Some may or may not know I recently acquired another BX 16v just before I moved house. It was/is in a pretty sorry state. Been sat off the road since 2001 and very very pink when I got it!
I had the car MOT'd a month ago, purely to see what it would fail on. 3 pages is what it failed on!
CV boots, pipes, all tyres, lights, ABS lamp, ram leaking, P.R leaking, brakes innifective....everything except rot amazingly! It's remarkably rust free, even though it's been sat around outside alot.
I've sunk a fair chunk of money into it already with parts, and spent the best part of the last three days outside trying to right some wrongs.
I've stopped the P.R leaking, the lights are pretty much there, the remote locking works now, the heater is now working, the sunroof now works and some of the panels are now red again:
Sadly they're different types of red. The OSR door doesn't matter....it's stoved in and a replacement on the cards. The top of the OSF door is the correct red, as are the skirts and roof. The rear arch spats, front wings and bonnet however are not the correct red, although they're all shiney now anyway
It needs a mop to get the heavier clouding out of the roof and bonnet though.
Now it's been my intention to fix the car up and sell it. I did consider keeping it as a track weapon, but the twin's will probably see that out the window! I was happy to pump money and time in if I was going to make it back and price it out of the vulture's hands with a tidy example.
But so far it's not looking like it's going to be that tidy. It runs well, but the body will never be spot on until it's resprayed so it all matches. I'm guessing it's been painted in areas in the past due to vandalism or something, and over the years it's faded different shades. It's possible it was painted the wrong shade all the way back then!
So my question to everyone is....what would this car be worth with a years ticket? It's got loads of history, the engine runs well. No aircon or anything and it's a 2 row car. The door will be sorted, the original remote locking works and it's have a new cambelt and a service.
Only thing to let it down, other than the paint is that the tyres all failed the MOT on weathering, not wear. I'm not going to buy 4 new tyres costing over £200, because frankly it would be easier to go and drop my wallet down a drain. I'd MOT it on my other BX's alloys and then state it needs 4 new tyres on the ad.
Mind you, I paid under £85 for a pair of Toyo Proxes on mine, so 4 tyres it's the end of the world.
And bearing in mind whatever value you place on the car, would you repair it or break it for spares? With kids on the way I just want to do whatever would provide me with the most cash!
It might not be alot, but it all helps!Cheers
