Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Sill drivers side equally as rusty .. poor old girl Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 But overall she looks fairly presentable. I am trying to be positive about it for my friend .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 On life support from our trusty X-cey (nissan X-trail) . We got her turning over nicely .so at least she isn't seized up ! Skizzer and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 What I never realised before was how many similarities the body had to a Xantia and I liked that ! Anyone that knows me knows how much I adore xantias . I quite liked the Espero . Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 It’ll be the fuel pump Ritchie, located in the tank, accessed thru the boot. Take out the sender- it’s on the bottom. Hot wire a generic. High pressure pump in, feeding it from a length of pipe into the tank, or a can. it’ll fire straight up. Might check & clean the rotor arm/ disc cap on r/h side of the engine for a better spark. They oxidize when out of use. That’ll be a nice car once cleaned up. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Oops. I just looked at the mot history That really ain’t good. 12 years ago, too. Think hard before you spend much cash on it. I do hope it was just an over- enthusiastic tester trying to get a 10 yr old off the road... Skizzer and BlankFrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, nigel bickle said: Oops. I just looked at the mot history That really ain’t good. 12 years ago, too. Think hard before you spend much cash on it. I do hope it was just an over- enthusiastic tester trying to get a 10 yr old off the road... To be honest Nige it is,as bad as they said in 2008 . I was squeezing the inner sills and I could hear the crunch of doom as it dissolved in my hand . As said anything can be done but it is finding someone who can do the repairs to the floor , inner sills a d fabricate some new outer sills . The one good thing was the outer sills are a very simple shape to remake . That was a blessing . In the failure sheet it said about the suspension mounting areas at the front . I couldn't quite work out what they meant as the strut tops looks solid from the engine bay . I wondered if it was to do with the shock absorber tops or something ? I think the way forward is try and get it running under it's own steam first . It then becomes mobile . Once mobile it can be driven up on to ramps for a proper look underneath . I think he is looking at quite a few quid to get it repaired properly . I have told him this is a love job as they are worthless at the moment . We will just have to see what happens I guess . nigel bickle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I spotted this one seven years(!) ago. Would be amazing to think it'll be revived. They really have aged really well I reckon https://www.flickr.com/photos/45623348@N05/8004020108/ Skizzer, BL Bloke, beko1987 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richieg Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 hour ago, barrett said: I spotted this one seven years(!) ago. Would be amazing to think it'll be revived. They really have aged really well I reckon https://www.flickr.com/photos/45623348@N05/8004020108/ Scott , My friend /colleague who owns this only recently told me about it . I had a cursory glance and it is going to need a weldathon . Inner sills have gone and floor in places . Rear arches aren't great either as you can see above . However he is keen and good old Nigel Bickle has kindly put me in touch with a man who can ! All we need to do is get her running . After some PM's with nigel i am pretty sure the fuel tank pump has seized as it didn't kick in when ignition was switched on . We have a plan to get that going though . To wake her up would be fantastic . The sad story with this car is my friend had it serviced and cambelt before mot and it failed miserably . This is why it is sat there . trigger, 500tops, brownnova and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 12 hours ago, Richieg said: The rear arches aren't great either sadly . I desperately want to help my friend because he loves this car ! I just don't know whether he is going to have heart failure when he finds how much this welding will cost ? As Enoch Powell never said; "like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood the Espero sills bulging with much wob'" Richieg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 2/28/2020 at 6:03 PM, brownnova said: Topic moved... this has the potential to be a good story!! There are two Esperos festering in driveways in North Wales that I know of... I should get around to knocking on to see if they’re owners want to sell! Do this! I'd love an Espero. brownnova and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 If the crackers on ColdWarMotors can create a Fury <by welding the top onto a good chassis> then the Gauntlet is thrown down for a Welsh revival. Plenty of beer + Classic Tyre Review Get It ON.... Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Here are the two I spotted.... Dick Longbridge, egg, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 These are (and always were) handsome things - strong hints of Xantia but arguably better balanced. They were always fated to sit on driveways though: espero is Spanish for ‘I am waiting in hope’. somewhatfoolish, eddyramrod, tooSavvy and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Gosh, those number plates alone are gorgeous! P_plate looks like it's on its original Daewoo plates. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 hours ago, brownnova said: Here are the two I spotted.... Help indeed. LightBulbFun and brownnova 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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