BG 182
Ok Gents here we go again.
You may remember my last project
Impreza Type R – Unfortunately I sold this on as it had too much money in it and im getting married in August, say no more!
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?668786-Project-Impreza-type-r
Before that
High mileage Clio 172 Cup – sold it as I was offered a good price. I regret it and my friend crashed it within a week and it now RIP’s. It need far too much work doing to it, Dephaser and belts, Paint was horrific.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?610579-project-155K-172-cup
Onto the Clio’s, it’s a long story so bare with me….
Browsing ebay knowing I didn’t really have much to spend but knowing I wanted a toy, I came across a light front ended Phase 1 172 for good money (or so I thought), 10 miles away with little mot and tax, a deal was done for Sub £350 minus the 17 inch wheels. I put a rather rushed deposit on it, sourced a set of wheels and a few days later brought it home. However, it wasn’t without its problems!
After about 5 hours of ownership I had stripped the front end down my findings where:
slam panel was very slightly bent and needed pulling straight
needed a bumper
both headlight brackets where damaged
wing was slightly damaged
it didn’t idle
the rear quarter once wiped clean revealed 2 different colours
I didn’t think I would be too bothered but HPI’d it and found out it was a previous Cat C previous to this little shunt.
This is as far as I got so had a cuppa tea and a chat with my understanding missus and decided that although my thoughts where to spend money over time and fix it up im really not that skint and putting money into this car will leave me with a Cat C car with no history, and by the time the belts and dephaser where done, it had some paint and parts, it would owe me over £1000.
This made no sense to me, so knowing it was still live on ebay I contacted the guy I bought it off and said would he mind letting the auction run as im really not sure I want to keep the car. If it sells then forward the buyer onto me. Anyway the next day I got a call to say the car had sold and could the buyer pick the car up the following weekend. I spoke with the new buyer and explained the whole situation, It turns out he wanted it for the engine to put in his Renault 5, so he got a bargain, I made £80 and he took it away last week.
You may remember my last project
Impreza Type R – Unfortunately I sold this on as it had too much money in it and im getting married in August, say no more!
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?668786-Project-Impreza-type-r
Before that
High mileage Clio 172 Cup – sold it as I was offered a good price. I regret it and my friend crashed it within a week and it now RIP’s. It need far too much work doing to it, Dephaser and belts, Paint was horrific.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?610579-project-155K-172-cup
Onto the Clio’s, it’s a long story so bare with me….
Browsing ebay knowing I didn’t really have much to spend but knowing I wanted a toy, I came across a light front ended Phase 1 172 for good money (or so I thought), 10 miles away with little mot and tax, a deal was done for Sub £350 minus the 17 inch wheels. I put a rather rushed deposit on it, sourced a set of wheels and a few days later brought it home. However, it wasn’t without its problems!
After about 5 hours of ownership I had stripped the front end down my findings where:
slam panel was very slightly bent and needed pulling straight
needed a bumper
both headlight brackets where damaged
wing was slightly damaged
it didn’t idle
the rear quarter once wiped clean revealed 2 different colours
I didn’t think I would be too bothered but HPI’d it and found out it was a previous Cat C previous to this little shunt.
This is as far as I got so had a cuppa tea and a chat with my understanding missus and decided that although my thoughts where to spend money over time and fix it up im really not that skint and putting money into this car will leave me with a Cat C car with no history, and by the time the belts and dephaser where done, it had some paint and parts, it would owe me over £1000.
This made no sense to me, so knowing it was still live on ebay I contacted the guy I bought it off and said would he mind letting the auction run as im really not sure I want to keep the car. If it sells then forward the buyer onto me. Anyway the next day I got a call to say the car had sold and could the buyer pick the car up the following weekend. I spoke with the new buyer and explained the whole situation, It turns out he wanted it for the engine to put in his Renault 5, so he got a bargain, I made £80 and he took it away last week.
