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spartacus Rank: Renault 16

spartacus

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Rust on the rear inner arches, going through onto where it joins the boot floor. I think also inner wings rust towards the front. The rear brake linings can come adrift too but that'll be obvious! Rear axle beam bushes, both rear wheels should be parallel when viewed from the rear.

Great cars. Good luck.

ETA. The MOT history suggests it's had welding in the usual areas, so check it's up to standard. Most things on these are easy to fix, it's the rear beam bushes that finish them off I think.

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M'coli Rank: Isuzu Florian

M'coli

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12 hours ago, jmsguzzi said:

Going to view this tomorrow, anyone know of anything to look out for on these?

This is an early mk.1, so look for the bonnet release on the passenger side, the tiny tiny door handles,and when the tailgate's open, having the heated rear window wires exit the frame of the tailgate in the top third of the frame.  (Can you tell I've had a good look around @KruJoe's early diesel recently??!)

look for rot in the front outriggers and chassis members. Then there's the rot in the rear floor:-

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Which begat:

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And was fixed by this:

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Do not fash yirsel about the rear axle, I have a good 3-stud one here.

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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This guy sounds good value

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Espace-2-L-petrol-manual-spares-or-repair-good-for-project-not-barn-find/163960537161

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ground radicle breaking design

 

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Will become really collectible as it loves speed on the M25, or going across country, (London- Bolton) often

Sadly:

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Driving to Brighton the Heater matrix blew out. my mechanic has spent two attempts to change it, the rest of car is fine but French L/H build for R/H uk market has made this just too expensive and awkward to continue, so you will need patience and to insert new matrix ( £35 on ebay ) and rebuild the car inside

His mechanic has got this far with changing the heater matrix then given up as ‘too difficult’!!! So now someone else can buy it for £1600 and miraculously succeed where he has failed.

wesacosa Rank: Lancia Gamma

wesacosa

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2 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

This guy sounds good value

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Espace-2-L-petrol-manual-spares-or-repair-good-for-project-not-barn-find/163960537161

 

Sadly:

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His mechanic has got this far with changing the heater matrix then given up as ‘too difficult’!!! So now someone else can buy it for £1600 and miraculously succeed where he has failed.

Comes with free supplies for when you realise its up to you to get the thing back together

 

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Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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What 'mechanic' leaves it like that? It hasn;t even got a steering column/wheel to let you get it on a flipping trailer!

jmsguzzi Rank: Citroen Ami

jmsguzzi

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17 hours ago, jmsguzzi said:

Going to view this tomorrow, anyone know of anything to look out for on these?

It wasn’t for me but it’s definitely worth a punt for someone on here, pretty much rot free and drives alright, atleast I think it does for one of these (steering and brakes felt a bit vague), obviously a world apart from what I’m used to with the Volvo and even the old Ibiza though. Lad said he’s quite flexible on the price..

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MrSchwifty Rank: Austin Maxi

MrSchwifty

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On 11/28/2019 at 10:55 AM, loserone said:

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Right, been to see this and gave it a test drive. 

It's rusty in all the usual 205 places, and there are many repairs to the outer sills and also the near side front inner wing and under the passenger footwell where the sub frame mounts. It's been done reasonably tidily but it's overplating so would need doing properly. 

The interior is damp as hell, the driver footwell is soaking wet and the headliner is sodden right at the back - suspect sunroof drain issues. 

The interior is in surprisingly good nick and all seems to work, there are a couple of dodgy looking giffer security switches though. 

The engine seemingly had no oil in it according to the dipstick, a check underneath showed it was mostly all under the engine! It's had a new radiator, coil and alternator recently. But the rest of it was pretty rank - the coolant bottle was disgusting and there was some mayo floating in the top of it. However, it's starts from cold happily and there are no nasty noises. I took it for a drive and it goes like hell - really quite surprised. The suspension is knackered though so the handling is quite wayward! 

But. It's got 500,000 miles on it. What do you expect?! It's a hell of a lot of work to get it back to good, but worth it to someone. 

Will I buy it? No, it's too gone for me. Should it be bought and saved? Yes. 

How much is it worth? 

£500 I rekkon. 

 

spartacus Rank: Renault 16

spartacus

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Good effort for taking a look. Hopefully your info can help somebody else make an informed decision.

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

loserone

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1 hour ago, MrSchwifty said:

Right, been to see this and gave it a test drive. 

It's rusty in all the usual 205 places, and there are many repairs to the outer sills and also the near side front inner wing and under the passenger footwell where the sub frame mounts. It's been done reasonably tidily but it's overplating so would need doing properly. 

The interior is damp as hell, the driver footwell is soaking wet and the headliner is sodden right at the back - suspect sunroof drain issues. 

The interior is in surprisingly good nick and all seems to work, there are a couple of dodgy looking giffer security switches though. 

The engine seemingly had no oil in it according to the dipstick, a check underneath showed it was mostly all under the engine! It's had a new radiator, coil and alternator recently. But the rest of it was pretty rank - the coolant bottle was disgusting and there was some mayo floating in the top of it. However, it's starts from cold happily and there are no nasty noises. I took it for a drive and it goes like hell - really quite surprised. The suspension is knackered though so the handling is quite wayward! 

But. It's got 500,000 miles on it. What do you expect?! It's a hell of a lot of work to get it back to good, but worth it to someone. 

Will I buy it? No, it's too gone for me. Should it be bought and saved? Yes. 

How much is it worth? 

£500 I rekkon. 

 

Can I post this against the Facebook page?

MarvinsMom Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

MarvinsMom

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i'm loving this.....

still on its california tags the advert does say its uk registered on an age related plate.

i still love it.....

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best thing is this - the original tool kit, how cool is that!

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doug Rank: Citroen Ami

doug

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Summers coming I say.

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But somehow the other photos dont quite sell this to me.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-Wagon-R-micro-camper-campervan-campercar-2-birth-Automatic-factory-built/254433352312?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D57923%26meid%3Dd243c6c27f724596b67274b6bb9ad885%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dco%26sd%3D254431313422%26itm%3D254433352312%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

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