VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 is it worth bothering with or walk away awaiting better pictures/specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 think it would look better with wheels...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 probably €100 worth of metal in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Are these not still GR8 4 X-PORT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 does have wheels lol... these pics are a little bit better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Looks like its been sat a long time in that field, so would likely be hiding some horrors. Take it anyway, you can always weigh it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 2.5 petrol straight six, has been laid up for the last 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 a bit of t cut will sort that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 No, leave it. For the simple reason that fields in France are supposed to have cars dumped in forgotten corners. Thats just how it is. And its probably utterly rotten and fit only for weighing in and I think it'd be a shame to do that when it looks good sat where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 If you have the means and room for it then get it!.If worse comes to the worse you could strip it and sell the parts on ebay for a quick buck.Lovely cars though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 i'm waiting for some interior/engine/Boot shots of the car, if it turns out to be ok, i'd keep it original, or if its a lemon call the mercedes breakers down the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 rock up with a battery, some WD-40 and a foot pump and drive it away! If the fuel tank has not dissolved that is (it will have) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 rock up with a battery, some WD-40 and a foot pump and drive it away! If the fuel tank has not dissolved that is (it will have)Take a lemonade bottle & some old piping as well. gravity-fed fuel supply FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Move to the bottom of the hill from the farmhouse FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 yeah someone else said its a rare one so if nothing else should make some for the parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Don't think 250's are that rare - maybe they are in France where the engine capacity based purchase tax probably meant anything larger than a 200 was ridiculously expensive compared to a specced up DS. Have it if you want, but bear in mind there may be no floor left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 yeah thats what i'm worried about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 If it's managed to sink into the grass, I think the floor is long gone! I think it looks better just sitting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 going to see it next week,its been there 5 years so may just be grass build up around the vehicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Sadly these had a tendancy to rot, without being sat in a field. I doubt it will be worth restoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I would guess its dissolving from the bottom up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 dont judge a bush by its cover..it still might be worth it..i love em...especially 200Ds..i travelled all over Sthrn Spain in them..my mate and I side slammed a kerb at 80Kph just outside Granada at night..he was pissed....burst 2 tyres..bent the axle..rooted 3/4 qtrs of the suspension... 50000pesetas later and a weeks work..back on the road.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 No, leave it. For the simple reason that fields in France are supposed to have cars dumped in forgotten corners. Thats just how it is. And its probably utterly rotten and fit only for weighing in and I think it'd be a shame to do that when it looks good sat where it is.Absolutely. By removing it, you are depriving some bored nippers of a fantasy land. As a kid on holidays in France during the seventies it was always a sly wander around to see what scrap was dotted about. Normally a Renault 4/8/10, early chevron grille 2CV.Around 1975 we pulled into a service station on the Autoroute near Lyon and there was a dumped Hillman Imp, RHD but with Brit plates removed. I stole the 'H' from the Hillman lettering on the bonnet and 34 years later, I still have it.There was an early sixties RHD Morris Mini Van dumped as well, and someone had actually nicked the wheels from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Get it!These are so under-rated it's untrue. Trouble is it's probably riper than a tomato on top of a volcano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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