Hi guys,
I haven't really been active here in a while, but with my newest purchase I figured it was about time I started another thread.
With the current COVID situation I've been working from home since late February. Work has also generally slowed a bit, which means I have even more time than usual to look at cars for sale. Occasionally, I even went and looked at the cars in person, instead of just on the internet. But most cars I looked at (all over the place really, Ford Probe, Mercedes 190E, BMW E36, Toyota Corollas and Celicas) were either too bad or we couldn't agree upon a price.
Cue last Saturday. I was hunting through car ads again and stumbled upon this Audi. Advertised as 'straight body, engine runs, but battery does not charge' with some pretty meh pictures. They wanted 600€ for it. I sent them a message and on Sunday, I ended up having a look at the car in person. And what do you know, the body actually is in very good shape. No spots of rust, not even a single dent to be found. The paint needs a major correction, as is to be expected. The rear bumper needs to be replaced as it got melted off when a car behind the Audi caught fire a few years ago.
Interior is pretty good too, with the only major issue being a big paint stain on the rear bench and door panel. But I should be able to clean that up.
The engine runs, but not very well. It needs quite a bit of attention.
Now for some pics and some details:
It's a 1987 Audi 80 1.9E with 135.000kms on the clock. The 1.9 petrol motor was only made until 1988 when it got replaced with the 2.0E. It's apparently not all that common, so I expect there might be some issues with specific parts, but nothing too bothersome, I hope. The car is a pretty early model and very bare specc'd. Basically the only option I've seen so far is the fog lights, apart from that it's pretty bare. It doesn't even have a passenger mirror!
I bought this together with my dad as a nice project for us to fix up, have a bit of fun with it when it's done and then sell it on and use the money to buy the next old car. It'll be a relatively slow fix up, as we won't be working on it at full throttle, just whenever we're in the mood to tinker.
We're picking it up tomorrow and I'll post up some more pics once I've got it sitting in my garage!
I haven't really been active here in a while, but with my newest purchase I figured it was about time I started another thread.
With the current COVID situation I've been working from home since late February. Work has also generally slowed a bit, which means I have even more time than usual to look at cars for sale. Occasionally, I even went and looked at the cars in person, instead of just on the internet. But most cars I looked at (all over the place really, Ford Probe, Mercedes 190E, BMW E36, Toyota Corollas and Celicas) were either too bad or we couldn't agree upon a price.
Cue last Saturday. I was hunting through car ads again and stumbled upon this Audi. Advertised as 'straight body, engine runs, but battery does not charge' with some pretty meh pictures. They wanted 600€ for it. I sent them a message and on Sunday, I ended up having a look at the car in person. And what do you know, the body actually is in very good shape. No spots of rust, not even a single dent to be found. The paint needs a major correction, as is to be expected. The rear bumper needs to be replaced as it got melted off when a car behind the Audi caught fire a few years ago.
Interior is pretty good too, with the only major issue being a big paint stain on the rear bench and door panel. But I should be able to clean that up.
The engine runs, but not very well. It needs quite a bit of attention.
Now for some pics and some details:
It's a 1987 Audi 80 1.9E with 135.000kms on the clock. The 1.9 petrol motor was only made until 1988 when it got replaced with the 2.0E. It's apparently not all that common, so I expect there might be some issues with specific parts, but nothing too bothersome, I hope. The car is a pretty early model and very bare specc'd. Basically the only option I've seen so far is the fog lights, apart from that it's pretty bare. It doesn't even have a passenger mirror!
I bought this together with my dad as a nice project for us to fix up, have a bit of fun with it when it's done and then sell it on and use the money to buy the next old car. It'll be a relatively slow fix up, as we won't be working on it at full throttle, just whenever we're in the mood to tinker.
We're picking it up tomorrow and I'll post up some more pics once I've got it sitting in my garage!
