Not the most awe inspiring motor on here, but i fancied one a few years back as a runabout, and this came up local to me for the princely sum of £150 with some front end damage and a knackered clutch.
Went to view the car and it was immediately obvious it needed two wings, a headlight and indicator, and the problem with the clutch was that the young owner had fitted a new clutch cable and not adjusted it. The clutch biting point was on the floor and had even been noted on the last test, so it had been this way since last June. Mad how nobody thought of just tightening the adjuster on the end.
It had a blow on a (new) exhaust join and was full of crappy dents and rust spots. Paint was shocking and the interior was totally wet and minging, and covered up with shagpile seat covers. I removed all the seats and their covers, stripped them down one by one and put them through the washer. The wet interior was down to the sunroof drains being blocked, easily sorted.
I fitted two wings, headlight, two indicators and refitted, fillered and repainted the front lower valance. I gave it a mop and some G3, and last night fitted some 60mm drop springs and some bilstein shocks, and it is as below now.
Cost wise its been pennies, just some graft. Ive given it a service, the intention would be to put some E30 BBSs or some larger steels on it and sort the audio out.
From then on i guess id like to fit colour coded handles and see if i can get some 16v bumpers in the right colour.
Went to view the car and it was immediately obvious it needed two wings, a headlight and indicator, and the problem with the clutch was that the young owner had fitted a new clutch cable and not adjusted it. The clutch biting point was on the floor and had even been noted on the last test, so it had been this way since last June. Mad how nobody thought of just tightening the adjuster on the end.
It had a blow on a (new) exhaust join and was full of crappy dents and rust spots. Paint was shocking and the interior was totally wet and minging, and covered up with shagpile seat covers. I removed all the seats and their covers, stripped them down one by one and put them through the washer. The wet interior was down to the sunroof drains being blocked, easily sorted.
I fitted two wings, headlight, two indicators and refitted, fillered and repainted the front lower valance. I gave it a mop and some G3, and last night fitted some 60mm drop springs and some bilstein shocks, and it is as below now.
Cost wise its been pennies, just some graft. Ive given it a service, the intention would be to put some E30 BBSs or some larger steels on it and sort the audio out.
From then on i guess id like to fit colour coded handles and see if i can get some 16v bumpers in the right colour.
