Winter time, Tagora collection time << now with engine sound and video >>

[Skizzer]

Unfortunately, will be on a trailer.

 

Weichei

[skattrd]

Unfortunately, will be on a trailer. No registration,last TÃœV was 20 years ago...

 

 

 

Does this mean it's been off the road for 20 yrs?

[vulgalour]

Wow. How did you find it ?

 

He didn't, they find him now.  Pshome is a Tagora singularity.

[pshome]

Arrived on time, sometimes Deutsche Bahn does work quite well..

The place is St. Ingbert, a few miles from Sarbrücken. Michael already waiting at the station with car and trailer.

 

First stop is at a  "second option" just in case the Tagora is much worse than expected.

 

Sun is out, nice, but known to be a negative impact factor... experience proofs, good cars are never found in the sun.

 

 

Good looking autobox 505 TI with rare factory aircondtion.

Its actually not good, rust all around the doors and sills, covered by a quick paint job. Sun roof not closing properly ,tons of water inside the body for sure. Nice interior. Car is overpriced, didn't even bother to to have a look under the hood.

 

Ok, no second option (did we really want one?), lets move on and look at the Tagora.

[pshome]

Does this mean it's been off the road for 20 yrs?

yes, dry, not outside at the spot its now. One owner since new....

[pshome]

So this is the the place, promising !

[pshome]

At a first glance, nothing fundamental wrong with the car.

Been sleeping for 20 years, moved from the dry garage to this place a few weeks ago because the ownership of the garage changed and they didnt want it in there anymore. Bit of rust at the rear doors, dent in the passenger side front door. Exhaust rusted away, mirror broken, no surprises here.

Engine not seized. Will it run? To be seen... no reaon it should not. Everything is where its supposed to be, no bits missing, nothing tinkered with or modified, even rolls and brakes.

So we haggle the already very reasonalbe price down a bit, hand over a few green ones and up on the trailer it goes.

[pshome]

No need for fuel, so let's stop for a coffee and do the compulsory gas station shot.

[vulgalour]

Shame about the Peugeot and it's weird looking wheels, that colour is perfect for hiding all sorts of rusty sins.

[Bren]

So this is the the place, promising !

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Bolton?

[pshome]

passing Stuttgart, bit of a go slow on the way home... 

[pshome]

extremely shitty weather on the last miles.... must be a very good car than!

 

 

back home now.

 

Thanks for watching the show, please carry your trash out with you!

[Junkman]

And I'm complaining about having to get up before noon on Saturday...

 

Lads, I realise who is a hero when I see this.

 

Going all the way to the rucksack Germans, aka rubber French, to collect a bloody six cylinder Talbot, of all things rotten, is the stuff of legends.

 

Bowler dutyfully donned, sir!

[garethj]

So this is the the place, promising !

 

 

Hello, Autoshite executive car sales.  How may I help you?

[406V6]

Living the Autoshite dream. A lesson to the rest of us.

[pshome]

Time to have a closer look at the car;

We kept it deep frozen over the night for optimal conservation.

 

 

Trunk is full... what can we find here?

 

5 steel wheels

 

and 5 nice original alloys

 

 

These wheels really look good at the car... but the last time Michelin made TRX tyres in that size was 1989. Don't really feel like driving a car that does 200 km/h with 25 year old stone hard rubbers bound to explode. We still have a set of 505 alloys... that will do.

 

Moving on to the other end of the car.

Everything is there, no bits missing, no apparent damage.

There is no water in the radiator, leak or just emptied by the previous owner?

 

Let's take off that filter box... what a pleasant view!

 

What is this? Potatoes, dino eggs?

 

Tuns out, just pebble stones. More odd things found this side if the car:

 

Do we have  an ornithologist in the audience?

it had been beheaded, IIS involvement???

[Alexg]

That looks EXCELLENT!

[pshome]

next: insider news

 

Comfy!

Nice!

 

Wow, the sky is not falling and the rear hat shelf is not in bits, thats extremely good news.

 

 

[mercrocker]

That looks choc-full of boxy goodness.....Didnt realise these had such Citroen-esque tillerage, either.   

[mouseflakes]

Looks like the remains of a Tagorat.

[pshome]

now the underwear...

good

 

good

 

even the exhaust is better than it first looked and can be saved.

 

 

new struts!

 

This needs a bit of attention

so does that.

Bit of rust on one of the doors,

the others are OK.

 

Overall verdict: good car, needs a bit of work but not a lot.

 

Next step: clean out the engine department a bit, check oil  and ingnition, then feed some fuel to the carbs and see if it starts, but not today.

 

 

[Junkman]

When will the most important question be answered?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Blimey, it looks a flippin minter to me, these things are such HARDCORE XXXXX RATED SHITE I take my hat off to you.

[pshome]

When will the most important question be answered?

What is the question?

[Junkman]

Is it alive?

[pshome]

Is it alive?

Ahh... that question. Just watch this space.... 

[eddyramrod]

What a splendid find!  The very definition of Autoshite!

[garethj]

What a great find! There are 2005 cars in worse condition

[John F]

garethj, on 22 Jan 2016 - 3:45 PM, said:

What a great find! There are 2005 cars in worse condition

 

I suspect there are more than that

[xtriple]

What a cracker! Looks bloody good to me.