1993 Vauxhall Carlton 3.0 V6 man - £1000 - Bristol

[jim jdh]

Hi all, selling my Carlton now. Bought as a project from a salvage site.
Had a really small scrape down the drivers side, and some of it is still there. The rear arch was welded and a new trim found. Went for an MOT and passed, so has MOT until next October, no tax. Also found it wasnt recorded by DVLA, so ive applied for the log book, should be here in the next week/10 days
Its pretty rare, in so far as its a 3.0 V6 24V Diamond estate with a manual gearbox, I'm told there are only 7 known. not sure if thats now or when they were newer. Ill try and add some pics now, and give some more detail later
Looking for around a bag of sand to be honest, just what it owes me really.
Jim

[jim jdh]

[jim jdh]

[jim jdh]

Bloody hell it worked.
Anyway, ive got loads of history with it, a few bills for thousands, had a light, but expensive it seems, restoration at a specialist in Devon. Mostly to prevent rust and repair rusty bits, bills dated from 2005 mainly. Also had a new timing chain around the same time.

Ive not done all that much, had to bypass the original Vauxhall immobiliser, still has an aftermarket one fitted.
Had to put a door lock from a Cavalier in, still has 2 original keys that work the ignition, passenger door and tailgate
New idler pulley [good used one] and new aux belt fitted
Has some advisories fro the mot which are;
Towbar wiring
Headlight has a chip in the lens, ive got a spare which will go with it
Indicator outer lens cover missing
Rear shocks on their way out
Front suspension bush, lower arm i think
Corrosion on front, not sure exactly where
Front number plate damaged
Battery insecure, Ive re-found the clamp now, so no worries there
Exhaust mount
Driveshaft gaiter
Like i say, these are all advisories, some are cheap easy fix, some you may
not bother with, especially if you don't tow

Small sum up;

MOT until october 2013
It drives well, you only need to look in the rear view mirror, and the back likes to
go its own way, especially if its wet.
Tyres are all good
No tax
Log book on its way
Looking for around £1000
Feel free to call or come have a look

Jim 07515 913988
Mileage is 189k

[jim jdh]

Couple more bits of info;
Heated leather seats, working
Air con, needs a gas i suspect
4 electric windows
Electric sunroof, slide works, tilt not so good
Central and dead locking all works
Power steering works
Cd player face off with changer in glovebox, works

I would add Bristol to the title, but cant see how, yes i know, its probably easy...

[jim jdh]

bump

[xbo11ox]

Holy cow that is awesome!!! iTs a straight six not a V6 mind

[Murph]

A friend of mine is seriously interested in this!

[carltonmad]

i certainly am!! but waiting for some funds to arrive!!

[Deleted]

ooooh could be interested in this... Misses wants a car for shopping.. and this will make a nice companion to my identical 2.0 diamond estate.. same colour haha...

[psl]

Come on Chris this has your name all over it

[carltonmad]

it does Paul but as i say need the funds to buy the car so......... until then its all up in the air

[jim jdh]

Bump. I do know know its straight 6 not V, school boy typo there.
Its still here, open to offers, still waiting for the log book to come back, its going on e bay when it arrives. Cheap p/ex possible, as in a couple of hundred quids worth that i'll probably scrap if it helps.
Tel [phone], Jim

[jim jdh]

Quite a bit of interest, few phone calls. Just waiting on the good old DVLA for the log book, will update when it arrives, definitely putting people off at the moment, cheers, Jim

[jim jdh]

Its here!!! log book landed this morning. I can tax at cost if it helps, Nearly a years MOT, its ready to go...

[tali100]

Hi -the 7 are SORN there are actually 20 licensed.In 1994 there were 194 registered, whereas autos highest was 257.I would have thought auto would be common by far more.
Still - rare though

[Deleted]

Thats all assuming they are registered in exactly the same way.. There could be many variations of logbook details.


I.e the dealer could have used a lower case C in Carlton and it wouldnt show up if you searched for Carlton...

Or A Diamond could be just registered as a 2.0 estate. No mention of trim level....

[tali100]

I think the possibility of non trim level would be a for a few % only
HML is not case sensitive.

[sooty]

Looks nice. I miss mine. Have you got the correct wheels for it?

[jim jdh]

I was told the wheels arent right, but its the only ones ive got with it.
Now on E Bay