UMM Alter

Hi guys, could someone give me a rough price as to what i would pay for a
1992 UMM Alter LWB pickup ? lets say solid..but scabby looking, with MOT and
tax, any thoughts ? TIA

"sam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi guys, could someone give me a rough price as to what i would pay for a
> 1992 UMM Alter LWB pickup ? lets say solid..but scabby looking, with MOT
> and
> tax, any thoughts ? TIA
>
>

No more than £250


Huw

I've mentioned in here before that Lyn Softley who runs Surrey Breakdown in
Purley, has an UMM which replaced a Cournil as a small tow-truck. (Background -
Cournil are French, went bust, UMM are Portugese - bought the rights and the
drawings )They are a bit crude, but built like the proverbial out-house, with
2mm thick panels and a very substantial chassis. If you are looking at one with
the nice Peugeot diesel, then it's worth more to you than £250 if you need
something as heavy as an UMM.

Mark

2002 KLR650 C7,
1989 KMX200,
1981 PE175 X, now sold,but without memories
1971 Range Rover ( mostly in bits! )
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"Mark Gardiner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've mentioned in here before that Lyn Softley who runs Surrey Breakdown
> in
> Purley, has an UMM which replaced a Cournil as a small tow-truck.
> (Background -
> Cournil are French, went bust, UMM are Portugese - bought the rights and
> the
> drawings )They are a bit crude, but built like the proverbial out-house,
> with
> 2mm thick panels and a very substantial chassis. If you are looking at one
> with
> the nice Peugeot diesel, then it's worth more to you than £250 if you need
> something as heavy as an UMM.
>


It may well be worth more than £250 to *him* for whatever reason. Fact is,
he will most probably be the only game in town who will even give a penny
for it, so if he is not desperate he can offer what he likes on a 'take it
or leave it' basis. But if he really, really must have it..............

Huw

"sam" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hi guys, could someone give me a rough price as to what i would pay for a
> 1992 UMM Alter LWB pickup ? lets say solid..but scabby looking, with MOT and
> tax, any thoughts ? TIA

A station wagon in quite presentable condition went on ebay for twelve
hundred a year or so ago ISTR . . .

"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Gardiner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I've mentioned in here before that Lyn Softley who runs Surrey Breakdown
>> in
>> Purley, has an UMM which replaced a Cournil as a small tow-truck.
>> (Background -
>> Cournil are French, went bust, UMM are Portugese - bought the rights and
>> the
>> drawings )They are a bit crude, but built like the proverbial out-house,
>> with
>> 2mm thick panels and a very substantial chassis. If you are looking at
>> one with
>> the nice Peugeot diesel, then it's worth more to you than £250 if you
>> need
>> something as heavy as an UMM.
>>
>
>
> It may well be worth more than £250 to *him* for whatever reason. Fact is,
> he will most probably be the only game in town who will even give a penny
> for it, so if he is not desperate he can offer what he likes on a 'take it
> or leave it' basis. But if he really, really must have it..............
>
> Huw
My 'instinct' on this before reading the other 2 posts was "Offer £250 and
don't go over £400" no matter how good it seems. Following up from the
'background', was it known as a 'Transcat' at some time in it's history?
ISTR the Cournil, then a UMM Transcat followed by a UMM Alter. However, my
memory is not what it used to be...
Should make a good tug / barge, though ;-)
The Pug lump might be tempting, but it didn't do much for the Mahindra from
about the same time! Mind you, those SWB Mahindras were just asking for a
Rover V8 transplant...
And some decent brakes... And decent steering... etc, etc, etc ;-)

Simon H

Thanks guys, i get the idea, was looking at one..liked it, but a bit too
agricultural, like diving a tractor, was very rough on body but easily
tidied up, my problem was with mechanics, as it seems to be a parts-bin car
with bits of peugeot/renault/jeep etc so spares availability/cost was a
concern, and at £1000 thought i best check going rate for them, thanks again