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You may have seen this in the for sale section of this forum, link. I just missed out on buying this car when it was for sale last year and wasn't going to miss out this time ..... I've always wanted one and they don't come up very often so it had to be done.  I spoke to Nev (the seller) who was really accommodating and I basically agreed to buy it immediately, sight and engine issues unseen. I'd be up in Yorks that week to sort the deal out. He was happy to hold on to it for a bit for me while I tried to clear some space. Last Sunday I went to collect the car and spares ... Theres a lot of spares, doors, windows, roof, interior all sorts. It filled the car and the disco we used to collecct it. I've also bought a head gasket set from the states as well, just in case.  The car is all ready full of spares, spare interior not in shot. In the meantime I got in touch with the owner before Nev, Giles, who's a bit of an old Scooby nut. Parts aren't easy to get, but Giles has contacts who should be able to source any bits I may need, which was a bit of a relief. I'm thinking cylinder head as these engines do suffer from cracked heads, and leaking coolant made me think cracked head.  Long and slow journey back to Lincs as the car/trailer were quite loaded, big thanks to Nate (aka Gtidog) for coming to collect it with the disco. The spares were left at mine and the car taken to my local garage with the instruction "please fix". I'll have my local garage sort the mechanical stuff out. A guy I know from the Scirocco forum is starting himself up in resto business so I'll probably be in touch with him to sort out the roof and paintwork ... My skills aren't great and atm I'm way too busy with work to start trying to fix cars. I'll try and keep this updated with progress, which will likely be sporadic, but for me this car is a keeper. |
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Last Edit: Mar 23, 2012 19:23:51 GMT by skattrd
Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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qwerty
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Glad you got it skattrd. I don't think I've ever seen one in real life!
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Sinky
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Run Baby Run......Please!
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Mar 20, 2012 10:53:11 GMT
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Well done.Not many of them kicking about.
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2001 Volvo XC70 wagon
2003 Piaggio X9 Evo
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Mar 20, 2012 15:16:33 GMT
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Odd 80's coolness! I was just doing some reading up on these and found a fantastic fact - "Some of the four-wheel-drive models only had four-wheel drive when the windscreen wipers were turned on."
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Mar 20, 2012 20:28:54 GMT
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Is that Hollywoods old one ??
Looks very familiar
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oxb1l
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Mar 20, 2012 20:35:02 GMT
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I remember as a kid getting to sit in one at the motor show with the cool gearstick Probably a fortune at the time  |
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Need a bigger garage !
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Mar 20, 2012 22:26:00 GMT
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I saw this coming in the opposite direction to me on Sunday (think it was going put to the m1) I noticed it as, your right, you don't see these ever day anymore!
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Mar 22, 2012 18:49:49 GMT
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Thx for the comments guys ;D Glad you got it skattrd. I don't think I've ever seen one in real life! Cheers mate, you know I have a thing about weird turbo motors  Is that Hollywoods old one ?? Looks very familiar I've no idea, last owner Nev, and before that Giles, both live in W. Yorks, I've no idea about its history before that. I saw this coming in the opposite direction to me on Sunday (think it was going put to the m1) I noticed it as, your right, you don't see these ever day anymore! That was us, we were probably quite hard to miss  |
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Last Edit: Mar 22, 2012 19:03:10 GMT by skattrd
Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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Mar 22, 2012 18:53:51 GMT
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Yesterday I got a call from the garage ... the coolant leak was a split hose, that and some other perished hoses have been replaced and I collected it last night. That's a bonus and big relief.
There are some running issues though, it doesn't pull well between 2-3k rpm, I'm thinking timing, but thats a guess. There's also an occasional noise from nsf wheel, maybe bearing but not sure.
I want to get the mechanical stuff (and always up headlights) sorted then drive the car a bit before I decide what to do about the sunroof and paintwork ... Ideally it could do with a full a respray
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Last Edit: Mar 22, 2012 18:57:34 GMT by skattrd
Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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Mar 22, 2012 19:43:42 GMT
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Yesterday I got a call from the garage ... the coolant leak was a split hose, that and some other perished hoses have been replaced and I collected it last night. That's a bonus and big relief. Oh, man! That's lucky - I had my eyes on this last year but it wasn't really the right time, glad to see it's been saved. The body looks like a challenge though, particularly the sunroof. |
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tenman
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Mar 22, 2012 21:58:25 GMT
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Ace car, another one I've always had a bit of a hankering for but I've no idea why ... |
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RWD Fanatic...
2003 BMW 320d Wagon (getting old and boring)
1996 Mini Kensington (SWMBO's)
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Mar 26, 2012 23:16:56 GMT
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Most of the ones i have seen have been two tone -so single colour is rare - although later cars with "phase 2" alloys are more common in single colour
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If anyone is interested in an automatic one of these there's a guy down South (Brighton area I think) who has one that may be for sale, pm me your details and I'll pass them on ... I don't know much about the car except it's currently road legal and in use.
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Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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filmidget
East Midlands
Mostly Lurking
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Mar 28, 2012 11:51:58 GMT
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Always really wanted one of these myself - so what is it actually like to drive?
Will you be bringing this to The Limes on Sunday?
If you want the body doing, Ant has just this week finished his spray booth... and very nice it is too.
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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Mar 28, 2012 21:12:57 GMT
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Phil - yes I will most likely be bringing it to Limes on Sunday. I'm gonna run around in it for a bit then decide if it's going to be staying. If it's staying then it will likely be visiting Ant at some point in the not distant future I'm not keen on a few bits about driving it, the seat is too high, the air suspension too soft and power steering too light. Engine and gearbox are great though. I'll probably look at disconnecting the power steering and maybe fitting a bucket seat, not sure what to do about suspension though. I don't really want to remove working air suspension. |
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Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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Nev
Part of things
Dugong fanclub member
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Glad you got it going dude, it really is a strange car. I get the feeling Subaru didn't know what they wanted it to be when they made it; Soft suspension and light steering - Luxary Saloon, Tiny back seats - 2+2, Turbo and 4wd - Sports car?
You can swap the suspension for Coilovers, they do kits for the XT6 in the states. You could do that then flog the air suspension onto someone else with an XT who might be after it?
It'd be awesome with some lows... just to find some wheels in 4x140 then..
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1967 Chevrolet El Camino
1984 Honda C50
1985 VW Polo 16v
1989 Ford Escort Popular Plus (Ex Hirst cabs)
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Mar 30, 2012 21:59:22 GMT
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Cheers Nev, I'm thinking lowered on some 15" Pug 505 GTi alloys ... if I can find some, or re-drill the hubs for 6x140 and fit some off road rims. It's been a long tiring week at work, and when I got home today I noticed the headlights on the XT were down; they've been permanently up for several months. After relaxing for an hour or so curiosity got the better of me, so I went outside to investigate. I pressed the up and down button for the lights, nothing, turned the lights on and off and they went up and down as they should do. yay! the car's fixed itself; so I went out for celebratory spin. Driving the car even with its faults just makes me grin |
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Current cars:
1999 VW Bora SE tdi
1998 Daihatsu Storia X4 (x2)
1995 Volvo 850R
1994 Umm Alter II
1992 Alfa 155 - LPG
1990 VW Scirocco Scala - TSR 1.9
1989 Renault Espace
1988 Mitsubishi Galant Sapporo
1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck Exi auto (x2)
1979 Lancia Beta Spyder
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V-Force
Part of things
I like Hondas.
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Mar 31, 2012 11:57:50 GMT
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I love these, that looks like it's in pretty good nick too conidring how rusty they usually are |
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1999 Impreza WRX typeR STI Version 5 Limited
1999 Civic VTi-S Aerodeck
2005 Bora TDI daily
Several other 90s Hondas (shhh they're sleeping)
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This is very cool indeed, nice to see one that actually works.
We've got one sat in the yard at work (its is a Subaru garage after all) and it really needs saving.
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You can swap the suspension for Coilovers, they do kits for the XT6 in the states. You could do that then flog the air suspension onto someone else with an XT who might be after it? If it's a bolt on swap, keep the air components with the car. I totally understand wanting the XT to drive like an Impreza, but if what you want is an XT, that experience is warts and all - part of the car's appeal is that weird split personality. Having said that, I'd ditch the air if I wanted to drive it aggressively. My air-suspended L Turbo was quite impressively comfortable on bad roads, but didn't have the surefooted "pressure" reaction of a hydropneumatic system when pushed. (I'd keep an XT stock purely for the rarity value though). |
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