wasnt far offpacerpete wrote: On a positive note, when crossing the bridge, an auto box weighs more than a manual !
i walked away, it looked well worth a look from the pics...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... TQ:GB:1123
but it was a turd, a couple of big deep scratches down the drivers side on top of door and quarter that are not shown in the pics,, sunroof panel a bit crap around the edges/seal but all inside was ok and the roof looked solid no scabs or rust,genral paint condition a bit flat but not too bad needed new roundels etc they were fooked,no nice morsels on the car at all, cracks in dash and broken sunroof winder and cracked under dash panel and some sort of broken off bracker/holder by the nearest radio side clip had been screwed in dash , door cards were ok seats wernt too bad ripped drivers base etc, needs a good clean inside, lots of the green mould around the rubber seals around the glass etc, looked like it had been sat a couple of years somewhere, not too bad as i spose as to be expected for a cheap 2 door car
now the rust fest-
some rear panel rust in the top corners at the tom jones points where the boot drainage runs meet a poke it may have gone through but seen worse, little bit around the plate lights,and the bottom where rear panel meets the boot floor was all solid, lots of condenstion/wet in the boot area- the boot well, the big round bung was fooked and a rusted, a 50p size rust hole to the side of that, and the nearest the rear bench half of the well was very flimsey you could probably stamp through it, but a nice half circle metal plate would weld in ok and not too bad to do, rear half was ok, inners and all behind the side carpets were good, the rear arches- they were good, the usual little bit of warping along the lips, but no rust or bubbling on outside, inside the rear cards the housings were all solid , didnt take the cards right out, but rear arches were generaly a solid area, a couple of spare light bulb holders in the boot you could see theyve put new ones in/had a mess about to get rear loights working for the mot
the sills were nice, it had mud flaps lifted them out a little peeked in it looked ok under them but could not see the lip edge, flaps made the jacking pads hard to have a look at the front corners but the pads looked ok from under, and original and not all fooked, little poke around they felt ok around there, but flaps would have to come off to really inspect, front wings not too bad and nice bottoms, some rust on front inners up in the corners a hole or 2 and a poke would of gone through, and some rust up to the right of battery tray, didnt take battery out but the tray looked a bit crusty and some rust there, turrets and bay looked ok really, a bit of rust on the top of the lights where bonnet stop bits are
now the pete fest
the carpets were damp, foam heavy with water, rear bungs had been done in the past and re sealed etc
the bulkhead deadening had been pulled away by the elephant trunk, no trunk there, but lots of rust
!! a big hole there, worst ive seen, a classic case of a blocked trunk and water had rotted through the bottom of the trunk round hole putting a finger in and feeling down..and rotted the area right out , and a nice hole in the pass side scuttle corner at the topdidnt drive the car it was blocked in by others, but started on the button and sounded ok , didnt check the oil etc
a shame about the bulkhead and boot really, if they were solid and carpets nice and dry it would of been an ok cheap motor with some new interior bits and external trim and a little bit of paint and polishing up graft, they mentioned drifting etc, theyd probably bought it to drift and muller but thought not, i said tbh its not worth near the 650 you mention in the ad "thats cheap" he said ,i said mate its a dog look at it with some cancerous brown stuff, worth a couple of hundred due to the year mot, he looked at me like i was crazy
