I've not had much time to spend on the Cinq, although I have stripped the rear end to see what sort of state it's in. I don't know where the previous owner of this car worked- possibly a quarry, as I removed about half a ton of dried mud from the rear arches and suspension. Under that, the structure seems pretty good. The rear of both inner sills is OK which is a relief. The usual rot spot at the back of the inner arch is excellent on the O/S, but is rusted through to slight pinholing in the N/S, which will need addressing, however I don't really want to make more work at the moment as the plan is to just get the car mobile, M.o.T.'d and registered, then progress from there.
Meanwhile a poor little black Cinq turned up in a local scrapyard, so I raided it for UK spec headlights and rear lights, as well as anything else I could remove. I was hoping the complete interior may be salvageable, but as you can see from the photos, it was filthy, wet and damaged. To my surprise when I checked on the DVLA database, this Cinq is still M.o.T. until November 20th!
While I remember, I need to thank Jim in Watford and Whitz of this forum for the supply of a parcel shelf and a new old stock rear bumper to replace the broken and split original on my car.
Unfortunately I learned the other day that the elderly lady I rent the garage from may have to go into care anytime soon, which I guess will probably mean I have to give it up. Currently it houses the 700cc Cinq and my L reg yellow one. I'll be really gutted if I have to let both these cars go, but my house has no drive so this is the only storage I have. Anyway, I'll have to see what happens in the next few weeks.
Steve