Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 After recently being short of work with the run up to Christmas i thought about how i could make myself a few quid.naturally, I wanted to do something car related but wasn't sure if my limited budget could afford something with a reasonable profit in it but i decided to have a look anyway. So armed with the interweb, 100 of out fine British pounds and a vague brief i started my search. Only thing i needed to consider was something that i could either fix without spending any money or something that would generate enough profit to make it worthwhile spending on. Oh and it needed to be close by. i have lots of consumables, a mig welder and plenty of tools so an MOT failure was looking likely. Well actually, i was surprised with how much choice there was.In total 6 cars were available in my budget. 2 were OMGHGF and the other 4 were MOT failures. So what to get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 It could have got you an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Too late now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 It could have got you an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Too late now though oh gawd.. Hard to sell something like that on IOW i would have thought though Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Easy to buy. Easy to repair. The difficulty is the mouthbreathing twats who want the moon on a stick for £250. I_am_Diesel, dugong, strangeangel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Easy to buy. Easy to repair. The difficulty is the mouthbreathing twats who want the moon on a stick for £250.That is one thing i had considered but as i was working to a small budget, i wouldn't really loose anything and could just chalk it up as a failed experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 In the end, i dismissed the OMGHGF cars and went to look at one of the MOT failures. It was an honest car that had recently had a small fortune spent on it. but the owner had moved away leaving it at her dad's place where it just stood and stood. He took it for an MOT to sell it on but decided that it would cost too much to get sorted after it failed so just bunged it up for sale.He is an elderly chap so would have had to pay garage prices so clearly not worth doing. So here it is 1.1 Automatic, pretty tidy apart from being covered in mould and mildew after standing under a tree. New head gasket, New timing belt, recent new front brakes, new battery and it startes on the button and drives very well with no knocks, bangs or rattles. All this for just £80! DVee8, Barry Cade, Rusty_Rocket and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 This was a few weeks ago now so i have been working through the short failure sheet. Worst parts were obvious at a glance The only other fail was handbrake efficiency which should be pretty easy to sort. brickwall and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 The other thing about this car that needed attention was the paintwork. It's very very flat and oxidized and is covered in dirty marks which won't wash off so it will get a full machine polish. all it will cost me is time as i have everything needed. It is still wearing it's original Fiat wheel trims but they are past their best so will be rubbed down and given a fresh coat of silver to brighten them up A couple of shots of the grot and grime this car has to offer Interior is pretty good though And Angel eyes are for winnaz egg, brickwall, phil_lihp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 So wheel trims off and a decent wash and it's looking better A bit of toothbrush action UltraWomble, CGSB, I_am_Diesel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Anyway, fast forward 2 weeks and the weather was just too bad to get the welder out so i came up with a plan and took it into work on the trade plates to do the welding indoors out of the wind and rain. It's the furthest i have driven the car in my ownership (43 mile round trip) and it drove without any issues. The only thing that i didn't like is driving in the pouring rain with the window open ajar as the water just pisses down through the window and straight onto the electric window switches.Poxy nuisance.. So after arriving safely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 lets have a look at these small** holes.... Oh dear... hmmmmmmm... Still, no worries. The inner sill was holey too so that was chopped out And a new piece was let in, cleaned up and zinc primed Then i made up a section of outer sill and welded that in ground back and a skim of filler Stonechipped And satin black to finish By no means perfect but i was short of time and hey, it's an old Punto.. phil_lihp, UltraWomble, mouseflakes and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 I then decided to try out polishing the bonnet to see how it would come up. Half and half comparison Pretty pleased with that for a 2 minute exercise. if the rest comes up as well, it will look pretty smart. Oh and at this point, i have sold the car pending completion of repairs CGSB, Jerzy Woking, phil_lihp and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I hope you stand to make muchos OMGProfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 I hope you stand to make muchos OMGProfit.All i need to spend is £35 for the MOT everything else cost zilch so the car owes me £115 It has been sold for £575 Win! Lacquer Peel, Sloth in a bowl, D Spares & Tyres and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 But before I can pass GO and collect my wedge, I needed to finish the welding So onto the other side Much more solid but still in need of some welding So i cut out the cancer with a die grinder And plate it up. No photo of the finished welding but i remembered to take one after stonechipping And a splash of black to finish Just the handbrake and MOT to go. The wheel trims are rubbed down and awaiting a splash of silver wheel and they can go back on. Oh...and the polishing.... brickwall, CGSB, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Fiats Sake Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Excellent work - I didn't know they fitted the (Bo' Selecta) boxes to the punto, old panda's are very nippy but I suppose this is a bit heavier.If the sale falls through I'd be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 You are Edd China AICMFP. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 You are Edd China AICMFP.I don't know whether to take that as a compliment of an insult Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Excellent work - I didn't know they fitted the (Bo' Selecta) boxes to the punto, old panda's are very nippy but I suppose this is a bit heavier.If the sale falls through I'd be interested.I don't think it will fall through. The chap who is having it is a relative and is very keen and has the money waiting but i will bare it in mind just in case It does go pretty well to my surprise. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 I don't think its even worn it's spare wheel before either The tool kit is all present and correct too Anyway, i will update once the work is completed but in the mean time i have just bought another car for the same budget.... brickwall and binhoker668 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 That's ace and being a small automatic it should do decent coin. Nice work! Ben_O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 You are Edd China AICMFP. Didn't you read? Ben made a profit on it, so he can't be Eddie Honda, chaseracer, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 A little bit of work had produced a nice little car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 This is a thread WIN Great to see some love being poured onto tue unloved. I love how the spare tyre even has 'SPARE TYRE' name embedded into it. Ma's K11 spare wheel had never been used from 1998 until a couple of years ago and again recently but only for a matter of days each time, still looks as new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Cheers fellas. And yes, it will be a lovely little car once done. Everything important has been done in the last 6 months so it should go on for a good while. I'm pretty pleased with it really, Not my cuppa tea but it didn't have to be. Once that paintwork is all shined up it will be a bright little thing. mouseflakes, Cavcraft and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 I love how the spare tyre even has 'SPARE TYRE' name embedded into it. I suppose that's for the people who don't think that a bright red wheel that is half the width of a normal wheel is enough to know that it should only be used in an emergency.. Lord Sterling and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 So i picked up the next addition to the fleet tonight. A 2005 Focus 1.6 Pez in manual flavour WCPGW? The Moog and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 That is how it should be done. Nice welding and polishing. Neat little car and a goodly bit of pocket money out of it. Awaiting the Focus thread with bated breath. Ben_O and binhoker668 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 This is all excellent stuff, enjoy proper shite fixing threads. Have to say your Punto has leas green in it than my Corsa, which is used daily! 😳 Ben_O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Awaiting the Focus thread with bated breath.Ill continue with this thread when it comes to the Focus as it falls under the same title of 'so what can £100 get you' which pleases me no end Its actually a really lovely car in nice condition. Low miles, 10 months MOT and it actually drives like a new car still. Pictures tomorrow as it was dark by the time i collected it this evening Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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