Iceman
21-11-2006, 10:13 PM
I was talk'n to my father in-law on the weekend, he told me this story about a guy he knows from WA.
This guy and his misses were do'n the rounds of the garage sales one weekend, at one the places they called in to the bloke noticed an old basket case Harley sitting in the back of the shed. He asked the owner if it was for sale, to which he was told, 'I hadn't planned on selling it, but you can have it for $1000'. The owner explained that it was missing afew bits, but gave him a business card of a place in Sydney where he could get the parts.
After a couple of months the bike was slowly getting put back together, this bloke thought, 'I'll give this mob in Syndey a ring to chase up the missing parts'. They asked him for the frame numbers so they could correctly identify the model. Once he quoted the number he was asked if he was sure if that was in fact the correct number. It was. They immedaitly offered him $20,000 and said they'd fly over and pick it up.
Here's where it gets interesting.
He said no.
Knowing something was up, he rang H.D. in the states. They asked the frame number. Just like before he was asked if he was sure about this. He was then asked to remove the seat from the bike and check if there was anything written under it. Sure enough there was. It said, 'ELVIS 1'. Before the end of the week, reps from H.D. flew over and picked up the bike after paying this bloke $2,000,000. Yes, that's right, a $1000 shitter turned out to be Elvis's first harley.
Being a good honest bloke, after receiving his two million dollars, he returned to the site of the original garage sale and gave the guy he bought it off two hundred and fifty grand.
This guy and his misses were do'n the rounds of the garage sales one weekend, at one the places they called in to the bloke noticed an old basket case Harley sitting in the back of the shed. He asked the owner if it was for sale, to which he was told, 'I hadn't planned on selling it, but you can have it for $1000'. The owner explained that it was missing afew bits, but gave him a business card of a place in Sydney where he could get the parts.
After a couple of months the bike was slowly getting put back together, this bloke thought, 'I'll give this mob in Syndey a ring to chase up the missing parts'. They asked him for the frame numbers so they could correctly identify the model. Once he quoted the number he was asked if he was sure if that was in fact the correct number. It was. They immedaitly offered him $20,000 and said they'd fly over and pick it up.
Here's where it gets interesting.
He said no.
Knowing something was up, he rang H.D. in the states. They asked the frame number. Just like before he was asked if he was sure about this. He was then asked to remove the seat from the bike and check if there was anything written under it. Sure enough there was. It said, 'ELVIS 1'. Before the end of the week, reps from H.D. flew over and picked up the bike after paying this bloke $2,000,000. Yes, that's right, a $1000 shitter turned out to be Elvis's first harley.
Being a good honest bloke, after receiving his two million dollars, he returned to the site of the original garage sale and gave the guy he bought it off two hundred and fifty grand.