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feeling brave?

Post by messerschmitt owner » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:29 pm

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by andmcit » Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:34 pm

No thank you.

Gut feeling says it has money pit written all over it:

- outside 'a few years'
- rotten lower half as early 70's Cits really know how to
- engine potentially fused into one big lump as it's a 'non runner'
- anyone's guess about the completeness of everything

although it has to be said the glass front end pieces are worth £2k+ to people Europeanising a yank import

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by messerschmitt owner » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:23 pm

it's a spares car but I reckon it has perhaps 3-4K of usable bits on it - so must be worth £1500 all day long as a breaker.
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Re: feeling brave?

Post by Brian » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:47 pm

An SM Maserati? That’s just been left to rot? :o

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by kenhall » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:31 am

Quite a lot of work required before it (ever?) will look as good as this M reg beauty I snapped in Harrogate a couple of months ago.
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Re: feeling brave?

Post by Dean » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:37 am

No doubt its a big hole just waiting for you to fill with cash but they are a lovely looking car. Worth £1500 all day long though.

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by Captain Slow » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:01 am

Dean wrote:No doubt its a big hole just waiting for you to fill with cash but they are a lovely looking car. Worth £1500 all day long though.

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3 to 4k I think it will go for.

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by Dean » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:03 am

yes i would go with that.

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Re: feeling brave?

Post by messerschmitt owner » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:50 am

it's half way there at £1800.
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Re: feeling brave?

Post by marc61 » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:22 pm

SM engine with carbs mated to PRV manual gearbox in RHD XM would make a nice XM. Engine is short, would probably enable access to primary chain in situ and the carbs sit low so would probably fit under bonnet just like PRV. Would need some thinking about engine mounts, bell housing, exhaust downpipes. There's a project for someone!

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