Dilemma: Metro Turbo

[Dobloseven]

27 minutes ago, sierraman said:

If my pension depended on a Metro Turbo to materialise then I’d be working until it was a thousand. 

Pensions are about being sensible.To me at least, Autoshite is about not being sensible. Or am I missing something? 

[Mr Pastry]

I can't help feeling that for £7k the seller ought to change the fuel pump and get it running properly, not expect the buyer to do it. 

[Dobloseven]

6 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

I can't help feeling that for £7k the seller ought to change the fuel pump and get it running properly, not expect the buyer to do it. 

But Grogee reckons it'll give him a good opportunity to see what he might be letting himself in for in terms of the underbody etc. This is Autoshite, don't forget, not a Quentin Wilson buyers guide. 

[SiC]

On 6/7/2022 at 4:22 PM, grogee said:

Probably needs an engine rebuild (A-series fun),

Bizarrely this one is advertised on the 1100 club website.

 

[Mr Pastry]

13 hours ago, Dobloseven said:

But Grogee reckons it'll give him a good opportunity to see what he might be letting himself in for in terms of the underbody etc. This is Autoshite, don't forget, not a Quentin Wilson buyers guide. 

Yeah but would you buy it on Ebay on those terms?

 "£7k, should sail through an mot,  doesn't drive, might be fuel pump, but no probs M8 bring yr own tools and parts and you can try and fix it in my driveway."

I don't think so.

[Dobloseven]

2 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Yeah but would you buy it on Ebay on those terms?

 "£7k, should sail through an mot,  doesn't drive, might be fuel pump, but no probs M8 bring yr own tools and parts and you can try and fix it in my driveway."

I don't think so.

I reckon Grogee knows how many beans make five! Very interested to see how this one works out. 

[grogee]

29 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

I reckon Grogee knows how many beans make five! Very interested to see how this one works out. 

That's kind, but I'm not great on bean counting. 

The other part of the story which I forgot to relay is that the fuel pump fixing job is paid, so I could just go and do the job and get £100 or whatever for that on its own. 

Also, he's not said it's definitely for sale for £7k firm. He's ummed and ahhed about wanting a Boxster which he would use instead of the MG garage ornament which isn't getting used. 

So the situation is fluid and what's more I work with the guy so neither of us wants to piss the other off...

[bangernomics]

Buy a boxster a better proposition all round and likely cheaper.


Could it get any worse?

[grogee]

Turns out a lot of his mates are asking if he's 'selling it cheap'. He wants top dollar for it and will be advertising it on Car & Classic. 

Fair enough, I'd probably do the same. Just need to work out when I can get round and sort out his fuel pump. 

Will have to get my Leyland kicks from something else (preferably an Ital). 

[Datsuncog]

On 6/24/2022 at 10:38 AM, grogee said:

Will have to get my Leyland kicks from something else (preferably an Ital).

I know a lad who might be persuaded to let this one go...

May* also need a fuel pump, mind. Plus some general* tidying.

But I'd say that if you were to offer him £7k, he'd almost definitely take it. 😉

[grogee]

Here's the offending item. 

No chance of a mate's rates discount unfortunately. Anyway my head's been turned by some other BLARG shite which I'll be boring you all with soon. 

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1478578

[mk2_craig]

Don’t know if I’ve become massively out of touch in the last few years but I can’t equate an £8k asking price with something needing that amount of work done to it. But good luck to the owner - must be a decent profit in it if anything close to eight grand is actually achieved. 

[garbaldy]

6 pages later and you didn't even buy it, hang your head in shame 😃

[Rocket88]

4 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Don’t know if I’ve become massively out of touch in the last few years but I can’t equate an £8k asking price with something needing that amount of work done to it. But good luck to the owner - must be a decent profit in it if anything close to eight grand is actually achieved. 

I concur… to get that to be worth £15k, it’s going to need at least £10k spent on it , if it’s done professionally 

[mercedade]

"I'll probably keep the period Alpine pullout to be honest"

EIGHT grand

[Split_Pin]

A Metro restoration project for eight grand. 

I can't mentally process that.

Still it's good to see that it's not just Ford products that have skyrocketed in price, 80s MG Turbo models seem to be really desireable now which guarantees that a good few will survive. 

 

[sierraman]

It’s great it’s survived but £8k in this climate? Not a chance. 

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

80s MG Turbo models seem to be really desirable now which guarantees that a good few will survive. 

True that; since about 1995, Mk1 Metro Turbos seemed to only exist as things you'd find on the drive of a Mini enthusiast with the front end hacked off, before immediate dispatch to the scrappie. No-one seemed to actually drive them back then, just strip them for bits.

Two brothers down the far end of our street who were into motorsport must have pillaged the engines from about a dozen of them in the 90s, including some that looked really clean.

They also had a Lancia Delta HF Integrale rotting away in a corner of the garden for years, plus various Mantas, Mk2 Escort Sports, RWD Starlets and Skoda Estelles.