£50 Cinq Sporting

Bought this cinq for £50 at the end of March from a guy at work. No MOT or tax so I first thought do it up and sell it, as its quite low milage, just over 59K. But..seeing as i wanted one last summer but couldnt find one, i thought id keep it

Things iv'e spent on it:
New handbrake cable
New rear engine mount
Head gasket set
And general clean up and service

Also some great big Spot lamps and ive painted the rocker cover red

Things i hope to get done, induction kit/pancake filter, exhaust, just small things realy.

do ya think if ya gave him 55 he would have washed it for ya?

looks good for 50 quid

Haha, well fair play to the chap he gave me the keys and everything before i even had the money! And the next day he was going back to poland, he was a polish archery instructer!

Lol bargain .

That's what I call a great business

Bargain, profit even if you scrapped it lol

Yup, ive only spent about £50-£75 on it so far, should be getting a test on it soon, after ive finnished the work. Biggest thing now is the hole about an inch and a half in the boot. What kinda fix will it need? Just a plate over it or properly fixing it? as it is quite near the seatbelts...well saying that the rear boot lid is near the seatbelts lol

I think a pic of the hole would help figuring out the best way to fix it.

Lovely little car for £50

Got a pic of the hole today, sorry about the poor pic, camera was abit slow, so whats the best way to fix it you recon? bit closer to the seatbelt mounts than i rememberd as well

And finaly finished replacing the head gasket and put the mud flaps

grind all the rust off and either weld a plate in the hole or resin it, make sure all the rust is off otherwise its pointless really

good little buy for £50 well done

I tak it wont be an issue when the MOT comes into it then? because it hasnt got one,and its quite near the back seats

how many inches is it away from the seat belt bolts? and as long as theres no holes its no problem, you can super glue a piece of cardboard over the hole and slap some filler over it and spray it and it would pass MOT.

Not shure to be honest sorry, but in the pic you can see the rear seat brakects, im not shure how far that is from the seat belt bolts. There is a hole there to, ive just taped over it to stop more water getting to it. So just get some filler and itll be fine?

yes will be fine, i wouldnt make it too obvious lol but mot testers can only check theres no holes, they cant start taking paint off and checking its metal etc lol