HOU - Rust in peace

[Akay]

Well, bought the CS famous 'HOU' and broke it for parts.

For a 'much loved' car I was shocked at the amount of bodges, mainly wiring (didnt see a single crimped/soldered join, all twisted and taped), wire holding the exhaust on, various mismatched bolts/nuts, many missing or rounded, also very rotten under the skirts and rear floor. It did feel freakishly fast though on its last drive, I kicked its head in around the local roads on a quiet Sunday morning.

Anyway, its going tomorrow to the great scrapyard in the sky. Its parts are mainly helping my black ph2 track car but mostly sold for parts and many gone to members of this forum.

Shout out to @dann2707 @Coops Turbo and @GrahamS for the help, advice and lending of tools etc.

 

[Stefan.]

@Daniel
@McGherkin

 

[Scrooge]

@Rob

 

[Rob]

What a car. As for the bodges, if it worked, it's not a bodge, it's 'minimal engineering'

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

What a car. As for the bodges, if it worked, it's not a bodge, it's 'minimal engineering'

Shoddy work, Robert

 

[DaveDreads]

Like putting down the family dog.

 

[Akay]

Haha, it did cross my mind on the drive back that I should restore it, but the rot was terminal, skirts were hiding bad cancer.

Some of the bodges didnt work, lol, nothing documented on any of its old progress threads!

 

[BoatNonce]

Fcukabout, it's gone downhill since I owned it.

Everything I did electrically was double crimped and taped. In fact I redid some stuff which wasn't up to my standards. There was no evidence of rust apart from inside the bootlid when I owned it too (and a couple of bits in the engine bay, nothing major). Definitely nothing coming through on the sills like that!

I kinda lost hope for HOU when it became another generic track car.

RIP old friend.

 

[Akay]

Looks good there, I think a lot of the bodges are recent, I know a few of the previous owners! But yeah in my opinion it was beyond saving.

 

[BoatNonce]

It was quite sad to see the immaculate Ph2 interior taken out, and the holes drilled in the wings for those rubber band things, and so on.

 

[Rob]

It was quite sad to see the immaculate Ph2 interior taken out, and the holes drilled in the wings for those rubber band things, and so on.

How do you think I felt when someone ripped the recaros out? That was the beginning of the end.

 

[BoatNonce]

How do you think I felt when someone ripped the recaros out? That was the beginning of the end.

True, but I never got to enjoy them in the first place.

 

[Daniel]

I genuinely have a lump in my throat.
My first holiday with my now wife was in that car, back in about 2005!
It had 26,000 miles on it iirc.
I paid £5,500 for it from the Renault dealer where I worked. It was on the forecourt for £6999.

 

[Coops Mk1]

Rot box in the end, poor thing!

 

[Daz...]

I remember seeing this in my local Tesco car park last year. It had already gone downhill with the rubber band things etc.

 

[Akay]

Yeah, full of tat and the bodywork was shocking, headlights aside.

 

[Daniel]

How do you think I felt when someone ripped the recaros out? That was the beginning of the end.

Me and Gherkin loved it and cherished it.
The people either side of us though just disrespected her like some piece of garbage.

She deserved better.

 

[Danith]

Used and abused

 

[leeds_182]

Love a good ph1.

rip

 

[Borstii]

That´s wjy ypi never ever sell a OMGWTFBBQ nice car - it will be fucked down

 

[Daniel]

Wtf does that say?

 

[Mr R.]

Lets be honest, it was a shiny wanker.

 

[Borstii]

Wtf does that say?

Yeah well f**k 😂

" That´s why you never ever sell am OMGWTFBBQ nice car - it will be fucked down "

 

[Chris_Beer]

Sad... but to be fair, unless someone pulled the skirts off they wouldn't of known really?

It's 17 years old now, so it's bound to have the usual going through puberty spots and hero scars

What it really needs is a good set of parents to give it the start it deserves in life

Unfortunately, this seems to have hit the crack pipe and failed miserably

Anyone taking him to rehab?

Do the right thing...

 

[BoatNonce]

Sad... but to be fair, unless someone pulled the skirts off they wouldn't of known really?

It's 17 years old now, so it's bound to have the usual going through puberty spots and hero scars

What it really needs is a good set of parents to give it the start it deserves in life

Unfortunately, this seems to have hit the crack pipe and failed miserably

Anyone taking him to rehab?

Do the right thing...

Just £5 a month....

 

[Chris_Beer]

@Daniel ... ban him... LOL

 

[Chris_Beer]

Just £5 a month....

Genuinely believe most of CS would contribute?

 

[Gally]

Loved seeing pics of that car. True CS car!

Sad day on CS.

 

[BoatNonce]

 

[Rob]

Day I picked it up @Daniel

Fitted some questionable wheels because they were dirt cheap and had good rubber

Took it all the way across France/Belgium with the Mrs, pic in champagne with the ph2 rear bumper and cup spoiler on

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Gutted

 

[BoatNonce]

Never knew it had a Ph2 bumper at one point!

 

[Chris_Beer]

Sport badge was always in the wrong place?

@Akay anymore photos? CS wants to see the funeral

 

[Akay]

 

[Akay]

Scratched my driveway in protest!

 

[Rob]

Scratched my driveway in protest!

When it came to you, did it still have the fk coilovers on it? Silverline X or something?

If it did, I'd be honestly amazed, that's some moon miles they'll have done.

 

[Mr Plums]

Looks and sounds better than your grandads volvo buddy.

 

[Chris_Beer]

Feel a little sick seeing those photos 😧

Surely worth keeping or selling the front bumper / wings?

Guess this shows what these cars are worth right now.. real shame

 

[Akay]

Feel a little sick seeing those photos 😧

Surely worth keeping or selling the front bumper / wings?

Guess this shows what these cars are worth right now.. real shame

Nope, bumper was cracked and only held on by the 'crappy JDM quickrelease cable tie crap' wings were damaged at the bottoms and cracked due poor jacking.

Its a shame but it was a complete nail imo. It had some nice parts but it was way past saving. No regrets at all from me'

 

[Christopher]

Gutted. I remember that car.
My old Racing Blue 182 suffered the same fate.