Garage of delights

[Benjyp10]

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[r.welfare]

Argh, that's bringing back all sorts of repressed horrible memories, although ours was white and sported the worst wheel trims Halfords could provide. It did something like 9,000 miles in 3 years. Presumably yours has the quality econometer and quick-release dashboard fittings like the air vents that fall out if you so much as look at them?

[Benjyp10]

Yep, it had the econometric...can't say it falls apart. Not touched this one yet. The green GL Samara that I've just sold is a superb car, utterly reliable and very very comfy. Certainly up there with the rest in my collection. Cruises lovely at 70.

[Benjyp10]

Well Stanley has arrived...here are some pics. Just clicked over 12,000 miles. Just need to do the full refurb.

[Mr Lobster]

Mk1 Ibiza !!!!!1!!

 

DO WANT.

[trigger]

What a little bobby dazzler!

[Skizzer]

The Ibiza is a little honey.  Plus it's given us an excuse to drool at all the pictures in this thread again, which is ace 

[Eric]

Woh!

 

I use to work on these in 1991/1992 at a SEAT dealership, this is the much better version with some V.W. parts!!

Great car, Great color!!!

[dollywobbler]

Wowzers. Superb buy.

[brickwall]

OP has a keen eye.

[Benjyp10]

Woh!I use to work on these in 1991/1992 at a SEAT dealership, this is the much better version with some V.W. parts!!Great car, Great color!!!

Cheers, off hand do you know which bits are VW.....need to replace stuff like brake cylinders and hoses....the rest is find, apart from timing belt.

[nigel bickle]

My 1990 base model seems to use Fiat  brake stuff -my wheels are 4 x98pcd, too. A real mish-mash

[michael t]

absolutely beautiful

[Sudsprint]

Another cracker.

[seacow]

where do you find them all?

[Benjyp10]

Sift through the shit and these little crackers are out there....I only look for the odd, unloved....

[lisbon_road]

Very very impressed.  All of them - that Alpine is so rare now.  I remember when the scrapyards just seemed to fill up with rotten Alpines overnight.  Well done.

[Benjyp10]

Stanley has been autoglym.d today and taken out for a spin...lovely ride.

[HMC]

Lovely! The earlier ones had 'system porsche' emblazonned down the lower body swage lines, and as a kid I was really impressed by this. I was more used to seeing graphics like '5 speed' stuck on cars.

 

I still have no idea which bits if any were breathed on by Stuttgart engineers though.

[Lankytim]

What's that black stuff under some of the cars, it's covering everything? I take it it's some posh anti-rust treatment?

[Benjyp10]

What's that black stuff under some of the cars, it's covering everything? I take it it's some posh anti-rust treatment?

Hi, I clean the chassis completely, remove any corrosion and rust treat and preserve with dinitrol....the black stuff

[Benjyp10]

Lovely! The earlier ones had 'system porsche' emblazonned down the lower body swage lines, and as a kid I was really impressed by this. I was more used to seeing graphics like '5 speed' stuck on cars.

 

I still have no idea which bits if any were breathed on by Stuttgart engineers though.

It was post Fiat days and before VW. Porsche designed the gearbox and the full injection parts along with the head. Its electronic fuel injection....some VW bits and Fiat bits still evident....great build

[Benjyp10]

New addition. I need of restoration. 27,000 miles 1982. One of only 2 left in the UK

[ProgRocker]

Nice Ibiza.

 

When my mate Alan passed his test he was a named driver on his parents' J reg 1.2 CLX 5 door. Was a passenger in it a few times. Decent enough car.

 

I remember that they did have problems with the automatic choke (only a few years old at the time) so this might be worth inspecting.

[phil_lihp]

Nice to see a car get advertised on one post and then purchased on another!  Never seen a ZLM before, that interior looks extremely basic, nice addition to the fleet!

[Benjyp10]

The Mediteran ZLM will be fully restored....

[ProgRocker]

The Yugo! Oh baby that's good.

[Benjyp10]

Fred's had his under belly sorted. He's hittin the highway next week. He's better than when new...

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[Sigmund Fraud]

Brilliant, as always !

 

Extra points for the XXX-rated shots of the rear suspension - I had completely forgotten about the odd transverse leaf spring arrangement on them !