FIXERUPPER of the week/day

SteelyDanJalapeno

CianRyan wrote: »

I was looking at picking up a regular SR16, gearbox etc but if this is around in a month or two... Well, it's worth a look.

VZR N1

Crashed, Almera front end and some dodgy body work but that's a doner and a half!

Such a shame to see that destroyed, so rare :mad:

CianRyan

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Such a shame to see that destroyed, so rare :mad:

It is but the body work is in bits.
The engine and running gear are what make it special really.

Toyotafanboi

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-mx-5-1-6-convertible/5147280

have a real fancying for the earlier ones of these!

edit :

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/cheap-deisel/5177042

cheap tidy looking diesel. questionable mileage and t.belt change.

Ded_Zebra

Looks rough, proboaly has massive milage and could well be beyond enconomic repair but for €380 it could be alright
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/for-sale-97bmw-525d-tax-3month/4836901

Ded_Zebra

Just discovered that there is fantastic Volvo s80 fixeruppers to be had

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s80-diesel-new-pics/5219724



http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s80-2000/5096010



http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s80-2-4t-2000/4885472

Toyotafanboi

cian ryan i found you a fixer upper!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-300zx/5233861

needs a bit spent on it, but thats a good price tag imo.

ba_barabus

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

cian ryan i found you a fixer upper!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-300zx/5233861

needs a bit spent on it, but thats a good price tag imo.

Going by the green tyres I suspect that's been parked a lot longer than one year.

CianRyan

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

cian ryan i found you a fixer upper!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-300zx/5233861

needs a bit spent on it, but thats a good price tag imo.

Jesus, being an old Nissan that should sit around for a while. Realisticly I could offer him €750 in 6 weeks...
I'M SO TEMPTED!

Just work on it for a year until it's reasonable to insure. Hmm...

Toyotafanboi

its advertised poorly so i doubt it will sell too fast. its in my local town (i seen it passing on a flatbed into a housing estate before i even seen this add) so if **** gets real pm me and i'l gladly help out, take a look at it or whatever.

CianRyan

Cheers, man.
I'm 100% serious now, just saving up.

It'll be nice to have someone more versed in mechanics than I am to looks at it with me, and with a level head.

keithsfleet

Purchased this CLK200 today.
Overheating when moving slowly/sitting in traffic.
ASR/BAS light on permanently.
Needs 4 tires.
Needs driver wing mirror, mirror.
Needs boot liner board and carpet.
Got it fairly cheeeeeeeap all the same.

Toyotafanboi

nice! was only talking to one of the lads in work today with a 01 c200 (maunal) he said he struggled with the BAS light on the dashboard for a while and it turned out to be a faulty brake pedal stop light switch. the internals had broken down/ corroded. he swapped it for one from a scrapped e class of the same vintage and it worked.

might help you out!

georgefalls

keithsfleet wrote: »

Purchased this CLK200 today.
Overheating when moving slowly/sitting in traffic.
ASR/BAS light on permanently.
Needs 4 tires.
Needs driver wing mirror, mirror.
Needs boot liner board and carpet.
Got it fairly cheeeeeeeap all the same.

Who's is the red FTO..?

keithsfleet

georgefalls wrote: »

Who's is the red FTO..?

That'd be mine aswell. My insurance is up for renewal and I can't justify the money I'm being charged so I'm giving it to the OH till I can sort out somewhere to put it.

ToxicPaddy

keithsfleet wrote: »

Purchased this CLK200 today.
Overheating when moving slowly/sitting in traffic.
ASR/BAS light on permanently.
Needs 4 tires.
Needs driver wing mirror, mirror.
Needs boot liner board and carpet.
Got it fairly cheeeeeeeap all the same.

I have to say, I love that shape of CLK.. Was seriously tempted to buy one before I got the A6. Are there any major and expensive issues with them that have appeared or are thet just ones that need continuous maintenance??

keithsfleet

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I have to say, I love that shape of CLK.. Was seriously tempted to buy one before I got the A6. Are there any major and expensive issues with them that have appeared or are thet just ones that need continuous maintenance??

It was a kind of an impulse buy but I did do a little research before hand.
Rust is an issue with bodypanels and underbody.
Automatic transmission is prone to seals failing and leaking fluid onto the flywheel (won't be a problem for me as mine is a manual)
And the ASR light is a very common fault but very cheap quick fix.
I actually played up the ASR light stuck on as a knackered diff sensor and played up a whole lot of work involved in correcting it.
The seller had only purchased this car on the 10 of June this year so I imagine he bought it and suddenly realised he needed it off his hands asap.

Doesn't scare me, no harm in a bit of work.

colm_mcm

keithsfleet wrote: »

Purchased this CLK200 today.
Overheating when moving slowly/sitting in traffic.
ASR/BAS light on permanently.
Needs 4 tires.
Needs driver wing mirror, mirror.
Needs boot liner board and carpet.
Got it fairly cheeeeeeeap all the same.

Do you own the red fto as well?

keithsfleet

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do you own the red fto as well?

Yup the OH is getting it. Selling her puma to cover the cost of getting the fto back to original condition, her idea.

colm_mcm

You're not the same Keith that I bought a red fto off about 5 years ago?

keithsfleet

colm_mcm wrote: »

You're not the same Keith that I bought a red fto off about 5 years ago?

No not me I'm afraid, this was my first fto which I bought from an Opel dealership in Louth.

georgefalls

keithsfleet wrote: »

That'd be mine aswell. My insurance is up for renewal and I can't justify the money I'm being charged so I'm giving it to the OH till I can sort out somewhere to put it.

Oh, I've loads of space here.... Bring it up, I'll look after it for ya....Promise

dgt

Remember this 2.1? (I can't be arsed trying to find the old ad that I posted!) It's for sale again. Driven till the NCT and tax ran out. And who's big fat arse bent the bonnet

Ded_Zebra

Looks like a nice one at that price. Is that cream leather I spy?

dgt

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Looks like a nice one at that price. Is that cream leather I spy?

It's an exec, memory leather indeed

But at 2088cc with a piss poor 12v head, 110bhp, non intercooled and a crappy EPIC pump it's easy to see why they were never popular with that engine. I'd be binning it for a 1.9 or fitting a bosch pump

166man

dgt wrote: »

Remember this 2.1? (I can't be arsed trying to find the old ad that I posted!) It's for sale again. Driven till the NCT and tax ran out. And who's big fat arse bent the bonnet

Would you buy it?

dgt

166man wrote: »

Would you buy it?

For the leather and rear discs yes..... Engine would be shoved into the 106! :cool:

head the ball!

166man wrote: »

Would you buy it?

stevie wonder or ray charles wouldn buy that thing

dgt

head the ball! wrote: »

stevie wonder or ray charles wouldn buy that thing

Did you ask them?

Ded_Zebra

head the ball! wrote: »

stevie wonder or ray charles wouldn buy that thing

A car is of little use to those who can't see.

166man

head the ball! wrote: »

stevie wonder or ray charles wouldn buy that thing

Why not?