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Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

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12 hours ago, Ghosty said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/honda-civic-gl-1991-1396-cc-great-restoration-project/1460128589
 

Manual Civic GL for £1500.

Enquired, natch.

If that's still there, I'm saving it. I have all the parts it needs.

Having acquired the reg, the MOT history suggests it's had welding bodges for several MOTs and is nothing massively special. It's also only got a month's ticket. 

Further, someone else has already made an offer on it. I'll pass. 

MiniMinorMk3 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

MiniMinorMk3

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15 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

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BMW 318IS coupe | eBay

That's it's best angle.

The description forgets to mention that the MoT ran out 5 years ago. It's tempting, but will be a can of worms for sure.

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SteersWithThrottle Rank: BL Wedge

SteersWithThrottle

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11 minutes ago, cort16 said:

4 Grand 300SL with minor issues such as the roof doesn't work, the doors don't lock and roof doesn't go down.

Looks nice though.

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-300sl-convertible-1992-automatic-3.0-2-doors-needs-attention-/1460423360

Isn't that a prime candidate for the biodegradable wiring loom, given the year? Would explain the faults... and herald many more!

horriblemercedes Rank: Lancia Gamma

horriblemercedes

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1 hour ago, cort16 said:

4 Grand 300SL with minor issues such as the roof doesn't work, the doors don't lock and roof doesn't go down.

Looks nice though.

86

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-300sl-convertible-1992-automatic-3.0-2-doors-needs-attention-/1460423360

A mate had a nice one of these years ago. Looked just like that but it was K reg. It was a lovely thing. I'd like one myself but maybe not that one. I've got enough to contend with! 

richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

richardmorris

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1 hour ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

Isn't that a prime candidate for the biodegradable wiring loom, given the year? Would explain the faults... and herald many more!

Yes, no27 has just done a YouTube.

 

 

 

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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occasionally jumps out of fourth gear on desecration ,haven't had a problem with it as hold gear sick when desecrating

Whatever turns you on chief.

Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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13 hours ago, cort16 said:

4 Grand 300SL with minor issues such as the roof doesn't work, the doors don't lock and roof doesn't go down.

Looks nice though.

86

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-300sl-convertible-1992-automatic-3.0-2-doors-needs-attention-/1460423360

If it was s facelift or V8 probably would. Someone actually managed to get mine running and mot'd after I sold it, they aren't really that complicated. The wiring harness is only a problem on top of the engine and relatively cheap/easy to replace on the 6 cylinder cars.

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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22 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

If it was s facelift or V8 probably would. Someone actually managed to get mine running and mot'd after I sold it, they aren't really that complicated. The wiring harness is only a problem on top of the engine and relatively cheap/easy to replace on the 6 cylinder cars.

Is this not one of these cars that if you have the extra 2-3 grand then spend it on a better one rather than trying to fix one with issues (unless you really know what you're doing) as you could easily spend that an more sorting it out?

Are they also not in a bit of  a no mans land of having quite complex electronics but limited diagnostics?

A guy at work had one that was maybe 7-8 years old at the time and low miles it had all sorts of weird issues no-one wanted to deal with. 

Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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3 hours ago, cort16 said:

Is this not one of these cars that if you have the extra 2-3 grand then spend it on a better one rather than trying to fix one with issues (unless you really know what you're doing) as you could easily spend that an more sorting it out?

Are they also not in a bit of  a no mans land of having quite complex electronics but limited diagnostics?

A guy at work had one that was maybe 7-8 years old at the time and low miles it had all sorts of weird issues no-one wanted to deal with. 

Icarsoft has a Mercedes reader that actually works well on non obd2 cars, so no problems there anymore. And they really are quite simple as long as you don't have strange electrical gremlins that must have been caused by something that isn't normal use of the car (jumping the car with terminals in the wrong spot, driving it into a lake etc).

The problem is that a 6k Mercedes R129 will probably have similar issues to a 4k one, especially if the body of the cheaper car is in good shape already.

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