.

News to me! Of course Im not very ebay savvy anyhow.

[Dangermouse]

So what's ebay's angle on this? It would appear that it would do them out of the main ebay auction fees?

[outatym2001]

Just a little friendly reminder of Ebay Classifieds.
When you want to look for something across the entire U.S. in the Miles pull down menu choose All US.
I found three Lotus Esprits for sale and five DeLoreans.
Ugh. I just realized two of the DeLoreans for sale are the same one and posted by the same person who doesn’t know how to spell. And they probably don’t realize you are allowed up to eight pictures per ad and over a hundred words to describe your item although I don’t how many words is the max.

[stevedmc]

So what's ebay's angle on this? It would appear that it would do them out of the main ebay auction fees?

I think I read somewhere that eBay is the current owner of Craigslist. Im sure they have some sort of evil plan in the works.

Remember when everyone was amazed how Google was able to run their business for years without displaying any advertisements?