Hard decision. Wreck or repair?

**andrew e** · 9th June 2009, 09:21 PM

My latest buy is a 99 HSE update, with 220K. High ks, but it is by far the best condition p38 i have ever bought. Now should i repair it, i have almost all the parts (i hate selling whole cars though), or wreck it out like the other 5.

theres a funny story behind this car aswell.

Andy

**Slunnie** · 9th June 2009, 09:45 PM

Has the chassis crumpled?

Spill the beans on the story!!!!

**andrew e** · 9th June 2009, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Has the chassis crumpled?

Spill the beans on the story!!!!

chassis is perfect, damage is very minor, and looks worse in the picture than what it is.

Story.......

The first autobiography i wrecked last year, i sold the rear diff to my mechanic (Sam) who fitted it to a customers car, a red 99 HSE. While he was there, the customer told my sam to check out what parts he would need to repair the minor front damage. Sam located some parts through me, and others interstate. The owner said to go ahead and buy the parts, as he still had over 20K in finance on the car, and needed it repaired ASAP. However the owner then went overseas and left the car with his wife, and sam couldnt get into contact with her.

Now the car shows up at the auctions as a REPO, and i have ended up buying back my rear diff.

Andy

**Slunnie** · 9th June 2009, 10:14 PM

Stunning, what a small world!!

**PaulP38a** · 10th June 2009, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by andrew e

My latest buy is a 99 HSE update, with 220K. High ks, but it is by far the best condition p38 i have ever bought. Now should i repair it, i have almost all the parts (i hate selling whole cars though), or wreck it out like the other 5.

Yay! You've got a Rangie that is a compatible organ donor to mine!

So, in terms of whether to repair or wreck... in my own selfish opinion it all depends on what bits you want to sell to me...

What colour is the interior? If it's the dark leather, I want it!! My "pov pack" 4.0 cloth seats are yearning to be replaced by leather memory seats.

I'm tempted by the running boards if we can reinforce them in to sliders

The Rola/Rhino roof racks look nicer than the boxy Thule ones I've got and they might even let the car fit in my garage, although I'd rather have 3 bars than 2 (darn Willem for buying my other set!!).

Looks like it might have the rear light guards. I'll take them please if they are still intact.

Do you have the rubber/metal brush guard headlamp "hoops"? I'm thinking that I would like to transplant them on to my HRA front bull bar...

Wheels look nice too... care to do a trade-in on my 18" road wheels?

How's the engine compartment fuse box and ABS pump?

Does it have the sat-nav dash or the plain one? Doesn't really matter as I just want one I can transform in to a touch-screen housing. The sat-nav dash would be a simpler starting point though.

Not much of this actually affects the running of the car, just the degree of effort involved in getting bits off and making it roadworthy again.

Once you take the bits out that you are prepared to sell to me, you should definately get it on the road again... you know you want to

**willem** · 10th June 2009, 04:54 AM