is it worth anything

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shakes
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by shakes » 14 Jan 2013 01:11 pm

Turns out there's nothing on the suspension its just to small bits on the inner seal rear.
Git quoted £40 to weld it, so its gunna be done tomorrow afternoon & Wednesdays free mot retest on wednesday.
HAPPY DAYS :D

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Re: is it worth anything

Post by Evoman » 14 Jan 2013 02:01 pm

Good news! So are you gonna keep it?
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by SteveP » 14 Jan 2013 08:27 pm

Good news! :)
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by MCHUDD » 14 Jan 2013 08:37 pm

Hi all.
Well done that man :D :D :D
Cheers Mark.
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by shakes » 14 Jan 2013 09:01 pm

Thanks guys, il probably keep hold of it for a bit as the insurance is sooo cheap!
i want one of them little rubber spoilers, where do i get one? :mrgreen:

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Re: is it worth anything

Post by Chris_C » 14 Jan 2013 09:24 pm

Agreed with the above, great news! Good luck with it.
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shakes
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by shakes » 14 Jan 2013 09:38 pm

keep the volvo...yes please!
i was paying £1250 on my renault 5

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Re: is it worth anything

Post by Evoman » 14 Jan 2013 10:01 pm

haha! yes! :D my volvo is £450, I love it for that price
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by volvosneverdie » 14 Jan 2013 10:02 pm

Well played fella.
Saving money is for winners.

Enjoy the RWD. Just in time for the snow.
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by shakes » 15 Jan 2013 12:05 am

slightly off subject but i thought u guys may be interested i just managed to find my old pics of my old 480 i bought it and took the engine out for the r5,
i completly stripped it and scrapped the shell, i still have most the parts in my mates garage.
i bought the car with a little mot for £400 great engine.

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And here is what i call rotten & needs welding (floor pan of renault 5)
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so yea that was a fun little project.

i also had a go at some alloy polishing on the manifold
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and the wheels
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well heres the 480 when i finnished
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and the renault 5
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then i moved on to the jap seen
here was my ride,
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well anyway fuel costs, and insurance killed it for me so i gave up on fancy cars ;(

sorry if i bored you i was just rumiging through my photobucket and reminiscing, thought someone may find it interesting?

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Re: is it worth anything

Post by foggyjames » 15 Jan 2013 12:24 am

Nice work on the rust.

Did the 1.7T ever make it into the R5? It looks very much like one of the cars in the Ali G movie!

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Re: is it worth anything

Post by MCHUDD » 15 Jan 2013 11:08 am

Hi mate.
The wheels on that Renault 5 are something else.
Cheers Mark.
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by dubweiser666 » 15 Jan 2013 02:31 pm

I love the way the R13 tyre's are listed in trabitom's brochure pics as "standard equipment" :lol:
pretty useless without tyres i would have thought!

there is a Mk3 spoiler on ebay for £25 here is the link:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-VOLVO ... 565185d7b6
but it runs out in 4 hours, 0 bids ATM
Mk2 spoiler is somewhat rarer, but good luck if you decide to search for one!
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by trabitom99 » 15 Jan 2013 02:48 pm

Grrffff... MkIII spoilers on MkIIs aren't quite my cup of tea (I'm trying to look for a pic of one, but can't find it ATM ...).

Keep an eye out for the MkII one (they're not that rare), or even a Mk1 VW Scirocco Zender spoiler - these look good as too, and were even fitted by Volvo in the early days! Zender part no: 4.112.03.3

Congrats on the MOT!

Cheers

Tom
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Re: is it worth anything

Post by dubweiser666 » 15 Jan 2013 02:54 pm

sorry for suggesting it, i shall beat myself accordingly! :)
didnt know about the scirocco spoiler being interchangeable with the 300, surely 'old' scirocco spoilers are more common so that'd be a better way to go!
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