Anyone want to Rescue an old Fabia for £100 in Solihull?

[robt100]

Has been posted over on the Skoda forum for a while now, but needs to be gone by the end of this week, seems a shame to just scrap it when it could be a decent project to get running again. Though it may be of interest to a few on here. Details in the link below.

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/514902-skoda-fabia-mk1-14-petrol-2000-x-plate-sorn-off/?_fromLogout=1
 

[worldofceri]

Shame, I am just up the road so any other week I could have scooped this up and roffled off at £2.50 a go or something, but too busy I’m afraid to get there before next week.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

That's got @AnnoyingPentium's name all over it. 

[Lord Sterling]

I'm in Brussels otherwise I might have been tempted. Given the way the bastard Peugeot has let me down, I could do with my own back-up car to take abroad.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 hours ago, worldofceri said:

Shame, I am just up the road so any other week I could have scooped this up and roffled off at £2.50 a go or something, but too busy I’m afraid to get there before next week.

Fuck I'd have had a transport quote off you for that as well but alas payday and the deadline for this car don't match up.

I'd really like it but finances don't allow at the moment.

[Floatylight]

This looks like a great project!

[comfysofa]

I would absolutely adore this, i have £100 but sadly neither the time or skills to recommission it...

[AnnoyingPentium]

Also as an aside I have a shed's worth of parts available for anyone on here who may buy this car.

[dcd1979]

Interested 

[dcd1979]

Collected this morning, and looks like it will scrub up well

[BL Bloke]

Good to see that this has been saved. 🙂

[AnnoyingPentium]

11 hours ago, dcd1979 said:

Collected this morning, and looks like it will scrub up well

Yassssss, if you need any bits give me a shout and I'll see what I have spare.

[robt100]

14 hours ago, dcd1979 said:

Collected this morning, and looks like it will scrub up well

Great news!! So glad someone  here saved it from mr scrap man😇. Just spotted you're only about 20 miles from me too, so may even get the chance to see it on the road when its working😉

[dcd1979]

On 8/25/2023 at 12:06 PM, robt100 said:

Great news!! So glad someone  here saved it from mr scrap man😇. Just spotted you're only about 20 miles from me too, so may even get the chance to see it on the road when its working😉

Doesn't scrub up to bad.

[gadgetgricey]

Got it running yet? 

 

[dcd1979]

6 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said:

Got it running yet? 

 

I towed it to Tamworth, topped water up, put a battery on turned the key and it fired straight into life 

[gadgetgricey]

2 minutes ago, dcd1979 said:

I towed it to Tamworth, topped water up, put a battery on turned the key and it fired straight into life 

MOT next week then... Hope it all goes well. Looks a grand thing.

[dcd1979]

2 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said:

MOT next week then... Hope it all goes well. Looks a grand thing.

Already been, failed, repaired and awaiting retest on Tuesday when garage opens 

[tom13]

2 hours ago, dcd1979 said:

Already been, failed, repaired and awaiting retest on Tuesday when garage opens 

What did it fail on?

[gadgetgricey]

27 minutes ago, tom13 said:

What did it fail on?

[Cookiesouwest]

Well done for saving it

[St.Jude]

On 8/24/2023 at 9:25 PM, dcd1979 said:

Collected this morning, and looks like it will scrub up well

One day, that Fabia will end up towing the Range Rover.

Great rescue!

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, St.Jude said:

One day, that Fabia will end up towing the Range Rover.

Great rescue!

Etc etc 😂

[gadgetgricey]

Hope robt100 does not mind me saying, but now all passed and MOT'd.
Just a couple of advisories for front tyres.

Well done Rob...

[robt100]

Thats great news! Given the listing on Briskoda I was a little concerned it could end up being a bag of worms. thankfully it did what early 00's skodas do and just work.

[brownnova]

Moved this over to the main board as it’s now a thread of updates. 

[robt100]

@dcd1979 Hows the Fabia doing? Time for a 3 month update!