Sean W
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Hi guys , just found the forum
I`ll just fill you in with a few details so bear with me , a couple of years ago my younger Bro decided to buy his mates MK1 Uno Turbo with the intention of doing it up unfortunatly he is`nt exactly a competent mechanic ( fluid levels are about his limit ) and basically thrust the car on to me by storing it at my house and getting me to do the work on it .
The car itself was reasonably mechanically sound with just the usual knackered hand brake , split cv boots etc etc and generally just in need of some tlc unfortunatly the same could`nt be said for the body with quite a substantial amount of welding required all round ( rear turrets , inner sills , outer sills , floor , rear arch ) which i started to tackle in my spare time but due to work commitments and a general lack of assistance from my Bro i never managed to finish .
Ever since then then the car as just sat at the bottom of my garden in a half finished state and finally after threatening to tow it down to his nice new house my brother as given me the car and told me to get rid of it and basically keep whatever money i can make from it for myself .
The car is too far gone now to ever be put back on the road so i feel the best course of action would be to break it .
So what i want to know is how much demand for parts is there with these ?
I need to get my hands on a starter motor for it so i can get the engine running and i`m struggling to find somewhere to pick a used one up from ( thats how i stumbled on to this forum ) where can i find one ?
Can anybody give me some pointers to what parts are worth ?
The car did have some after market parts fitted as follows :-
Scorpion stainless exhaust
A combination of spax & koni shocks with very low springs ( spax fronts , koni rears )
Drilled and grooved front discs
Six spoke 13'' alloys ( belived to be off a vw polo )
the rest is all stock and the body panals with the exeption of the tailgate are all fubar , are there any other parts that are like hens teeth and are worth holding on to before i start ripping it apart ?
Sorry for the long post & thanks in advance for any help or advice ,
Cheers ,
Sean .
I`ll just fill you in with a few details so bear with me , a couple of years ago my younger Bro decided to buy his mates MK1 Uno Turbo with the intention of doing it up unfortunatly he is`nt exactly a competent mechanic ( fluid levels are about his limit ) and basically thrust the car on to me by storing it at my house and getting me to do the work on it .
The car itself was reasonably mechanically sound with just the usual knackered hand brake , split cv boots etc etc and generally just in need of some tlc unfortunatly the same could`nt be said for the body with quite a substantial amount of welding required all round ( rear turrets , inner sills , outer sills , floor , rear arch ) which i started to tackle in my spare time but due to work commitments and a general lack of assistance from my Bro i never managed to finish .
Ever since then then the car as just sat at the bottom of my garden in a half finished state and finally after threatening to tow it down to his nice new house my brother as given me the car and told me to get rid of it and basically keep whatever money i can make from it for myself .
The car is too far gone now to ever be put back on the road so i feel the best course of action would be to break it .
So what i want to know is how much demand for parts is there with these ?
I need to get my hands on a starter motor for it so i can get the engine running and i`m struggling to find somewhere to pick a used one up from ( thats how i stumbled on to this forum ) where can i find one ?
Can anybody give me some pointers to what parts are worth ?
The car did have some after market parts fitted as follows :-
Scorpion stainless exhaust
A combination of spax & koni shocks with very low springs ( spax fronts , koni rears )
Drilled and grooved front discs
Six spoke 13'' alloys ( belived to be off a vw polo )
the rest is all stock and the body panals with the exeption of the tailgate are all fubar , are there any other parts that are like hens teeth and are worth holding on to before i start ripping it apart ?
Sorry for the long post & thanks in advance for any help or advice ,
Cheers ,
Sean .
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