Like I said. OK, I was tongue in cheek with my first post, but I have also tried patiently to explain that the expertise of this group doesn't generally cover the answer to the original question, pointed in the direction of one that does, and even taken the trouble to cross-post the message over there!
I don't know the answer, but I couldn't have done much more to help.
under131 gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Please don't bowdlerise quoted text. Thank you.
None of which explains why you think uk.rec.cars.CLASSIC would be more appropriate than uk.rec.cars.MAINTENANCE
I'm picking it up tomorrow.... Well chuffed.
Thod.
No. Good for you. Enjoy it. The 30 is a forgotton classic (what was it that CAR called it, way back when - "refinement's pacesetter"). Have great fun with it. I envy you.
Had a good crawl around it earlier today. Been stored in a dry garage for 18 years, 68k miles, had just been resprayed when it was parked up and the owner just hasn't had the time to put it back together. Of course, the paint now needs re-doing in places (It's a 27 year old Renault) but it's solid and at the exact right stage to repaint before putting it on the road. The original shockers look to be perfect on it (clean, dry, and no rust on the shafts) the CV gaiters look perfect with no signs of cracks, he'd just re-done all the brakes on it when it was parked up - fluid still looks clean but will be changed (but the brakes worked fine when it was pulled out of the garage at least), engine hasn't got any nasty stains, interior is timewarp from what I can see. Alloys need refurbing and a new set of TRX (ARRGH at the expense..) and the exhaust system looks to be completely shot - the backbox is more like a skeleton, I've never seen one so bad.
Needs one plate where the rear mudflap attaches to the bootfloor but that looks like it's it.
Try replacing a headlight on one and you may revise your opinion. I helped a friend break one up for spares last year. We reckoned the headlights might sell on eBay so tried to remove them. 2 hours later it had become a challenge that we were determined to win, but still ended up giving up. By then, we'd sawn the front bumper off and dismantled most of the front of the car in ways that could never be repaired, but were still defeated by two inaccessible bolts. The only way I could see that anyone could ever replace one, would be to cut off the lower fastening lugs and leave the replacement unit fixed only at the top.
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