Operation money pit- buying an abandoned xj40? Talk me out of it please

[sierraman]

Could well have been took off the road for corrosion in the foam filled subframe.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 the foam filled subframe.

 

 

The Egan Miracle at work!

[HMC]

Gone up to 150 now. Am ooot.

 

Prices have firmed up a bit but it wasn't all that long ago I got an motd example that wasn't all that bad for £270

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

XJ40s have risen in price quite a lot, albeit from a very low base.

[HMC]

Went for £160 in the end.

 

My trouble is I'm good at spotting projects, and starting them. Not so good as a finisher. I'm better suited to light repairs and maintenance rather than something major, and I wouldn't have had the time and patience to make a goer out of breaking it.

 

Verdict- glad I baled out.

[Guest Hooli]

XJ40s have risen in price quite a lot, albeit from a very low base.

 

Started to happen within months of me writing mine off, utterly typical.

[omegod]

Plenty of parts profit in that and you'd have had £160 worth of shell when you'd finished breaking it 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Plenty of parts profit in that and you'd have had £160 worth of shell when you'd finished breaking it 

 

 

There was a grand in that.