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| jasons | Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:58 pm Post #1 |
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Been (and still am) a company car driver for a fair number of years, but have been thinking about getting mysel a little 'project' for this summer. Did the same a couple of years ago with an Alfa, but have been thinking about getting a 190 Cossie. My uncle had one from new in the 90's and I had driven it a fair few times. I've seen one on Ebay ( http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...07798&rd=1&rd=1 ) And allthought the car is in York (i'm in surrey) the seller has been quite open and honest in his replies so if I do go for it it wil be purely on trust! The interesting thing is, this looks very similar (in terms of black grill and reg) to my uncles old one and even down to the supplying dealer on the plates. Unfortunately I cant verify with my uncle cos he's on holiday in NZ. Have any members got any advice to offer (including any details of indies in Surrey?) or if anyone lives in York would be willing to have a look???? Thanks, J |
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| merc190uk | Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:01 pm Post #2 |
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hi there and welcome hope we can be of some help one thing is the drivers door and front wing seem a shade different in colour ? have you asked him to open the boot lid and look for rust/holes around the rear window rubber. and inner wings and jacking points, unless you really really want a project :lol: keep us posted. |
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| mary | Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:06 pm Post #3 |
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Firstly hi and welcome....
I was going to put about the door and the wing but matt beat me to it.....just follow matt's advice and you cant go wrong as he does know his stuff, if you win it you should collect it next saturday then you could call into the retro car show at santa pod on your way back.....
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| merc190uk | Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:08 pm Post #4 |
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who's Matt ? :lol: i'm not Matt, Matt is Matt, you must mean Steve
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| mary | Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:13 pm Post #5 |
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Yeah sorry steve, i do know your name just glanced accross when i read through sorry steve.... Sorry to go off thread but are people meeting at your house before retro? |
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| charl44 | Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:13 pm Post #6 |
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Interior looks clean, no rips or tears as far as can be seen, fire exstinguisher present and clean alloys, looks cared for, shame there is no underbonnet pics. Ian |
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| jasons | Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:01 am Post #7 |
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Just a quick update... Apparantly it doesnt idle too well when cold (but better when warm), any ideas what this could be? Jason |
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| Waynec1980 | Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:34 am Post #8 |
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Its the cold start valve I believe!
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| jasons | Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:52 am Post #9 |
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Thanks, easy fix? Jason |
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| stwat | Sun Jul 1, 2007 9:09 pm Post #10 |
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Hello and welcome
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