The yellow stolen recovered

[hallsie]

Has anyone got any opinions on the yellow cerb for sale in the classifieds.

Obviously the stolen recovered bit has put people off, and the possibility of engine problems and possibly suspension damage etc.

Would it seriously be a problem if I was in fact looking to upgrade or change those potential 'problematic things' anyway?

Perhaps a good platform for a project??
(after selling the tuscan of course darling!)

Any suggestions welcome.

Stu

[itsallyellow]

Is this the one from ??

If so i have viewed the car. I would haave to say walk away!!

Body work is average and engine bay looks rough. Not a problem?

The you look at the chassis! Two outriggers are missing and even the centre rails have rusted through!!

Ive never see or heard of a Cerb chassis so badly rusted. Its certainly not repairable.

So i would say the value of the car is circa 4k maybee a bit less.

Maybe im talking about the wrong car though???

Mike

ETA

Sorry for the edit BUT if it is that particular car then the post will fall foul of the N&S ruling.

Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 5th November 13:03

[touching cloth]

Wow, and it's being sold as "perfect example" and "drive away needs tax and test only" - bit off really if the chassis is in that bad a state.

[itsallyellow]

Yea and i drove a 9hr round trip to look at it!!!

[hallsie]

Thanks for the heads up itsallyellow,
shame about that though, ill have to keep on looking for some kind of 'winter project car' then!

Perhaps some kind of 'old van camper conversion'

Gotta keep busy, eh!

Stu

Edited by hallsie on Wednesday 5th November 11:19

[djc100]

itsallyellow said:

Is this the one from ??

If so i have viewed the car. I would haave to say walk away!!

Body work is average and engine bay looks rough. Not a problem?

The you look at the chassis! Two outriggers are missing and even the centre rails have rusted through!!

Ive never see or heard of a Cerb chassis so badly rusted. Its certainly not repairable.

So i would say the value of the car is circa 4k maybee a bit less.

Maybe im talking about the wrong car though???

Mike

ETA

Sorry for the edit BUT if it is that particular car then the post will fall foul of the N&S ruling.

Agree with chassis comment or maybe it should read "space where chassis should be".
David

Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 5th November 13:04

[itsallyellow]

I'm not the only one then!!

[Gazzab]

sounds like it is really only fit for breaking ie dv aren't going to sell as a whole for 4k when they can sell in bits for more? Shame but could be another one gone.

[RUSSELLM]

We was discussing this on the spotted forum.

This appears to be the famous Boscastle Cerb that never moved for four years.

Stolen recovered

ETA

Can I not interest you in my Blue car...It's sat on my drive doing nothing & is in danger of ending up the same way

Edited by RUSSELLM on Wednesday 5th November 12:14

[touching cloth]

RUSSELLM said:

Can I not interest you in my Blue car...It's sat on my drive doing nothing & is in danger of ending up the same way

Russ not sure what you want for ol'blue now with rebuild etc but maybe this of interest

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[D1ckie]

Hi

I viewed that car in September and I'm definately not an expert espacially mechanically, I just love Cerbs, but its not good value for money IMO.

Personally I think the car has been in the drink at some point, it stinks and when I saw it they could even get it going. However I did meet someone after this who had also seen the car and said they had got it going, after 3 hours, but was only running on 4 cylinders.

Outriggers etc, mean nothing to me, this is just an honest opinion from a laymans point of view. Also they told me it was a 4.2 when its obvioulsy a 4.5.

Also, they said if I wasn't interested in that one they had a Speed 6 that just needed a new radiator!!!!!! Look through the ads, you'll see what I mean

I looked at cars for over 6 months before i found mine.

[plasticman]

I would be interested to know if any cerbera had ever been stolen.

[Brummmie]

plasticman said:

I would be interested to know if any cerbera had ever been stolen.

Yeah, i bought mine as a non runner, and when i was ready to fire it up i had no idea of the procedure, i had to read the manual first! the guys at my local MOT station had to ring us up when another was dropped off as they couldnt start that either!

[RUSSELLM]

I reckon "stolen recovered but not on register" is a typo for "not moved an inch for four years"

Probably a dodgy keyboard

Looking at the photos, would I be right on saying, that they've appeared to try & jet wash the seats ?

[dan de-lyon]

yellow cerb i agree worth app 4k i went to view it, i pulled off one of the out riggers to show the guy how rotten it was just as he was trying to bulls**t me as to how good it was(not convinced i am welcome there again)

[Gazzab]

emailed them. They told me the car is worth 8k broken up. The chassis has some rust but just some repairs and you are away.

[FUBAR]

I bet they love Pistonheads

[Gazzab]

They told me that they are all rust buckets and that they are just painted with hammerite.

[D1ckie]

Has anyone bought this as its no longer in the classifieds

[hallsie]

NO!!

didnt even bother after the info received.

Thanks 'itsallyellow'

Stu