wilko Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Got a female friend at work who wants a cheap car to run around & wouldn't mind a bit of shite!We are going for a look at an acclaim HLS tonight - owner croaked it 6 months back - car is one owner from new 41,000 miles but MOT has expired - supposed to be in very good condition.Sadly it is a normal metallic red colour, not the shite-tastic metallic green or beige!!!opinions please on a sensible price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 great, great cars, no more than £50 though on principal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Advertised for 300 at the moment, but I intend to drive a hard bargin and pay no more than half that!Pretty cool for a bird to want to buy shite voluntarily I think... I've promised her I'll look after the mechanicals.If it turns out to be a shed I'll probably banger race it when she's finished rather than inflict it on anybody else as they make very good bangers for the 1400cc meetings - if it's clean & proves to be reliable it will probably end up on the bay in the summer when she's saved up for a new car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I'll buy the engine off you if it's ever going spare. I could do with a decent engine for my Mk1 Civic until I get round to building a "hot" one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Eddie - I've got an Acclaim engine and 5 speed box I extracted for the very same purpose - but it's been sat out (under a sheet) for some time now. Carbs, gear linkage, exhaust all the bits really (if I can still find them!). I'll have a peep under the cover - if it's still in good nick and worth the trip to get it you can have it gratis. I kept the cross member too - differs a bit from the Civic one.Wilko - I love Acclaims, very underrated at the time 'cos they were mostly driven by old shrinklies - not good for the image (unless you're into Autoshite ).Rear of the sill and rear arch seems to be where they rot. Around the boot aperture / rear lights and the front valence too? If I recall from when I welded a mates, the rot at the back of the sill gets quite close to a suspension mount?It's all down to how rusty it is I guess - at 41k it should be machanically sound I'd have thought. Your hoped-for top-price of £150 sounds good to me if it needs no welding. Otherwise scrap value only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Ooh! Let me know if it's servicable still and I'll be happy to make the trip to come get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 My user name says it all!Although £100 shite is getting hard to find. I will be lurking with cash when the xmas credit card bills arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Acclaim was purchased - she ended up giving him £200 for it which I thought was a little high, but she "fell in love" with the squashy seats, skinny steering wheel and the barking twin carb honda lump!Both sills were recently repaired with a patch about the size of a couple of fag packets near the rear wheel arch - repair was a good standard and there was no further structural rot.There is a little bubbling on the valance as expected and on the rear arches and a cracked indicator lens, but other than that it is a nice one.Picking up sunday, MOT on monday - I'll post progress and p[ics in due course!Another female member of my team at work has decided she too is a shite fan and now wants my help buying an 80's merc 190e!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 So long as the MoT gets passed with no problem that sounds a decent buy. I have fond memories of ours, used by Mrs SL for some years and took us to France a couple of times.I'm often struck by how the Accord feels like a grown-up Acclaim.Edit: I have a load of spare lights for Acclaim. I'd happily move them on for cost of postage plus a nominal contribution to the shite-fund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Good work Wilko, hope it works out well for her. Fingers crossed for getting a ticket.There's possibly the best 190E I've seen over on retro-rides.com, pricey (I think he wants at least £900) but, in my opinion, worth it. Even has working air con! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Acclaim adverthttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=41cm7Z4pW ... re=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 totally equipped to triumph! pmsl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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