gangles1987
Member
Had been looking at this car for years when we went to college 10 years ago a lad in my class owned it after getting from his dad who had garage that specialised in French cars think they bought it in 1994 or near then loved the sound of it back then and still sounds awesome and was something different to the normal chav wagons we all rolled around in back then 
anyways we kept in touch as I went into a motor factors and used to see the car daily it was semi restored about 6 years ago full respray fast road cam fitted head was ported and polished a general tidy up really and a few modifications smaller steering wheel and nasty sparco pedals to name a few but these were all popular back in the day :/
as time went on we discussed me possibly buying it but whenever it was for sale I either had no room or money so had to pass on it then the other week it came up for sale again so I thought just do it as I wouldn't probably get a chance to buy it again . so the deal the was done and it was dropped off to me I was well happy with it
went for my first drive 2 days later all was well then all of a sudden it stunk of burning oil then started smoking from under the bonnet !!!!! turned out she had burst a major oil line from the filter housing to the block
was lucky it didn't catch on fire as this seems to be the usual outcome when these lines fail .........
got it off which was a nightmare as the unions were so tight to get off sent the broken pipe away to be repaired with new hose and its back already the service was awesome rapid turnaround
so hopefully will be back out this weekend and I can see what its really like as I only managed a massive 13 miles lol
it needs a few bit to tidy it up like indicators at the front and 2 new wiper arms but its nothing major and will get sorted over the summer but on the whole im pleased with the purchase it didn't cost mega bucks but the rarity factor appeals to me everyone looks as if to say "whats that?" which does make me laugh to be honest
hopefully wont have to many more issues once this pipe is back on (touch wood)
anyways we kept in touch as I went into a motor factors and used to see the car daily it was semi restored about 6 years ago full respray fast road cam fitted head was ported and polished a general tidy up really and a few modifications smaller steering wheel and nasty sparco pedals to name a few but these were all popular back in the day :/
as time went on we discussed me possibly buying it but whenever it was for sale I either had no room or money so had to pass on it then the other week it came up for sale again so I thought just do it as I wouldn't probably get a chance to buy it again . so the deal the was done and it was dropped off to me I was well happy with it
went for my first drive 2 days later all was well then all of a sudden it stunk of burning oil then started smoking from under the bonnet !!!!! turned out she had burst a major oil line from the filter housing to the block
was lucky it didn't catch on fire as this seems to be the usual outcome when these lines fail .........
got it off which was a nightmare as the unions were so tight to get off sent the broken pipe away to be repaired with new hose and its back already the service was awesome rapid turnaround
so hopefully will be back out this weekend and I can see what its really like as I only managed a massive 13 miles lol
it needs a few bit to tidy it up like indicators at the front and 2 new wiper arms but its nothing major and will get sorted over the summer but on the whole im pleased with the purchase it didn't cost mega bucks but the rarity factor appeals to me everyone looks as if to say "whats that?" which does make me laugh to be honest
hopefully wont have to many more issues once this pipe is back on (touch wood)
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