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BavarianRetro Rank: Citroen Ami

BavarianRetro

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Is £4600 a good price for this? Needs minor work, so they say, but looks nice to me.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-635-3-4-auto-CSi-/321973290366?hash=item4af71a857e:g:9gAAAOSwa-dWk9Ao

 

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It's impossible to say from the description and photos. You'd really need to view it and know what you're looking for. PM me if you want a "checklist". It might be or it might need as much work as a £1000 restoration project. Other than the wrong (but sensible imperial) wheels, I don't see much wrong on the face of it, but you really need to see under it.

 

£5000 is currently the worst price point for an E24. Above that and it *should* be half decent. Below that, expect a project.

 

Restoration costs are high though. We're doing one just now that is in the region of £7000 in rust repairs alone. Wings are £800 each. We've one away for paint just now - £2500. We've stripped it and we'll build it back up.

New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

New POD

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Eight grand to make a £3,000 car £15,000 worse. Unbelievable.

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-CL500-Rare-Unique-Kleemann-AMG-lightly-modified-/272120793817?hash=item3f5ba9cad9:g:Pg0AAOSwFqJWrlDe

 

 

'So it sits in the garage until it is sold'

I like this. But would paint it in grey primer with rattle cans, because Purple is for girls.

Urko Rank: Renault 16

Urko

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Eight grand to make a £3,000 car £15,000 worse. Unbelievable.

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-CL500-Rare-Unique-Kleemann-AMG-lightly-modified-/272120793817?hash=item3f5ba9cad9:g:Pg0AAOSwFqJWrlDe

 

 

'So it sits in the garage until it is sold'

"so that there is no issue with the car being "modified" with none-standard parts. So there is no problem with insuring the car....its all Mercedes so its all "standard" (ie NOT Modified)"

 

 

That's SO clever, and insurance companies are so easily persuaded....

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mercrocker

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 (I mean why make a kids TV character with Durex for ears?)

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Fuck  Nose.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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F*ck me, vicar, that Cav diesel is amazing. Isn't that the 'proper' GM diesel, too? I'm sure I read somewhere they have a petrol block or something, but I might have been pissed when I read that.

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SiC

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This to me makes me think it looks like a Gopher that is dressed to rob a bank.

 

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Rusty_Rocket Rank: Citroen Ami

Rusty_Rocket

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is this the isuzu diesel that mini-cabbers of a certain age get all misty eyed over?

 

they don;t come much more miserable than that, black bumpers, cheap plastic OE hub caps. the fact that it has ellecy windows up front is the height of luxury....

 

Not the Isuzu, it's the GM 1.7D that was later improved* and became the 'low blow' disaster.  The non-turbo 17D that Cav has was great though.  Don't expect to get anywhere fast though- 50 something bhp :D

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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Not the Isuzu, it's the GM 1.7D that was later improved* and became the 'low blow' disaster.  The non-turbo 17D that Cav has was great though.  Don't expect to get anywhere fast though- 50 something bhp :D

57 IIRC.  A mate had a Mk3 Astra estate with that engine.  It wasn't quick.

 

Am I the only person in the world who actually thought the GM low-blow was OK?  I had an Astra thus equipped and found it a perfectly adequate thing to run around in.

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cort16

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I thought the low blow Astra was okay. Certainly considerably more driveable than the 1.7 NA one.

Rusty_Rocket Rank: Citroen Ami

Rusty_Rocket

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The GM 'low blow' just wasn't particularly reliable. In a previous life I worked for a specialist Vauxhall breaker. We had a waiting list for the lowblow engines and they fetched strong money as a result. The Isuzu lumps never went wrong unless you over heat them.. so we had stacks of those sitting in a corner!

face Rank: Renault 16

face

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'Rare' Punto Turbo.

 

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Comes with free leaf, jiz cloth, dog blanket and 13p cash-back:

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-FIAT-PUNTO-1-4-GT-TURBO-ABARTH-BLACK-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-VERY-RARE-BARN-FIND/361480875644?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140221143405%26meid%3Dcc6b6a2f91d64aff9ac41c058c3a3f5d%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D22%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D141890986522

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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wuvvum, on 05 Feb 2016 - 12:47 AM, said:

57 IIRC.  A mate had a Mk3 Astra estate with that engine.  It wasn't quick.

 

Am I the only person in the world who actually thought the GM low-blow was OK?  I had an Astra thus equipped and found it a perfectly adequate thing to run around in.

 

I just found them a bit wheezy, to be honest. Couldn't put my finger on it, but they just never 'felt' right to me.

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