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I feel pretty good about this acquisition. It has been the first great deal I have found and been able to buyitnow in a quite a while on ebay. For the last year or more I have watched several very hard to find Jensen pieces with buyitnow and every time I was too late to the table. The good news is that the Jensen pieces are all in the hands of friends. 

This time I actually got there first!
It is a Graham Ind. TVR1A reversing marine twin and a PM Research Oscillating V-Twin.
Along with paperwork and instrux for the TVR1A and an air regulator with 3 pressure gauges and some loose fittings.
All for the princely sum of $150 plus postage.

They arrived very quickly and very well packed.

Gil


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Both functionally excellent, perhaps even exceptional, engines you have scored there Gil ... and SCORE is the operative term, especially considering all the nice extras!

I believe the police are going to be very interested in this deal, so you may be hearing from your local larceny investigators most any time now.

What a great STEAL!!!  ;c)
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Thanks, Daniel. I did feel a bit like I had just gotten away with the contents of the cookie jar!

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Great score Gil!
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Great score Gil, I think I even scrolled past this in my ebay searching, thinking I really don’t need another engine, but I didn’t know there were two and extras!  :D

Surprised the seller listed them so low when they had a price sheet...
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Mega Deal Gil.

Congratulations.

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Bonjour gil,
I have them too, good deal ! My concern ? they are 8 cm3 and need a lot of steam to operate !


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Thanks, Jim, Nick, Raphael, and Charlie!

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Very nice e Gil , now that you have them , how do they run ?
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Hi Bruce, I haven't had a chance to run them yet.