For Sale The Crying Pumpkin - Dire MOT fail on rust - any takers?

[richardthestag]

stick that on it and sell it as a rebodied a suffix for 4k

 

that stuff is all over ebay now*. fucks me right off

 

*probably by folk who rung their own vehicles for free ved fraud for many years and then find them unsaleable 

[DodgeRover]

Stick some pictures of the rot up - it doesn't sound that bad for a rangie....shame it's a diesel

[John F]

richardthestag, on 28 Sept 2017 - 1:32 PM, said:richardthestag, on 28 Sept 2017 - 1:32 PM, said:

there seems to be a lot of duplication in that report, were they making a separate note for every single hole?

 

It is just the body that is rusted or does the chassis need remediation also

 

Reading inbetween the lines;

rear crossmember,

both sills and probably all 4 sill mounts,

rear wheel arches,

front footwells, bulkhead mounts?

 

and front inner wings (which are NOT structural)

 

Plus a couple of brake lines and need for a new air filter and italian tune up

 

Boot floor as well, by the look of it. The inner wings are a fail if they support brake lines IIRC.

 

All in all, I suspect that would be hundreds of hours of grinding, welding & fabrication (less with aftermarket panels but they're expensive & often gash) for a DIY welder.

[AMC Rebel]

 

 

 

 

 

[oldcars]

Thats a pretty impressive fail sheet for rot. surely you need to wait until 2033 and just drive about in it.

FIFY

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The first step would be to stop shagging the tester's wife.

 

I've had some rusty old Discos before, but even the most unfriendly non-LandRoversavvy garage has ever condemned one that badly.

Is this the same place that took a million pounds to repair a hundred pound Mondeo?

Have they just bought a new mig?

[matty879]

Anyone fancy saving this?

 

I can't really attempt it, or justify paying anyone else to.

 

I paid £1200 and have spent a further few hundred (many new prats fitted as they used to say in Jalopy), but I know it's not a great prospect as it stands so derisory offers will be considered.

 

Comes with working Dab CD/radio, spare full leather interior, massssssssive history file, handbook I got off eBay.

 

The good news is it has ticket until 10th October so can be driven I guess - but you'll need to get a wriggle on.

 

Otherwise I suspect it's destined for the bridge

how many trees were used to print the fail sheet off,shame its auto,i would love a crack at this,in fact sod it,having just sold the pug due to having nowhere to keep it,im off to see if i can find a place for it.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Being at the other side of a large pond and 'just' picking up the fatlass I'd be mental to consider this.......... but I am (get thee behind me Leyland satan!)

I like it a lot

Sad to see this - as I really enjoyed reading the updates and info you're dishing out.

[richardthestag]

how many trees were used to print the fail sheet off,shame its auto,i would love a crack at this,in fact sod it,having just sold the pug due to having nowhere to keep it,im off to see if i can find a place for it.

 

please please please do this, I have way too much shit on my plate at the mo   have been seriously weight up the pros and cons. the biggest con for me right now is getting this started within a year , oh and nowhere to hide it from Mrs thestag

 

easyon panels http://www.froggatts.co.uk/page32.html do some sexy stuff that is good quality, ready to fit and actually fits.

 

YRM https://yrmit.co.uk/ I have had good experiences with also.

 

If buying any panels I do try avoid anything with black paint unless there is NO alternative

 

p.s. I reckon that tester was in a foul mood

[sierraman]

Put it on fleabay, don't photo the plates, just say you haven't time to MOT it (I love that one) and that it just needs TLC (if there's any comeback on this say you meant the group)

[Jim Bell]

No timewasters, No Scrubs.

[Lacquer Peel]

I took a look on ebay (to get an idea) first thing I see is this!

 

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Seems a lot to pay to save £235/year. Oh and it'd be MOT exempt too...

[Bear]

Wanna swap an SLK

 

(I’d just shove this in the garage until I had time to worry about it)

[Bear]

Silver 320. Not yellow. Forgot that just saying SLK might be confusing.

[AMC Rebel]

The first step would be to stop shagging the tester's wife.

 

I've had some rusty old Discos before, but even the most unfriendly non-LandRoversavvy garage has ever condemned one that badly.

Is this the same place that took a million pounds to repair a hundred pound Mondeo?

Have they just bought a new mig?

 

No - not the same place as the mondeo - this is where I take my older shite

[AMC Rebel]

Silver 320. Not yellow. Forgot that just saying SLK might be confusing.

Ahem.

 

PM sent

[Bren]

If you can weld and make patch panels you have half a chance. If you can't....

Problem is when you start pulling bits off you will find more rot.

It could probably keep Cammell Laird going...

[AMC Rebel]

I can weld* and make panels.

 

Sadly I am very short of time at the moment for a variety of reasons and I have a ZT-T in the garage taking up space where welding the Pumpkin would otherwise be possible.

 

None of it's insurmountable but I am trying to be realistic (for once).

[anonymous user]

 

None of it's insurmountable but I am trying to be realistic (for once).

Take that back, at once!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It's fucked, needs to be someone else's problem.

[cort16]

I would get it on ebay. For someone with the time to weld it, it's not a costly fix it's mostly labour so would still be relatively attractive I think.

[Jim Bell]

You need a tame FOAD.

[matty879]

please please please do this, I have way too much shit on my plate at the mo   have been seriously weight up the pros and cons. the biggest con for me right now is getting this started within a year , oh and nowhere to hide it from Mrs thestag

 

easyon panels http://www.froggatts.co.uk/page32.html do some sexy stuff that is good quality, ready to fit and actually fits.

 

YRM https://yrmit.co.uk/ I have had good experiences with also.

 

If buying any panels I do try avoid anything with black paint unless there is NO alternative

 

p.s. I reckon that tester was in a foul mood

i think if i went for it i would fabricate as much as i could to repair it, putting new panels in where a simple plate wouldnt do,i have no experience with 4x4s except watching how a mate went about his landy,that was a big job.

saying that i spent a fortnight once fabricating the rear end of a lancia delta.so should ahem be at least able to get it through another few tests.the missus loves it so thats one hurdle overcome

[Rusty_Rocket]

Really hope this car can be saved. I would love to take it on, but 2x TDi Discoverys, 1x V8 RRC and a very neady Defender means there's no room at the inn

I think it's had a rather harsh MoT and doing most of the 'usual' RR repairs will have this one back in the black quite easily.. 

[AMC Rebel]

You are all making me feel bad now for not doing this - but it would never get done

[Talbot]

I've welded worse.

 

.. and I'm not joking.  A friend's RRC that was a right bitsa:  It had a 1986 "C" chassis, with a 1994 body on it and the 200tdi out of a 1992 Discovery 1.  He put it in for MOT and got a fairly similarly long fail list.  That needed a new body rear crossmember, a new rear floor (and they're not available, you have to modify a Discovery one, and they are not the same) and a fairly large amount of fabrication on the rear arches and rear door slam panels.  It used almost an entire 15kg reel of welding wire to do so, and about 3 months of odd weekends to get it done, but it is all do-able.

 

I think he realised it was going to be a big weldathon when I tugged on the rear seatbelt bottom mounting (the one into the top of the rear wheelarch) and pulled the 4" square stiffener plate clean out of the car.

[Rusty_Rocket]

Don't feel bad AMC! There's a week of welding and fabrication there. I'd go with entire sills from YRM and patch up the rest. It's not a quick fix by any means, but an enthusiastic mental could sort it. 

At least you know what the death wobble was now, the body clonking around on the chassis 

The inner wings only have to be solid within 30cm of the pedal mounting point, or front body mounts behind the bumper- an odd patch here is fine. 

[garbaldy]

How much would you like for the old gall ?

[rickvw72]

Hi, how much are you asking?

[strangeangel]

I like the fact that he appears to have made a separate entry for each and every bit of structural rust and then, as a final 'Fuck You', gives you an advisory for

 

• Fuel tank strap corroded

 

You really did kill his dog, didn't you?

 

How much for the DAB radio please?