After many months of ownership she as now selling the mk1.
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.and she's given me first refusal!!
Just ben taxed, just been throuh an MOT and passed.
No problems with sills/arches.
VERY minor rust on underside of rear bumper.
Engine is spot on, no gearbox pop-outs, all electrics working.
Brilliant!.
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.its mine!
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.but then, while on a set of ramps me and my mate noticedthat the part of the chassis where the steering and suspension is mounted has had a repair
(welded plate
- a decent job) on the drivers side.
We went over to the other side and inspected the same area.
The inspection hammer went right through the area, leaving a hole that could easily get 2 fingers through.
There was a lot of corrosion
!
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Sooooooooo.
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.I took it back to the owner and explained this
(now remember that only last month it
'flew' through the MOT!!) and she was furious!
To cut a long story short.
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.she went to the MOT garage and played bl00dy hell.
VOSA were called, inspected the car and they then went to the MOT station and issued points on the MOT'ers that
'passed' the car.
The owner of the garage was very apologetic and claimed to fix the problem, no expense spared.
I'm now waiting to see what happens on this.
If its re-welded again
(I now it wont be perfectly rigid as before) will it still be worth buying.
Apart from that, my mate
(a mechanic) and the VOSA officr commented on its great condition
- body-wise and the engine.
Hmmmm.
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.what to do.
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