Ford KA gone to KA heaven

[HMC]

Great save! I love ford Kas (dons fireproof suit)

[fordperv]

I was only onabout the other day to mrs fp that a decent condition KA would be worth tucking away for a future omgbarnfind cash cow

[Uncle Jimmy]

Look at the sills on that!

[Marm Toastsmith]

I've still got this. Christ.

 

Sale above didn't happen and I still haven't pulled my finger out of my arse to do anything about it.

 

I really should scrap it - they're offering £126 to pick it up. But I'm having a mental block about it. Also because it's at my mother in law's I'd probably have to go over there and hang around all day to wait for collection.

 

Will need a starter motor. Also a tyre (one has been flat for a while) and a battery. May need a patch or 2 for the MOT, but doesn't look completely rotten, and I don't think it's had any welding or paint in the past. Probably no worse than many patched up examples still on the road.

 

I reckon you could get it through for a couple of hundred quid. Drove really nice on the way to being parked up a year and a half ago. 

 

Maybe I'll take an up to date pic of the crusty bits. I could even poke at them and see how bad they are. OTOH, maybe it's best not to poke anything that a sympathetic tester wouldn't.

[purplebargeken]

£75 will get it running and rolling again using a battery from a local breaker, a used hoop and a £35 quid starter motor. 

[Marm Toastsmith]

£75 will get it running and rolling again using a battery from a local breaker, a used hoop and a £35 quid starter motor. 

 

Yeah, or a little less if we just pump up the tyre, or swap the spare over...

 

...in fact it would possibly start with the existing starter motor. Was intermittently not catching. Would go off a bump!

[leanycan]

That's a bargain. My fabia has worse sills than this and they are only rusted on the surface. I'd put the money into this and sell it on for £500, someone on gumtree will pay that for it. 

[purplebargeken]

I have a jump start pack

[sierraman]

Here what about the guy that was wanting a running car for £100 on here?

[strangeangel]

Here what about the guy that was wanting a running car for £100 on here?

 

I only read a bit of that thread, but I think he wants an MOT as well for his £100...

[purplebargeken]

Yeah but I think it would be a bloody good candidate!

[Marm Toastsmith]

Thanks Ken, but better that this goes to someone who is happy to tow it away and do the work. It's not road ready - but as projects go it's a cheap and easy one.

[Marm Toastsmith]

On 4/22/2019 at 11:08 PM, leanycan said:

That's a bargain.

Isn't it? Bumping it up because I just edited my signature and noticed I own 4 vehicles, which is ridiculous.

Don't make me scrap it, it's a good car.

[purplebargeken]

Did someone say roffle?

[Marm Toastsmith]

[Amishtat]

Well nobody can say you didn't try

[sutty2006]

Did he make it 3 high on the back of that transporter? 

[Marm Toastsmith]

1 hour ago, sutty2006 said:

Did he make it 3 high on the back of that transporter? 

Ha, no the Ka fitted in front of the A-Class.

He was a skilled but heartless operator. What a job!

The Ka looked pretty solid underneath as it swung through the air.

Farewell lovely little Ka.

[sutty2006]

If I’d known it was going I’d have asked you to pull the front and rear badges off, my apprentices KA has surrendered its badges to the highway 

[ETCHY]

Really sad, but you did your absolute best to avoid scrapping it.