Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tooleater on 22 December 2023, 22:26:09
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Got the train up to Mr Sereks yesterday drove her back home complete its new found friend, Tin Worm, did not authorise the welding works in the end. Really enjoyed the drive back, even stopped off for a crap donalds but couldn't shake that feeling of its the end of the road for this old girl. I dont have any plans except temporary storage facility until tax runs out then most likely breakers :( :'(
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How bad is the tin worm and whereabouts is it
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Should of said you was coming up, could of had a coffee
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Should of said you was coming up, could of had a coffee while I stripped all the useful bits off your Omega!
Fixed that for you BG! :y
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Should of said you was coming up, could of had a coffee while I stripped all the useful bits off your Omega!
Fixed that for you BG! :y
Oi ya bloody apple juice drinking yokal,,, I'm not that bad,,, well not anymore :y
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Should of said you was coming up, could of had a coffee while I stripped all the useful bits off your Omega!
Fixed that for you BG! :y
Oi ya bloody apple juice drinking yokal,,, I'm not that bad,,, well not anymore :y
;D
Hope you had a nice Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours BG! :y
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How bad is the tin worm and whereabouts is it
Beyond Lano Gaurd. Where do I start. what I can actually see. Spare tyre well 2in of pure rot the alongside nsr chassis leg, most like only the metal that makes up tyre well. Sill covers are off, Os sill very salvageable, Os rear arch seen better days but still fully intact apart from 1 Small hole. Ns. bad especially rear section where it meets lower inner arch or what's left of it, you'd have pretty good at metal fabrication as well being handy with a welder. Serek exposed other areas on the smaller box chassis legs running the length of car both sides. Dont him blame for not wanting the job. The motor would need to go up on a ramp and a thorough investigation with a Wera chisel driver and light carried out. Did I mention M.O.t expired. And that would be stage 1 :-[ :-X
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as i have stated on here many times and at risk of a "telling off " from the omega boses on here , omegas do not ever rot to the stage of being unrepairable but its the fact that if an owner cannot do there own repairs and have to take it to a garage where the excessive prices will lead to many a car being scrapped. that is the real world reality i do understand.
at the end of the day its money vs end product and the owners choice.
However
if you can weld ( or know someone who will help ) then its not all bad news .
watch a few "yorkshire car restoration" videos on youtube and you will be hooked .
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Depends on where you place the value. Basically if it's worth repairing to you, then get it done, but it will cost.
It will be argued that the financial value simply doesn't make sense, but where's the fun in that?
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yes totally agree
financial value vs value to you.
but youd be hard pressed to find any modern replacement thats as nice in many respects to swap it with !