[For Sale: Car] 70's squreback

[83mars]

hi all,
after abit of thought ive decided to give someone else a chance to look at this for a few years.
this was an english car originally, was driven here on holidays and broke down, parked at garage and left
was bought by the guy i got it from, he fixed it, restored and his wife used it up until 96( im a bit hazy on the specifics)

had been parked outside till i bought it 3 years ago, so you can imagine how bad it is.
its only ever had a cursory look over, but i reckon it'll need all removable panels, work to inner wings, bumper mounts etc etc.
im a sucker for a lost cause, and this is a goodun.

it is a complete car, nothing was ever taken from it, but the brakes have been damaged due to being seized and a necessity for them not to be, last time i was at it the engine was turning, as its an injection model i didnt try to hard to get it started.

wont be able to get pics for a week or so, if anyone wants specific ones let me know
if anyone has any questions just ask and ill do my best to answer.
looking for 500e.

 

[wackerwacker]

Where in the country are you based

thanks

 

[trev]

Loads of room in the back of a squareback to midmount a massive diesel stove

 

[lukemac]

Where's are you I may been tempted. ..

 

[BLZEEDUB]

Donie is in Cork. Never knew you had one of these; Id be interested myself, only I have no space; still would love to see some pics tho!!

 

[wackerwacker]

Donie is in Cork. Never knew you had one of these; Id be interested myself, only I have no space; still would love to see some pics tho!!

dam I was hoping was going to be further away that

 

[83mars]

sorry bout that guys, im in cork city essentially, the car is about 20 min from the city
@wackwacker: just pm'd you there now
@blzeedub: t thought you'd be caught for space alright,

ill get photos as soon as i can for ye.

 

[83mars]

leading edge of lhr wheel


pas fr corner of roof


pas side door


trailing edge of rhf wheel, i think


rhf wing


bonnet


lhr corner of roof


drivers door


pas side under bonnet


bulkhead


drivers side under bonnet


underbonnet


spare wheel well


trailing edge of fr lh wheel


pas door

 

[83mars]

now so, i apologise for the delay, a lil premature of me but i thought if i didnt put up the ad i wouldnt get the pictures
here they are





pas floor and heater channel


engine


rear valnce/boot lock panel


pas side sill and a pillar


lh inner wing panel


pas side floor


dash


drivers heater channel


drivers sill and a pillar


a pillar/bulkhead


drivers side front corner of roof


drivers side rear corner of roof


pas side sill from rear


boot


dealer sticker


drivers side sill from rear


drivers handle


boot again


leading edge of rhr wheel


pas side door

 

[83mars]

it was a while since i was up to the car and it is fairly well blocked in at this point
so with that in mind if anyone is coming to see it with a trailer ready to buy i will need some notice to get it ready,
the shed is not in the same ownership and the new owner will not appreciate people coming to have a look, which is why i put it up here first and not donedeal.
cheers guys

 

[gerryjunior]

was the car bought in clooneen co Tipperary ?

 

[BLZEEDUB]

@Jerry junior - looks like it is the one that was parked up outside an unoccupied house in Cloneen up until a couple of years ago; I was told about it (chap thought it was an 'old VW Passat' n as I often passed that way, I used to call to see if anyone was home, but never anyone @home - curtains drawn etc - you used to be able to see its back bumper from 2008 version of google maps...

 

[gerryjunior]

think its the car , house was occupied ,i called and looked at the car one day and spoke to the owners wife, the man had it for years he owned a local hardware shop .

 

[83mars]

one and the same.
was told about the car by his brother who is my mothers neighbour,
when i went to see it the owner(cant remember his name for the life of me) told me he had taken a deposit on the car and was waiting for the fella to come to collect,
i found out by his nephew that he had taken the deposit several years before i went to see it.very honest the whole family are.
after three or four weeks i got a call saying the wife wanted it gone and had called a scrap dealer to take it so if i wanted it to come and get it,
it took four of us around 3 hours to get it on the trailer(no winch).

anyway, if anyone wants to make an offer ill listen.
cheers

 

[lukemac]

I'd love one but I think it's too much work for me.

 

[trev]

Jaysus tim, let the man sell his car without running it down on him. You may or may not be correct in your evaluation of the condition of the car but in a for sale thread where such evaluation was neither asked nor required, it's a bit unfair to the seller.

 

[Tim]

Deleted............happy now trev?
Seller can pm me then if he wants my offer

 

[beag]

God mate that's a very reasonable price on a squareback, even if the body is gone beyond repair.... the engine, gearbox, lights, glass, etc etc are all still there... if I was in the market I'd be all over this... GLWS

 

[Mikey]

Fair ad, as Beag said value is still there between parts and log book.

You've also put decent pictures up, so potential buyers won't be under any illusions.

Good luck with sale, this has Riggsi's name all over it.

 

[Tim]

As I dont want to be jumping the queue on other prospective interested parties,
I,ll take a backseat on this at the moment to give them a chance to make a move.