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phillpot
Original Poster
5,495 posts
53 months
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Clicky"tyres are good" (for scrap after 15 years standing) 
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GadgeS3C
2,001 posts
34 months
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MnS
377 posts
113 months
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A new carpet set and seats have been re-covered though so that should do it, and it was mot'd when taken off road so some peace of mind there anyway.
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Astacus
1,399 posts
104 months
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wow. Looks like a complete restoration job starting with the body off. Was it stood outside or in the shed I wonder?
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whitewolf
589 posts
36 months
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I've been told by my wife (boo fire night 2011) Im not even allowed to look at another car... But tbh id love to do it all again now :-)... Just haven't got the space or funds :-(
I do hope someone takes it and makes it alive again :-)
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phillpot
Original Poster
5,495 posts
53 months
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talking of cars that "need saving" wonder if this ones still slowly decaying?
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thegamekeeper
2,009 posts
152 months
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Was quite interested till she mentioned it needs a water pump. Donna obviously likes a large "male hen".
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dryden
148 posts
39 months
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phillpot said: talking of cars that "need saving" wonder if this ones still slowly decaying? I think that one came up on e-bay a few weeks ago then went, assume it sold, hope so.
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ATE399J
335 posts
107 months
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Is she REALLY likely to get anywhere near £3k for this? And does the chicken come as a part of the deal? - Could be the deciding factor!!
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jellison
12,630 posts
147 months
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Just checked - not my old one. Same colour and roof (but had the roof coloured stripe. Mine was ULG 930R.
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whitewolf
589 posts
36 months
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ATE399J said: Is she REALLY likely to get anywhere near £3k for this? And does the chicken come as a part of the deal? - Could be the deciding factor!! Pesonally i doubt it but it just takes one person....
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whitewolf
589 posts
36 months
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ATE399J said: Is she REALLY likely to get anywhere near £3k for this? And does the chicken come as a part of the deal? - Could be the deciding factor!! Pesonally i doubt it but it just takes one person....
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stainless_steve
5,690 posts
128 months
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DavidY
3,220 posts
154 months
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Plus point, it has all the bumpers, Minus points - the rest!
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Pat H
6,310 posts
126 months
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stainless_steve said: That is my late Dad's old car. He bought it new from the factory in component form and finished the build himself. Here's what it used to look like...  
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Astacus
1,399 posts
104 months
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Christ that's sad. I'f only I had a spare garage ( and a spare £25k)
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phillpot
Original Poster
5,495 posts
53 months
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Hopefully it will look like that again one day  If only I had the time, the money, the space, the skills .......
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< FORZA WEST
1,038 posts
79 months
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And if I win it will return to its former glory, but at the rate the biddings going its going to sell for far more than its worth.
The history of it is great though and would make the perfect restore for me, its a shame it had to live in a garden for so long and when the owner left the property the vandels attacked it and some other vehicles and broke the dash, side windows etc.
Fingers crossed
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heightswitch
3,453 posts
120 months
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A friend has viewed this car..
Completely rotten chassis, most of the suspension corroded to hell.Body looks better than it is in the photos!! inside can be best described as a rats nest.
The current owners have lifted the car onto a trailer via chains through the door apertures and knackered 2 of the hardest parts to replace on the car...IE The doorframes
This car will supply an ID for a full re -(newal) rather than a restoration.
At those prices so early on I can only assume that mates of the vendor are bidding it up..
It'll do what the market dictates..But I won't be part of that market!!
N.
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Astacus
1,399 posts
104 months
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heightswitch said: A friend has viewed this car..
Completely rotten chassis, most of the suspension corroded to hell.Body looks better than it is in the photos!! inside can be best described as a rats nest.
The current owners have lifted the car onto a trailer via chains through the door apertures and knackered 2 of the hardest parts to replace on the car...IE The doorframes
This car will supply an ID for a full re -(newal) rather than a restoration.
At those prices so early on I can only assume that mates of the vendor are bidding it up..
It'll do what the market dictates..But I won't be part of that market!!
N. Hmm, when I read this I had to go and check the price straight away. I have to say £2650 would be a bargain for a Tuscan. I suppose it will continue to climb though. I appreciate that it is a basket case but when you think about it, after a certain amount of disrepair, the final amount one spends to repair it won't really get a huge amount bigger. It has been said many times on this forum already, and by people far more experienced than me, but to do one of these cars properly is going to cost at least £25k for a complete rebuild. At 40 years old with a knackered chassis, and what looks like a v poor engine it's not hard to see why. Add in new suspension at each corner, dismantle, inspect and repair the whole drive train and then completely retrim......
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