Hi Michael,
I see you've been restoring a Tipo. Would you recommend it as a project? I have to scrap mine at the end of the month but am tempted to stick it in a garage and gradually fix the engine and then restore the outside to former glory. Is it worth it? How hard has it been to source parts?
If you need any parts lmk quick and you are welcome to use my 1995 Tipo ies as an organ doner! But tax runs out Oct 31st so then it's crunch time.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Hi Michael,
I see you've been restoring a Tipo. Would you recommend it as a project? I have to scrap mine at the end of the month but am tempted to stick it in a garage and gradually fix the engine and then restore the outside to former glory. Is it worth it? How hard has it been to source parts?
If you need any parts lmk quick and you are welcome to use my 1995 Tipo ies as an organ doner! But tax runs out Oct 31st so then it's crunch time.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Hi Michael,
I see you've been restoring a Tipo. Would you recommend it as a project? I have to scrap mine at the end of the month but am tempted to stick it in a garage and gradually fix the engine and then restore the outside to former glory. Is it worth it? How hard has it been to source parts?
If you need any parts lmk quick and you are welcome to use my 1995 Tipo ies as an organ doner! But tax runs out Oct 31st so then it's crunch time.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks for putting that message up for me Charlie.more info..from the seller " Consuela ";
""The cam belt snapped. The garage said it then got wrapped around the engine so sounded like it was going to be a big job to replace it. But it's good for spares so if you want it please lmk asap as I was going to get a scrappie to collect it next week but I would much rather it got used than crushed. It had 2 new tyres in June and had quite a bit of work not long before that to fix an oil leak and it was a really good runner until a few days before the belt snapped. The tax runs out at the end of October so I need to do something with it before then either way.""
I suspect it'll need top-end work if the belt has snapped .., but even the new tyres could make it worth a go - for little more than it's scrap value
shame I'm 3 hours away..
Charlie
It should go in the Forum classifieds... fair chance someone will want it.
Head refresh(some valves, a reskim, new gaskets + belt) should be straightforward, these are tough engines.