X1/9 anyone? SOLD.

[Barry Cade]

1979 X19 in various hues of Blue, runs and drives perfectly and every day useable. Mot's till June, but all up to scratch for the next one. loads of new stuff on it, including brand new Pioneer mechless stereo. watertight,oiltight and ready for the summer. Need £900 for a new bike, or a new bike.

 

 

[dome]

Are you scotlandshire based? If the mercs new head goes to plan and the Skoda goes I'll be all over this like a cheap suit...

[Barry Cade]

Yes- Fife

[richardmorris]

I already have one thanks, two seems greedy!

[Barry Cade]

I already have one thanks, two seems greedy!

This is my 15th... This used to be my driveway...

 

[dome]

Yes- Fife

Ooft. Me too... If the planets align I'll be in touch-it'll be a couple of weeks though probably.

[twosmoke300]

Ducati multistrada big enough ?

[Barry Cade]

Ducati multistrada big enough ?

Ohhhhh yes. The daddy or the 620?

[Barry Cade]

Ooft. Me too... If the planets align I'll be in touch-it'll be a couple of weeks though probably.

I can make it wink at you if if would help a sale...

[dome]

I can make it wink at you if if would help a sale...

Yay! Broken electrics on an elderly Italian car. Sold

[twosmoke300]

The 1000 . In red natch .

[KruJoe]

Is this the one from London which featured in the epic collection thread? We need to read that story again.

[HillmanImp]

Apparently I need a sensible family car. I think this fits that description doesn't it? Does it have attachments to fit a baby seat on the engine cover?

[Six-cylinder]

Apparently I need a sensible family car. I think this fits that description doesn't it? Does it have attachments to fit a baby seat on the engine cover?

 

A couple of ratchet straps should do it!

[Fabergé Greggs]

I brought mine out of hibernation last weekend. 

 

Just an absolute hoot to drive. So much fun on the twisties. 

[KruJoe]

I found the afore-mentioned epic collection thread. Have a read of this:

 

Foreword..

 

I'll adjust accordingly to suit this place, was all a bit polite as it was a club posting and the car was bought from a "fellow" club member..... What I didn't say at the time was I had another blue X1/9 at the time, which was all legal. This one had been lying in a dusty garage for 7 years. I put the plates, chassis plate  and paperwork for my other blue one in a rucksack, and cloned this one on the kerb..

 

 

 

Aye, and I still never got the bastard wheels that were advertised with the car, and were on it when the photo's were taken. cunt.

 

Chapter 1.

 

Arranged with Jim to collect his X1/9 VS on Saturday,so I booked a train ticket to go down to London to collect it and drive it home.He was a bit apprehensive (didn't give a fuck) as the car hadn't really been on the road for a few years,but I thought I'd take the chance and bring it home under its own steam. ( it would have been nice if he'd at least washed all the shite off the windscreen, never mind check the water and oil...) I left Markinch train station at 8am,armed with a bag full of car and bike magazines to read during my journey.Upon arrival in Edinburgh,I was told that the East Coast line was closed due to engineering works,and I would have to go via Carslile...anyway,got into London at 5pm,and after a couple of runs on the tube and getting totally feckin lost, and being unable to phone the owner as he is deaf,finally got to the station where he  lives.Came up the stairs from the underground and thee right in front of me was the big daft dome thing- knowing that would have made my life a whole lot feckin easier.....He collected me after about a feckin hour in his Integrale Evo,and enjoyed a white knuckle (was scared shitless- a deaf driver, LHD and 200+ BHP, just what I needed with a headache and a bladder full of British Rail coffee..) ride through London,If you ever live in London,get one of these!!! Sprinting between the lights with the turbo chirping away was worth the train trip itself!! (being polite, twat)

 

Anyway,got all sorted out ,and I got to drive a blue 1300 for a wee bit,its a lovely wee thing (true),then had a look over a green 1300.It was just how I remember them  I doubt there are many left in such original condition anywhere.(true) It was now nearing 7pm,so I thought it best to make a start on the long journey North..so we waved our goodbyes,(through gritted teeth on my part)and I put my trust in Holly,the sat-nav bitch to get me out of the city.

 

 

*added*

10 minutes up the road,in half a mile of traffic in the Blackwall tunnel,the temp gauge shot off the scale..and sounds like a kettle boiling coming from behind me. I'd heard about the Blackwall tunnel from Sally Traffic ...and knew if I did'nt make it out under my own "steam" I'd be on the news, and probably busted for false plates and various other things..I had to keep moving though,with people tooting and flashing at the sauna behind the car. once I got out of the tunnel,I pulled in to a side street and popped the engine cover,and gently released the geyser using my jacket to stop me getting scalded...empty. I had 2 litres of water,so I poured that in and got another 2 miles down the road in to some housing scheme. I was just about in tears- 450 miles from home in a car which had been very misdescribed, a deaf owner who I couldn't phone and rant to and worst of all and more pressing- there was a crowd gathering and looking around, it looked like I'd driven all the way to a dodgy area in the Bronx rather than our capital city..I knew if I spoke, I'd be deed, having a bit of a Scottish accent...

 

The car finally started again and sounded pretty rough, so I needed to find a petrol station so I could get water in and bleed it, put some oil in and give it a bit of a look over, I daren't switch off in case it'd neve go again so I limped to a Shell station. GREAT, and many THANK FUCKS were said to myself, so I filled up with the good Shell stuff, and looked over at the station itself. Big grilles over the windows and as it was after 10pm, a few hoodies loitering about. I joined the queue to pay and looked at the oil and stuff through the slots. At the head of the queue, I asked for a couple of litres of 15/40, 20 fags, some coke (what, no Irn Bru??!!)  and probably a few more things, and the lot came to near on 90 quid. I'd taken an extra few hundred with me for bits and bobs, so opened my wallet and dumped 5 20's in the wee tray- in full view of all the neds behind me. WE DONT TAKE SCOOOTISH MUNY, came the voice through the grille. AAARRRGGGHHH. came my reply, when one of the helpful neds behind me said there was a cash machine down what was a very dodgy looking side street..... we'll show you... I'm dead, thinks I..

 

I did manage to get there and back alive, after making a few refrences to Trainspotting and Taggart, and trying to sound a little bit mental and Begbieish .. the car was still in 1 piece when I did

 

The car started better but was really lacking power and everytime I accelerated,I was getting a backfire,and no real increase in power,so I stopped in at a services after 20 miles or so ,and bought some more supplies for the journey,and adjusted the timing a bit. Took the roof off,and set out on to the motorway.All was great for about 40 miles,car was driving beautifully,there were great tunes on the radio and the heater was pumping out hot air.The roads were empty and I was really enjoying myself!

 

Just when I'd totally relaxed and got into the mood for charging up the road there was suddenly a very loud and expensive sounding noise came from behind, in the mirror was a shower of sparks ,the car cut out and I coasted into the hard shoulder...I jumped out expecting to find oil and conrods all over the carrigeway....

 

After a bit of investigation using my test lamp for light,I saw that the distributor had feckin siezed,so the whole lot had been turning,ripping off the HT leads,breaking the hold down clips,pulling out and snapping the LT wires and smashing the dizzy cap..the rotor arm had also gone AWOL. Damn and blast....or words to that effect were probably heard up in Scotland....

 

I had brought a few spares,so I checked to see what I had,the dizzy cap I had was different...the rotor arm fitted though,and the points were the same,so I removed the plate out the dizzy and straightened it on the crash barrier and removed the small broken piece of metal that had caused all the carnage in the first place. I'd like to show you a picture of it,but its still lying on the M11 somewhere,chucked over the carrigeway in a rage...

 

Now I had the dizzy internals all together and back in,and a bit of wire fixed in from the coil to the |dizzy nicked of the daft non working alarm ,there was the problem with the cap. Half of it was missing and there was no way of fixing it to the dizzy body. I gave myself a wee telling off for not bringing cable ties... never go anywhere in a shitter without cable ties..I sat on the crash barrier and smoked a few fags,contemplating what to do next.Do I finally join a breakdown service..

 

Not without a fight!!! I had a brainwave of using my bootlace to tie the cap on ,even just to get me to the next services.After a few failed attempts I finally got it to stay in place,and tentativly turned the key..It fired up straight away,and idled perfectly...I'm sure I even saw it smiling.. bastard thing..

 

Back out on to the motorway and all seemed well,timing was a bit out,but if anything,it was even better than before..I had a few thoughts about the sparks flying about in what was left of the dizzy cap being next to the fuel pump,but quickly tried to think about something else..

 

*adjustment*

I wasn't really giving a fuck anymore- I was like a wounded submarine heading for port, just like in Das Boot- full throttle and point North, the nearer I got, the less I'd have to walk..

Quite a few miles up the road,I pulled in to the services and gently moved the distributor and set off again.The car was running perfectly,plenty of power and no funny noises,so I settled into a 90mph  (+) cruise up the M1 and life was great again! By this time it was about 5am, and tiredness was setting in,and it was beginning to get foggy,so I decided to forego the A68-one of my favorite roads into Scotland-and head over to Carslile and up the M74.On the slower roads I noticed that the idle had risen up to 3500RPM,but I left it for now,but did have a moment driving through one of the small border towns,and there was a traffic car sitting there..Trying to keep a CSC exhaust quiet and keep to 30 with the idle at 3500 without showing brake lights took all of my coordination skills so as not to get pulled!

 

Over into Scotland and I pulled into the services for a BIG coffee and to adjust the fast idle,which had been sticking on,and back on the road-roof on now as it was POURING down! A bit upthe road the Bastard alternator light came on,not just a dim glow,but full on....noooooooooo. I pushed on switching off anything I could do without,and made it to the next services.I then noticed that at idle and slow speed the light would go out.So this is how the rest of the trip went,charging up the motorway for a while,then stopping and ticking over for a while,letting the battery get some food.Every now and again,the alternator belt let out a huge squeal and a groan and the light went off,this at least kept me awake!!

 

We finally got back to Glenrothes at ten past eight this morning. 24 feckin hours after I left, with no sleep...me absoluteley shattered and filthy,and the X on 3 cylinders making some horrible noises,but we were home...like 2 battle weary soildiers back from the front line after a tour of duty. I went straight to bed,and slept like a log until 4pm,and the car is sitting outside in the rain,waiting on some TLC to get it back into rude health!!

 

A big thanks to Jim for picking me up and letting me see his 1300's and hopefully I was right about your non working horn!

 

*adjustment*

Ya bastard. I'l maybe repay the favour one day, It took me a whole year to get this car sorted out properly. and I want my fuckin wheels.

 

I do not buy cars off "friends" anymore. Don't. Just don't.

 

Makeshift bootlace repair

 

[dome]

I don't think that collection thread is for this car, is that not for a different one?

[Barry Cade]

Yes, that was Bjork. This is this one...

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/18226-space-reserved-for-tat-collection-thread-updatedx19jelly-babies-50-off/

[richardmorris]

If anyone is wondering they are actually very practical. You can fit a decent sized luggage case in the front and still get the roof in there. The rear boot can take a lot too - see pic. 30 bottles of wine I think plus multiple leffes.

[Taff]

I would fucking love one of these, but I :- 

a/ don't have £900

b/ I live 437 miles from you

 

sorry Baz

[Barry Cade]

Been waiting for the rain to stop all day to get the car and get some pics. I cannot bring myself to go any further with trying to sell it- It fired up first time and made me grin. Sorry for wasting all your time. I can get a bike if I get some cash, I won't find another X1/9 like this for that kind of money. Anyone need their shite fixed? I need extra income!

 

[John F]

That's the spirit

[320touring]

Aye by chance also not selling an acclaim?

[kinkersaab]

Do you do cash fixes on x19s? I have my wife's one in the Shed, needing a clutch........ I imagine its a cnut of a job..... .

[Fabergé Greggs]

Do you do cash fixes on x19s? I have my wife's one in the Shed, needing a clutch........ I imagine its a cnut of a job..... .

 

Ain't too bad- Remove the rear strut, arm and exhaust and access is pretty good.  I did mine but a friend certainly came in handy lining it back up! 

[Fabergé Greggs]

Been waiting for the rain to stop all day to get the car and get some pics. I cannot bring myself to go any further with trying to sell it- It fired up first time and made me grin. Sorry for wasting all your time. I can get a bike if I get some cash, I won't find another X1/9 like this for that kind of money. Anyone need their shite fixed? I need extra income!

 

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Glad to hear it! 

[twosmoke300]

Bugger , was hoping to log back in and find you wanted the duke

[Barry Cade]

Do you do cash fixes on x19s? I have my wife's one in the Shed, needing a clutch........ I imagine its a cnut of a job..... .

I'll turn around an X1/9 clutch, done properly, in a morning...

 

 

 

*Edit*. I've just realised why I'm useless at bisness. Yes, it is a Cnut of a job, about 10 hours +Vat.

 

 

[Barry Cade]

Bugger , was hoping to log back in and find you wanted the duke

I'd love your Duke, but no extra money to add

 

P.S. You know you are a shiter when someone says something like that and you wonder if you could drive a 35 year old Italian car the length of the country overnight, ride an Italian bike all the way back non stop, and still make it to work on Tuesday morning. 1100miles? Easy!

[eddyramrod]

 

Anyone need their shite fixed? I need extra income!

Any good with electronics?  Specifically, electronics on middle-aged American cars that I daren't drive more than a couple of miles?