26-09-2018, 04:46 PM
Thanks.
The shell sure is untidy, which is fine as it was being sold as a donor for an engine conversion and I was told the shell wasn't worth repairing. The two main issues that I can see without having had a decent look are that the passenger sill is crumbly, but more seriously there's a crack in the boot floor that runs all along the seam where the wheel arch meets the boot floor (start of crack visible in the pictures). Underneath there's a rusty chunk missing out of the inner arch and it very slightly fouls the wheel rim (but it looks distorted so not sure if this is camber or metal distortion, probably both).
It's not looking promising, but then I've just done 3 of four corners of my gf's KA and one of them had instantly disappeared up inside the body when I jacked it up to have a look so...
I'm just not really sure how this crack has happened really, possibly an impact but there's no way you could do that without damaging the external panels...maybe it was rusted out and then hit a kerb/big bump and the shock caused the split as the seam was already rusted? The arch seam is rusty but not the clearly visible in the photo, clean crack in the boot floor so that must be sudden split?
It did come with an alpine head unit (not sure if working) and a 1/4 tank of fuel though! With a spare battery I had lying around it no longer needs a bumpstart (although this is disconnected to save it), and with the window seals popped back on by myself it no longer smells damp inside.
The shell sure is untidy, which is fine as it was being sold as a donor for an engine conversion and I was told the shell wasn't worth repairing. The two main issues that I can see without having had a decent look are that the passenger sill is crumbly, but more seriously there's a crack in the boot floor that runs all along the seam where the wheel arch meets the boot floor (start of crack visible in the pictures). Underneath there's a rusty chunk missing out of the inner arch and it very slightly fouls the wheel rim (but it looks distorted so not sure if this is camber or metal distortion, probably both).
It's not looking promising, but then I've just done 3 of four corners of my gf's KA and one of them had instantly disappeared up inside the body when I jacked it up to have a look so...
I'm just not really sure how this crack has happened really, possibly an impact but there's no way you could do that without damaging the external panels...maybe it was rusted out and then hit a kerb/big bump and the shock caused the split as the seam was already rusted? The arch seam is rusty but not the clearly visible in the photo, clean crack in the boot floor so that must be sudden split?
It did come with an alpine head unit (not sure if working) and a 1/4 tank of fuel though! With a spare battery I had lying around it no longer needs a bumpstart (although this is disconnected to save it), and with the window seals popped back on by myself it no longer smells damp inside.
This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted above as fact.
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