HELP!!!

[Hunter T]

Right.....

 

Today I went and looked at a very tidy mk1 4 door in olympic blue that was mechanically and structually sound... it has had time and money spent on it but the prob is the prep work before the respray was rubbish... the car is rippled and has a lot of dents under a nice glossy olympic blue plus a fair amount of filler in places ... The car is also bog standard 1300l... therefore drums all round and a fairly slow engine...

 

What should i do with regards to buying it and upgrading it??? its up for £1995

 

Part 2 of the problem is that sitting next to it was a mint rs2000 replica that has been done to a very high standard with full rs spec running gear, engine, 5 speed rose linked gearbox, anti tramp bars etc etc..... it looked great and original looking using a very solid 1100l shell... price for this was £7k... IS this too much for it??? My Dad was tempted to get it and let me store it at mine and use it as and when i want and id buy it off him over time!!!

 

So should I put my money towards the RS (or is it too over priced) or should I go 4 door and have a very useable but not great project???

 

Apologies for the stupidly long email but I need some help!!! lol

 

cheers guys

[antz]

the 4 door is over priced! £2000 should get you a mint 4 door not one full of filler.

 

as for a RS rep id say thats expensive. you can get genuine rs2000s for that money. it wont be a minter but a rep isnt worth that much

[escortmad79]

1300 it should have discs on the front, only 1100s were drums all around.

 

If you have any doubt whatsoever then it's not the car for you & sounds overpriced for the spec & condition (tons of filler & rippled body? Accident repair?)

 

Leave it, continue saving & find a decent one

[sambo]

Both are overpriced mate.

[flyingbanana]

1300 it should have discs on the front, only 1100s were drums all around.

 

mine was a 1300cc with drums....not no more

[Hunter T]

Wicked... I needed some sensible views... You can see the 4 door on PA autos website... some1 stuck it in the 4 sale bit a week and a bit ago...

 

It doesnt look like accident damage but I didnt like it, its round the back arches, tho the back quarter panels themselves were solid... I dont look at cars without a magnet!!! lol

 

Think the RS has a high price as I sensed the guy didnt really want to sell it that much so he was seeing what he could get.....

[flyingbanana]

http://www.paautos.co.uk/details.asp?cdID=926436

 

 

http://www.paautos.co.uk/details.asp?cdID=970898

 

[Hunter T]

Cheers mate!!! still workin out how to do all that stuff lol... yeah that is a rubbish pic of the olympic blue... the other s on the sight show it to look a lot beeter than that... in the flesh tho all is different

 

Still looking

[Jay_harrier]

The RS rep maybe £4 to 5k at the most depending how good it was & whether it had the plating kit etc, but still an 1100 on the book.

 

The 4dr is too expensive, if the panels are that bad (depending on which ones) then £1200 to £1500 maybe less

 

£2k is into 2dr territory.

[marky4]

sounds like the 4 door will cost you alot of money in the long run you don't know what shit they have sprayed over sprayed over

 

as for the rs rep abit pricey would have to be stunning for that money

[james p]

both too much mate

 

dont buy a car with a shit spray job itll cost ya £1500 at least to fix it

[Hunter T]

cheers for your help guys...

 

thing that troubles me is 2 door rolling shells can go for a lot but not be in A1 condition and I dont come across many 4 doors currently...

 

just playing the waiting game i suppose...

 

(and recovering from a very heavy night last night )