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steves944

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I recently paid £400 for a C Reg 944 which I bought for spares.

Its got no gearbox and somebody has started to do a main bearing oil seal and given up .

Car has been standing for 18 months so not pretty externally but the inside is a bit like a timewarp.

The shell has no sill rot and seems good.

It is Gold and has a ( I would say) excellent red/purple cloth interior which I will be selling but the more I take off it - so far I have taken off all the dashboard switch panels (as on mine most of the tabs have broken and switches go inside) I have also removed the door panels so I can take off the door handles as again these are perfect and mine are scratched and sticky.

My next job is to have the throttle control/throttle switch mechanism and the bosch mass air control unit as they are virtually new on the 'scrapper'. The engine has had new belts just prior to it being laid up.

I know I have saved way more than the £400 I paid in terms of what I have taken off this car but I do feel guilty as I am slowly taking the soul out of what was someone's pride and joy.

Tell me am I just being a bit sentimental !



 
You should be ashamed of yourself..... Don't suppose you are selling the radiator fan are you ? [:D]
 
Feel better all ready!

I will list stuff as I take it off because want to make sure its in working condition.

Give me a couple of days and i will go take a look

THanks
 
LOL, now now if you really fealt sentimental you woudnt break it now would you [;)]

The car will live on by helping other more fortunate 944's than itself. On a serious note what do you do to get rid of the shell afterwards , I have always wanted to take a car apart just for the learning excersise but I imagine being stuck with a shell on my drive and it cant be very nice ?

Regards

Mas
 
I am hoping to leave it as a rolling shell with just some steel wheels( its teledials are good) , maybe someone would want to start with the shell and build up a car??

As I say the body is more dirty than anything else, the individual panels and doors/bonnet/rear hatch are all good and will be up for grabs.



 
You are a bad, bad, bad man. [;)]

Actually of course the really naughty person is the one who gave up on it and put it up for sale as a non-runner rather than getting it going properly. It would be sinful to send a genuinely rust-free shell to the scrapper, but I am sure someone will want it.

Incidentally, does anyone here know if the bonnet on a C reg Lux is the same as on a 1990 Turbo, or is it one of the many changed components?
 
Checked 3 different PETs ('83, '85 and '90) and they are all the same no for the bonnet - so yes it will fit.
 
Ive only read the first and last post, so someone else may have already stated this, however: series one and series two bonnets arent the same. The part number on PET is similar because the older part was discontinued, and the later (but different part) was substituted. I wouldnt fit an early bonnet onto a later car, but it will physically fit.

In the past people have thrown the toys of of their prams when Ive said this, but Id draw your attention to weld on badge panels; which (now unavailable) are superceded by a bolt on part number, for series one 944s and 924s, too.


Simon
 
Does it have script door handles? If so - if you don't need them I could be interested.
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It does and they are in the process of being put on mine as mine are nasty little thingies!

I will get stuck in over the weekend and put a list up.

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Actually of course the really naughty person is the one who gave up on it and put it up for sale as a non-runner rather than getting it going properly.  It would be sinful to send a genuinely rust-free shell to the scrapper, but I am sure someone will want it.
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I wouldn't send the remains to the scrap. I would hang on as its actually quite tidy underneath until someone pops up and could use it. Even though I describe it as a shell in reality once i have the bits I want and shifted some other stuff to get me money back then the rest of the car is up for grabs even for a few squid!

 
Get some pictures up. If its Zermatt silver - i would help you by buying some panels from you including, fuel filler cap, sunroof etc.

 
Will get the paint code and let you know what it actually is.

Im busy till friday but will get a full list of parts up over weekend.
 
Just checked its Paint Code which is LY7Y so its Zermatt Silver.

Interior is the reddish cloth colour with 2 good seats with tiny slits here the threading is coming undone. ( Passenger manual, Drivers Elec and works)

The only rust I can find is near the o/s roof gutter where there is bubbling.

Pics at the weekend - with a hoped for pricelist!

Thanks
 
On a serious note what do you do to get rid of the shell afterwards , I have always wanted to take a car apart just for the learning excersise but I imagine being stuck with a shell on my drive and it cant be very nice
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A scrappy will pay to take it away - not as much as a couple of years ago and not much if the heavy bits have gone.
 
A scrappy will pay to take it away - not as much as a couple of years ago and not much if the heavy bits have gone.

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Wouldnt do that.

I can store it and maybe one day will rebuild it as a trackday!

Shell is good
 
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