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[For Sale: Car] Bargains on DoneDeal

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oh dear. a normally fairly sleek car has been made into a popemobile :(

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1973-nova/8943974?offset=6

nice wheels though...

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trev

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is it an original ragtop car or aftermarket?
are semaphores correct up to 1960?
what are they showing us in the second last photo?
seems expensive for the start of a full restoration project.
 

JustinOval

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is it an original ragtop car or aftermarket?
are semaphores correct up to 1960?
what are they showing us in the second last photo?
seems expensive for the start of a full restoration project.

That's the rust on the inner wing trying to infect an 8x2 plank. The big dope.
 

Aidan

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It looks like a money pit. They're not 'nearly impossible' to find and I doubt very much that a decent restoration would result in the car being worth more than the cost of restoration even if the car was free to start with. Pity to see one in that state - if something isn't done soon it'll be a scrapper.

If you're willing to weld and the vast majority of rest of the work then it'd be an interesting project. Down side is that it'll either be a full time job or take a few years. The alternative is to wait for a bit and pick a good one up in the UK or US.

I'd imagine that the asking price is very flexible, even with the magic value-adding 'barn find' tag - the seller seems realistic about condition.
 
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Originally Posted by Barnfind Has anyone on here viewed this car? opinions??

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...2990?offset=20


I think its the same car i viewed 8 years ago in Garretstown. Some Surfer dude had it and wanted an opinion on restoring it! It was rotten back then, and the sunroof is a Britax one, so its not even a real ragtop!

Yeah, that's the one and he was asking €5.5k back then. I walked away too (obviously).
 

trev

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dammit! a day late and a dollar short as usual!! I just bought Justin's one yesterday. :ROFLMAO:

Seriously though, Robert was actually looking for one, this might suit him?