Guest diesel_jim Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 How would we all like to have HIS garage..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Cool, and a clever chap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickm Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 £450 for a t box no wonder he has so many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgnas Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 £450 for a t box no wonder he has so many Remember, he's selling most of this stuff back to Government organisations (ours and others) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 "And here, I have 1,100 transfer boxes at £450 each, and these gearboxes - I've got 800 of them - are £2,000 each." Mr Hobson reckons the bits in his barn are worth at least £25m ($50m) - and conceivably more than twice that, depending on how much his customers are willing to pay for them. Now you know where your tax money is going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Pete Hobson used to break all of the Camels in the early days. Anyone else got a copy of the Land Rover Directory he published in the late eighties?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Now you know where your tax money is going... I'll be that's a damn sight less than they spend with Land Rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeppimp Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I'll be that's a damn sight less than they spend with Land Rover. reckon so: Hobson Industries sells the reconditioned parts at half the official Land Rover list-price, regardless of costs, and the components come with a two-year warranty, compared with a one-year warranty on new parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 There was an article in one of the mags recently about his remanufactured Mod vehicles... can't remember which one though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 My first thought was that if he cleaned and resold items from broken motors and rebuilds engines from parts that are worn from running in different engines then they ain't gonna last very long! However he offers a 2 year warranty (mind you I bet that just covers a replacement part in the same condition). Doubt he would deal with the likes of us just governments? Either way fiar play to him, I am not sure if L-R see him as a pain or someone who keeps L-R sales going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siearl Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Thats one or two spares me thinks might be worth finding out if he sells to the general public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Anyone else got a copy of the Land Rover Directory he published in the late eighties?? Yep somewhere on a shelf..it was only done one year IIRC , good idea at the time. All power to him , very green to rework rather than crush 'em and make new from new materials ..of course it should have been Steveb Industries really cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blippie Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 As it happens, Hobson's toolbox is bulging Some details not required... Cheers Blippie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightpot Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Some interesting comments aout this on the EMLRA forum. particularly around how a retired Major sets up a parts business and then gets a major MOD contract ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Some interesting comments aout this on the EMLRA forum. particularly around how a retired Major sets up a parts business and then gets a major MOD contract ... Thats business...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Thats business...... i call it the old boy network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I call it a man on the inside who sees the MOD being ripped off and he see's an opening to pad his retirement fund while saving the tax payer cash It's all business though and depends on your view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early90 Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Doubt he would deal with the likes of us just governments? He is selling on ebay, user name Hobson-bros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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