[For Sale: Car] Possibly going to purchase

[walshe]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2682959
Was in the town today and went to look at this bug. The owner was'nt around but i had a root about anyway. The floors are solid but i could look into the car through the passenger sill. There is a 1.5/2ft piece if metal hanging off the drivers sill which crumbled when i moved it. Both bottom corners of the rear window are rusted pinholes showing. The wings are all good but the 2 front inner wings around the filler flap are rusted, pinholes near the back of the left rain channel and needs a bonnet and engine lid.

Otherwise its mint. Its a 72/73 dublin reg 191 ZH.
Am i mad to think of buying it ???????????

 

[trev]

yes

 

[56oval]

fuck that, it'll be bottom 12" all round, wouldn't even consider it.

 

[knk]

Depends what you want to buy it for?

Parts car - YES
Restore - NO

 

[walshe]

i think it will get a '90's style quick resto and be a runner for a while

 

[trev]

say you spent €200 on getting it running, you'll have invested €1000 in a structurally unsound car. What if you had an accident in it and were seriously hurt because the car folded up around you?

I wouldn't go near it. You'll find something else for your grand...

 

[johnnyg]

Is that here in Athy Mark??

 

[duts]

would coxys car not be a much better option?????

 

[kombi.noise]

have u not seen my 75 bug in trading section?
its as good as it gets for the money id say...

 

[Dirty1]

Stone mad for 800, a 70's car that far gone is never going to be worth anything so any spend or effort is wasted, there's far better out there,^^^^^^ for a little more,^^^^^ or you'd pick up a clean mk3 gti with a test for same money needing no work and more economical! That wouldn't even make a good rat!

GZR at least is solid, even if it is fibreglass LOL!

 

[Endfloat]

That's a proper shitbox of a car. You'll spend a fortune putting it right and get no return on it.

 

[JustinOval]

It does look like that photo is the only thing holding it together...

 

[walshe]

Is that here in Athy Mark??

No, its in monasterevan

 

[Lazy Dog]

That's a proper shitbox of a car. You'll spend a fortune putting it right and get no return on it.

You need to listen to this advice, this dude has first hand experience..................!!

 

[RattyOval]

That's a proper shitbox of a car. You'll spend a fortune putting it right and get no return on it.

This man is talking from recent experience



Dam lazy bet me to it.

 

[Endfloat]

Absolutely. The only reason I don't regret having my car restored is because I plan on keeping it for a long time, not selling it, and I really made it my own. It's not worth nearly as much as what I spent on it, but then neither is a new car, and it was a lot cheaper than a new car. I already had the car before I started though, and was knee deep before I really realised the extent of the rot. Ideally, I would have spent more money buying a better car to begin with and spent the rest on doing some really cool stuff to it instead of repairing rot. Buy a better car. Spend your money on making it your own.

 

[Aidan]

I went to see that car when it was for sale maybe three years ago. It was non-restoreable then and it looks like its been in the same spot since. It really is a piece of crap and is mechanically as well as structurally beyond economic repair.

Just to be clear, its fucked

 

[Coxy]

would coxys car not be a much better option?????

Cheers Duts.

I have this for sale and am open to offers as I need the space http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/showthread.php?9731-1985-Jubilee-Beetle

 

[Endfloat]

Speaking of cars that haven't moved in years, that blue bug that used to always be parked in Sandyford with the big spiderweb on it advertising some insurance crowd is gone. I wonder where it went. It looked to be in good condition. Could have been filler-tastic though. Just wondering like. Sorry for the thread hi-jack.

 

[mintman]

buy it!, we all need to make mistakes,like a rite of passage!