Bargain for Twincam....

[towman]

I Think I can better your "bargain car"....

03 Pug 206
11,000 miles
Slight "ding" in the tailgate.
Sold for £980 !!

details here

>> Edited by towman on Thursday 5th January 16:24

[rushdriver]

Towman,

Just out of interest, how much would something like that cost to get back to 100%?

Cheers

John

[towman]

You`ve spoilt the thread now!

[rushdriver]

towman said:

You`ve spoilt the thread now!

?

[towman]

Depends on what you can get s/h panels for and whether you have access to bodyshop equipment. Eddie 4.2 will probably have an answer.

[rushdriver]

towman said:

Depends on what you can get s/h panels for and whether you have access to bodyshop equipment. Eddie 4.2 will probably have an answer.

Ok, cheers

[mybrainhurts]

Slight ding in the tailgate......

Errrrrr................

[D_Mike]

sure that rear left quater panel thingy isn't actually a body "panel" at all (like the bumper and the boot etc) but a part of the monocoque? therefore the whole chassis is surely bent.

[Jaglover]

towman said:

I Think I can better your "bargain car".... 03 Pug 206 11,000 miles Slight "ding" in the tailgate. Sold for £980 !! details here >> Edited by towman on Thursday 5th January 16:24

That'll polish out

Just need some elbow grease

[FrenchTVR]

D_Mike said:

a part of the monocock? therefore the whole bloke is surely bent.

No need to be so harsh on TwinCam, he's not read the thread yet

[Jay GTI]

FrenchTVR said:

D_Mike said: a part of the monocock? therefore the whole bloke is surely bent. No need to be so harsh on TwinCam, he's not read the thread yet

That's being harsh? Christ, how many cocks do you have?

[oi_oi_savaloy]

That first picture of the rear three quarter panel is frightening - imho that car is well and truly written off. I'd argue it isn't safe to put back on the road?

[Jaglover]

For those of you who don't get the joke

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=3&f=23&t=232338&h=0

[towman]

oi_oi_savaloy said:

That first picture of the rear three quarter panel is frightening - imho that car is well and truly written off. I'd argue it isn't safe to put back on the road?

Why? A car is a collection of pieces bolted or welded together in the correct alignment. If damaged parts can be removed and new or s/h parts can be replaced in the same alignment, where is the problem? The rear 3/4 panel is exactly that - a panel.

Don`t forget that this car could also easily be re-shelled.

[dern]

Jaglover said:

For those of you who don't get the joke

I still don't get it... why couldn't you take that rover and with a few strokes of the hammer and the odd part turn it into a cheap daily runner that's not done many miles and should be mechanically in good order?

Wouldn't take on the pug though - french shite

>> Edited by dern on Thursday 5th January 17:30

[Twincam16]

I need to explain - over on GG I was trying to demonstrate that you could get relatively new cars cheaply through Auto Trader that were just out of warranty. I used the search facility and found this Rover for £890 which was described as having a few parking knocks in the tailgate, but other than that was a mechanically sound bargain...


...except that my computer didn't show up the pictures, and someone else's did.

Thing is, for the cost of a few panels from a scrapyard and a bit of work here and there, it would have been a decent little bargain.

[towman]

D_Mike said:

sure that rear left quater panel thingy isn't actually a body "panel" at all (like the bumper and the boot etc) but a part of the monocoque? therefore the whole chassis is surely bent.

The pic link on the 206 doesn`t work, so here`s one from a 205
http://bap.dominohosting.biz/bap/bapdb01.nsf/Plookup

[Code Monkey]

towman said:

D_Mike said: sure that rear left quater panel thingy isn't actually a body "panel" at all (like the bumper and the boot etc) but a part of the monocoque? therefore the whole chassis is surely bent. The pic link on the 206 doesn`t work, so here`s one from a 205 http://bap.dominohosting.biz/bap/bapdb01.nsf/Plookup

There you go then easy parts for under £60 quid dont see what you are complaining about, of course for the newer car it might cost a little more

[towman]

Twincam16 said:

Thing is, for the cost of a few panels from a scrapyard and a bit of work here and there, it would have been a decent little bargain.

Same as my peugeot then! And it`s newer than your Rover

[RedYellowGreen]

Jay GTI said:

FrenchTVR said: D_Mike said: a part of the monocock? therefore the whole bloke is surely bent. No need to be so harsh on TwinCam, he's not read the thread yet That's being harsh? Christ, how many cocks do you have?