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Evening all,

I've been looking on eBay - a dangerous activity - and stumbled across a 924 Lux from 1980 just along the road from me. It's got two days left to run, and has no bids on it - and, it's less than 100 quid!

Before I leap in at the deep end with one of these seemingly bargainous 924s, I realised that it's likely to turn into a money pit if I don't know what I'm doing. Which I don't. Clearly, I need some knowledge over how these things work, and be able to inspect the cars to see what's missing, what needs done and how much of it I can do myself.

Can anybody point me in the direction of anywhere offering such information, sort of relatively in-depth technical stuff that would help when inspecting a prospective purchase, be it a website, book or whatever?

Thanks in advance!
 
Assuming it's the red one with the funny number plate font then you'd probably have to be quite good with cars in general to take on a project like this. You also need to consider the quality of workmanship previously carried out on it, there's been some fairly complicated jobs done on it such as the headgasket and that's a job not to be attempted by novices.

Do view it before bidding and pay particular attention to rot prone areas like arches and sills, if the rot's set in while it's been stood you'll probably end up chasing it year on year.

If you're after a project car then this is a viable candidate but be prepared to put in long hours. My personal opinion would be to buy one that's not been off the road for so long, an MOT failure would be ideal but that's my personal preferance.
 
Completely agree, it depends on what you are willing to do, the 2.0ltr 924's are very easy to work on, and parts are cheap and readily available, I personally wouldn't want to buy one thats been off the road for more than 12 months especially a non-runner, as its been said if you want a cheap project then a recent MOT fail that starts and runs is a good place to start, from around '79 they were fully galvanised, but sills and arches can stiull be prone to rot if not looked after, also a regular problem area is at the bottom of the inner/outer wing joint. Go have a look then come back here and ask questions
 

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Did you bid on it?
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No no - I decided to let the head rule, and not go for it. It went for just over £100 in the end. . . doh!

But it has really oiled the wheels for a 924 purchase - I'd love a 944 or even a 928 but the insurance and maintenance costs will multiply the further up the model range I venture, and that's not good.

Maybe not this year, but some time, definitely. Gives me plenty time to swot up!

Quick question - dashes seem prone to cracking. Can this be repaired and prevented?
 
I looked(am still looking) at getting a dash, or a batch of dashes recovered. The prices are pretty horendous - £2-300. There is not a lot of difference between leather or vinyl either. Repairs are possible - how good they are is dependant on who does them, but to employ a profesional would probably be as expensive as getting it recovered. Looking after it to prevent future damage - I don't know - keep it out of teh sun, and avoid extremes of temperature?

One thing I noticed whilst looking at getting an old dash recovered as a trial (must chase that up!) is that a couple appear to have warped too - any-one else come across, or rectified that?
 
My 924 wears its cracked dash like a badge of honour, it's never worried me in my 8 years plus of ownership.

Seems to be too much of a fuss to replace the old dash, and the dash covers I've seen look a bit dumpy for my taste.

Still I'm a bit of a purist at heart [;)]
 
I hate my dash, it reflects sunlight back up onto the windscreen and straight into my peepers, hope [frantic searching for wood] it doesn't cause me to crash.
 
I agree. The sun reflects off the dash and then reflects off the windscreen making it uncomfortable in certain conditions.

I have a small piece of grippy material on top of the dashboard, it's not perfect but it lessens the problem.
 
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