Gamma Koop for £2k

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Spotted this beauty on KnobFace just now now; I thought I'd share on here in case anyone is looking for a good looking Italian lass. Looks lovely for the money. Can't see it'll hang around for very long - it was listed two hours ago.

[Tamworthbay]

If only I had the space, that is gorgeous.

[Peter C]

Those seats!!!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Presumably this is Sixcylinder's mate's car. He's the man to ask , as he was considering it himself.

[Asimo]

I hate it when these pop up for sale............

 

There seems to have been a rash of cars for sale without calipers (but calipers available - just need fitting)

 

I wonder if this is just to stop punters having a drive and finding out how bad it is?

[sierraman]

Looks a nice car that, again who gets mid way through taking the brakes off then leaves it?

[worldofceri]

Take brakes apart, discover calipers are seized, realise re-con calipers are £££...?

[vulgalour]

Is that not actually £2000 for TWO Gammas?  If so, then deffo a barg.

[capsuleboy]

You can have my lovely saloon for the same if you like...having just too many cars stressing me out...

[John F]

Do these have the same callipers as a 1982 Beta HPE?

 

If so, a mate of mine has a full set available off a 24,000 mile car.

[carlo]

The number of these for sale where the owners seem to have given up is quite alarming!

[sierraman]

Expensive to restore and difficult to sell. That's why.

[chaseracer]

Call Martin Buckley on C&SC.  He seems to have most of the others.

[Inspector Morose]

Watching with interest.....

[garethj]

Having no brake calipers does get you around the difficult issue of "Would sir like to take it for a test drive?"

[Tamworthbay]

That's what handbrakes are for.

[Skizzer]

That one does look very familiar. Doom blue with herring-gull's-arse grey roof doesn't do it any favours.

 

Normally I start frothing at Gamma Coupes but that one leaves me unmoved, sadly. Can't be doing with another project.

[320touring]

That one does look very familiar. Doom blue with herring-gull's-arse grey roof doesn't do it any favours.

 

Normally I start frothing at Gamma Coupes but that one leaves me unmoved, sadly. Can't be doing with another project.

Shut up and get it bought!

[Skizzer]

Just shown it to Wifeboss. She say no.

[320touring]

Just shown it to Wifeboss. She say no.

Fully approved and signed off then;)

[Six-cylinder]

I don't think it is rotten, to be honest the yard was too muddy to check the underside but Steve the owner will let you do that in the barn but bring a torch.

 

Topside looks clean and tidy until you examine it and there are lots of small rust spots, just small but quite a few to deal with, some of them are difficult like the one coming from under the windscreen trim. The boot lid has some nasty rust in it.

 

Inside looks as good as you could hope, if you like blue!

 

Engine wise I was told it was a good starting, good running car, when I looked at it it was hard to start and ran like a pig. They did knock the distributor cap when fitting the battery so may have damaged that. I have know Steve for nearly 30 years so if he said it was running OK I am happy it was. It ran so rough I could not tell what the engine was like.

 

Brakes, there are no callipers fitted to the car! You do get a second car as part of the deal that has all the brakes but the callipers still may need reconditioning. The spars car is pretty bad, engine, head lights and windscreen taken, interior trashed rust on body. I still think it will be worth having.

 

The car is located near Banbury.

 

Steve wants £2000 for both cars and I am sure he will get it, I would have taken it on but I have just too many projects. (sobered up!) Give Steve a call and have a chat with him, he is easy too talk too, loves cars and has make enough dumb purchases to be one of us!

[Six-cylinder]

Call Martin Buckley on C&SC.  He seems to have most of the others.

Martin had the engine etc out of the spares car.

[chaseracer]

^ Why am I not surprised...