Kam B

Chip Foose aint dead, Boyd Coddington is

Robski

really?...oh well tough shit!!

jacko

that dont look to that bad to me
iv fixed and made mint alot worse than that

Robski

lets not go off topic now...BUT...its well documented from people that have ACTUALLY seen Boyd's cars in the flesh that they arn't actually"perfect" regardless of ANY imposed time frame/s...Foose,is on another level to Boyd...anyway back on to topic.....this RS500,its a shame but shit happens......i'm sure it will be saved or reshelled for some unsuspecting fool!

Mr RS500

iTrader: (6)

I would say with an engine / box rebuild and a body resto aprox 15k mate

jaimesdna

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im sure you have done worse & made mint. trouble is this is probably (i cant say for sure but i do get the impression) is only gonna be trarted up. cant really see the welding being done to a high standard so you cant even see its been done. just plated to mot standard

jacko

im with you on that one will deffo be around there thats for sure

Robski

would a welded shell be considered as"mint" anyway?...i know i'd be fucked off if i paid good money for a RS500 that i later found out had been welded in many places!!

jacko

personaly id reshell it

fuzzy

what about taking the piss out of someone thats about to die?

james kiely

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if it took 15k to rebuild it how would you break the cost down
10k body
4k engine
1k gearbox
what would a realistic resale value be ,i would say 15k max unless it was a real low miler

jaimesdna

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thats what id do. but would you carry on the chassis numbers to the new shell. i know i would. trouble is its always going to affect the re sale value. so its never going to be a 20k rs500

jacko

i think your about right there mate as that body would need around 6 to 7 month solid graft to sort it out and then there is the price of getting it blasted or dipped cos if its that rotten it would need it and as for the engine look at the state of the clutch it would need every senssor and absolutley everything stripped cleaned or renued

i mean just think how badly coroded things like the throtle body will be and the amount of work that one little part would cost to make good again

fuzzy

isnt that illegal?

wattie

fuk welding it, slap on some brushable seam sealer, does the job nicley!!!!

jacko

not if you use a brand new shell that has never been a car and there is a good few of them around

jaimesdna

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only if your found out lol. but thats my point. if you dont ring it then its just a normal 3dr cossy or even worse a 1.6l rs500 rep

jaimesdna

iTrader: (3)

also know as liquid weld

dojj

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that's when i was politly imformed

by several people

several times

dojj

iTrader: (3)

don't let chip hear you saying that

RSCossieGaz

iTrader: (6)

surely would only be in region of 10k for bodywork if you had to pay a garage to do it? would be alot cheaper if one could do work themselves!

jacko

problem is there isnt many people compitent enough to do all the repairs and fabrication that needs to a standard where you coildnt tell

Robski

right 10k+ on top of buying the car.....errrrr why not buy a minter(or FAR BETTER CAR) in the first place?..lol

fuzzy

at least they were polite.

jacko

yes but it proberbly would be mint if the idiots had a clue about cars in the first place

carlo

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I cant understand ppl like this why let it go to ruin? maybe its just me i love all rs cars & if i thought i would leave one rotting like this i would rather see someone else with it making something of it..Hope it gets done right poor car

fuzzy

some people always plan to start it tomorrow but never quite get around to it.

Robski

carlo....i know what you mean..BUT,,,anyone could buy one of these cars in the day...it's not like an Enzo(if you know what i mean) and unfortunatly some did end up in less than caring hands....just like the reaction of a rusty Audi RS4 found in years to come by the Audi brigade!.....I remember that 500 that was dumped(or forgotten) in a field and a train driver found it and bought it after some investigation..anyone remember that?

BRAMMER

iTrader: (23)

Well i know for sure it would be hard to build back up using genuine parts as passenger wings are like hens teeth (apart from one advertised on here recently).

If i was fixing it up it would be for keeps

jacko

no dont remember that one but pete ashfeild bought one that had been roled into a feild for 800 with a full harvey gibs engine in it

tay14

tit!

jacko

who is that ment for

Robski

Jacko a train driver used to drive down this stretch of track(in the early 90 to mid 90's) and used to see this RS500 sitting in a field,and he was a RS fan(so he knew what he was seeing!). Well one day on his day off,he worked out where he had seen this car from his cabin and eventually found the car!.. It was totally stranded there and hadn't been moved in ages!....he then went through the labourious task of tracking the owners or tennants of this field. He finally found them and they turned out to be some telecomunications company that brought this car as company car and had actually FORGOTTEN about its exsistance.......anyway,he eventually brought the car for a very good price then sent it away to be detailed,and then sold it on from what i remember!!

lucky fucker anyway!!

jacko

why cant things like that happen to me













cos i dont drive a train i surpose

timster

What about breaking it to keep the good ones on the road?

jacko

there is enough parts about to sort them out mate paul linfoot has shelves full of the stuff

Kevin Sharp

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reshell...wouldnt waste my time with that!, as foreveryone saying what a waste...remember you could score a 500 for around 6-7k back in the 90s with the insurance premiums, so the guy had a few quid and didnt give a fook about his old sierra

Kevin Sharp

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ps..looks like its never been welded though

timster