World's worst Saxo

[jcr]

Typical 19 year old boy racer wagon? 

 

• Diesel
• Rotten
• Unbelievably hacked together (wood screws, Sellotape and bathroom sealant)
• 140,000 miles
• Oil leak(s)
• Crap brakes
• No clutch (found out trying to cross the Pennines... lol)
• Concerning rear wheel camber

 

....maybe not quite a VTR. But a fun* project!!!

 

 

Gave it a wash

 

My favourite part has to be the Renault wheel trims. lol

Tomorrow the wire wheel and cutoff disc comes out. There's a lot of work needed for both. Pics to follow

[MJK 24]

Good luck!

[fatharris]

Wow, quite the to-do list.

What's the story behind it?

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[Ghosty]

Diesel? Quite the oddity. 

[sutty2006]

Looks no better for having a wash, you’re a sucker for punishment! Good luck with it!

[Agila]

Once I've seen the words "music system" on the number plates I can't unsee it.

[motorpunk]

27 minutes ago, Agila said:

Once I've seen the words "music system" on the number plates I can't unsee it.

It’s important that passers by know this.

Cracking little project. How good is your welding?

[Talbot]

This is ideal

For this:

 

[jcr]

well then

[sutty2006]

*one stern tug and it was off!*

[Crackers]

Oof. That's brown, and not in a good way. 

[lisbon_road]

And it really doesn't look too bad in those first pictures.

[Rod/b]

52 minutes ago, jcr said:

well then

Wow. Did you pay actual money for this? 

[Crackers]

@Talbot to the clattery TUD-powered phone please! 

 

[jcr]

Will be an engine out job for access. That inner wing is rotten on both sides and the rot below where the coolant expansion bottle would be is very close to the bracket to which the engine mounts.

Looking for a crane but in the mean time I can get that strut out and brush chop and fabricate

[Talbot]

Just noticed that this got a clean MOT pass only 10.5 months and 630 miles ago.

Well, that restores* my faith in MOT testing.  😬

[Wilko220]

Saxos seem to be one of those cars that were everywhere and then suddenly nowhere. 

This example may demonstrate why!

[Grumblespeed]

Are those cobwebs structural? (or was that a fibreglass "repair"?) To be fair to the MOT tester probably all he could see was a plastic arch liner.

[M'coli]

No-one's asked the big question - pompe Bosch?

[jcr]

15 minutes ago, M'coli said:

No-one's asked the big question - pompe Bosch?

Ah ouais ! C'était la raison pour laquelle je l'ai achetée

[jcr]

25 minutes ago, Grumblespeed said:

Are those cobwebs structural? (or was that a fibreglass "repair"?) To be fair to the MOT tester probably all he could see was a plastic arch liner.

The cobwebs aren't structural but the underseal absolutely is

[tommotech]

We’ve had a number of Saxo’s over the years, even a rare Bosch equipped TUD5 diesel. I’m astounded to see how they rot, completely to other PSA stuff, I now understand why they all vanished. 
The best one we had was a 2001 VTR, diesels never dropped below 65mpg. 
Good luck saving this one, I do have some engine parts kicking around if you need anything. 

[Spurious]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

Just noticed that this got a clean MOT pass only 10.5 months and 630 miles ago.

Well, that restores* my faith in MOT testing.  😬

 

[jcr]

As much as I hate to let this go to scrap.... I think a certain Talbot will be taking it away along with the parts I ordered to build his insane lawnmower. 

 

It really was so much worse than I had anticipated. I reckon I could have just about done it given time and space but I am lacking for both at the moment. 

 

I really liked this car. Despite the slipping clutch the drive back over the Pennines from Barnsley was enjoyable. They really are fun cars to drive. And very economical. Will be having another one in the future I am sure.

[Bren]

Customer states what on youtube would say that saxo had the " flavour."

[sierraman]

[Crackers]

6 minutes ago, sierraman said:

EFA

[BL Bloke]

I was surprised to see how much rot there was, it looked in decent condition in the first two photos. It makes me wonder what my Saxo's hiding behind its wheel arch liners.

[jcr]

1 hour ago, BL Bloke said:

I was surprised to see how much rot there was, it looked in decent condition in the first two photos. It makes me wonder what my Saxo's hiding behind its wheel arch liners.

The rest of the underside is pretty solid. Just a few bits of surface rust where its been jacked poorly. Boot floor spotless. Sills are perfect. Very frustrating that the only rust was in the only part of the car I couldn't see pre purchase. 

Maybe it was parked with the nose half in a lake for a while.

 

[Talbot]

I recon there's going to be even more in there once the grinder comes out.  A deal is being thrown together to make this into something very different.