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Author Topic: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?  (Read 15517 times)

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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #15 on: 17 January 2016, 18:53:26 »

Been there. Tee shirt.NEVER EVER AGAIN! It'll do your head in James,cube it whilst you still have your sanity :)
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« Reply #16 on: 17 January 2016, 19:44:11 »

Common disease here  ;D ;D ;D...Its called " Omegaitis" or in plain English  "Chasing a Lost Cause",  ??? but hate to say I suffer from it and its not easy to cure ;D
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #17 on: 17 January 2016, 19:49:44 »

Common disease here  ;D ;D ;D...Its called " Omegaitis" or in plain English  "Chasing a Lost Cause",  ??? but hate to say I suffer from it and its not easy to cure ;D

That Scouser managed to do it - Albeit with an Astra, with a silly little engine, in a fetching shade of puke.
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #18 on: 17 January 2016, 20:08:42 »

Common disease here  ;D ;D ;D...Its called " Omegaitis" or in plain English  "Chasing a Lost Cause",  ??? but hate to say I suffer from it and its not easy to cure ;D

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« Reply #19 on: 17 January 2016, 20:17:19 »

Number of years ago that would make a good project to turn around, these days project like that is only good as a keeper.

Looks solid overall, should come up well.  :y

But will you keep it long enough? Don't you still have the 530d?

James ,  IMO ,   What Tunnie says is the important question here . Do whats needed, but only if it's going to be "your" omega to keep for a decent  time .

You are in a good position ,  as all the mechanical work can be done by you. Just got to buy the parts & find the time . Elbow grease , spit & polish comes mostly free. Arches will I presume need specialist attention , but in your case this will be the only job you will paying somebody to do . As a "keeper" a very worthwhile project ,as you will  know all the usual Omega "issues" will have been sorted  . . . but as a "sell on at a profit after it has been done" forget it , you will lose money  . . . & quite a bit I would say  ::)

wish you well with it , if I were in your position , I  would do it . . .     then keep it   :y

James . . .Maybe that highlighted sentance in my post should have read  . . . 
"If I were in your position, without an omega, I would do it, then keep it  ;) ;)
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #20 on: 17 January 2016, 20:39:06 »

Number of years ago that would make a good project to turn around, these days project like that is only good as a keeper.

Looks solid overall, should come up well.  :y

But will you keep it long enough? Don't you still have the 530d?

James ,  IMO ,   What Tunnie says is the important question here . Do whats needed, but only if it's going to be "your" omega to keep for a decent  time .

You are in a good position ,  as all the mechanical work can be done by you. Just got to buy the parts & find the time . Elbow grease , spit & polish comes mostly free. Arches will I presume need specialist attention , but in your case this will be the only job you will paying somebody to do . As a "keeper" a very worthwhile project ,as you will  know all the usual Omega "issues" will have been sorted  . . . but as a "sell on at a profit after it has been done" forget it , you will lose money  . . . & quite a bit I would say  ::)

wish you well with it , if I were in your position , I  would do it . . .     then keep it   :y

James . . .Maybe that highlighted sentance in my post should have read  . . . 
"If I were in your position, without an omega, I would do it, then keep it  ;) ;)

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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #21 on: 17 January 2016, 20:52:44 »

Looks like this could be a lovely project for you James. If anyone can sort out this lovely car then it's you mate  :y

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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #22 on: 17 January 2016, 21:03:41 »

I'm in the middle of the same process myself James. Bought a 3.2 elite before Xmas that had shredded the fan belt. Body is perfect and interior the same, bought for £350. For roughly the same again ill have it up and running again. Too good of a motor to not buy it!!! All the best with yours mate.
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #23 on: 17 January 2016, 22:51:10 »

Deffo worth doing up great colour and as others have said the 3.2 elites are becoming rare looks like the arches have been caught just in time and a good grind out and clean up spray they should be good, post the photo's when done :y
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« Reply #24 on: 18 January 2016, 10:50:46 »

If you really like it do it up, cheap luxury motoring & who wants a euro s**tbox anyway !! Dare to be different . 😀 😁 😂
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #25 on: 18 January 2016, 21:02:53 »

My only reservation is the arches... can they be reasonably restored permanently for not a fortune?  :y
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #26 on: 18 January 2016, 21:18:06 »

My only reservation is the arches... can they be reasonably restored permanently for not a fortune? :y

Nitro is the man to ask on that one James  ;)
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #27 on: 18 January 2016, 21:50:45 »

My only reservation is the arches... can they be reasonably restored permanently for not a fortune? :y

Nitro is the man to ask on that one James  ;)

I like Nitro, very much... but I know he will just tell me to torch it....  ;D
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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #28 on: 18 January 2016, 22:09:12 »

My only reservation is the arches... can they be reasonably restored permanently for not a fortune?  :y


The problem is you will have to paint each quarter panel, after sanding each arch back to bare metal.
That's about £100 in materials if you do it yourself, plus equipment.


If you have to pay someone to do it, it will only be worth doing on a longterm keeper.


From your photos you're probably looking at a couple of years before it gets so unsightly that it will be worth touching. That's about how bad mine looked, and I've only recently dealt with one of them:


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Re: Ebay Elite. Project or Money Pit?
« Reply #29 on: 18 January 2016, 22:19:44 »

James......you judge me so harshly,I'm only thinking of your sanity,your relationship with your lovely lady,and above all else your bank balance :)
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