NiallJMurphy Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) I've had this car for nearly a year and I'm only just starting a project thread about it since it is actually starting to get into shape, so, here goes... I was offered a Lupo 1.4s for a grand total of £200 due to the old owner needing to move house so I jumped at the offer considering my previous project car still being worse for wear. Just going to post links since I can't seem to get pictures to appear in my thread!!http://s1053.photobucket.com/user/MrCarMad94/media/dub1.jpg.html Edited March 27, 2014 by NiallJMurphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearermax Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 200 english pounds?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Yeah, £200 for a lupo that needed a 'tiny bit of work, only 2 or 3 jobs'...apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) So the day came to pick it up. I arrived and needless to say, the car was in a bit of a worse shape than I was told. I got told that it needed an exhaust bandage sine the exhaust had a slight hole in it, that it needed new tyres and a few minor things. I got there and the drivers door was in bits, the interior was in a terrible state, the indicators were barely on but I didn't mind since it was easily repairable so it got hooked up and towed home.https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424264354/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424266954/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424271594/in/photostream/P.S. I am not the hobbit looking fella in some of these pics, he just conviniently got in the way... Thanks Gary!! Edited March 27, 2014 by NiallJMurphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 If you're like me, the first thing you do when you get a car is take 1000 pictures of it to plaster all over facebook... so here is a fewhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424276464/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424277784/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424280734/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424044313/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424046243/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 This was the start of a very bad habit...https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424304424/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Then came the 'ideas'...https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13423945855/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Then a good clean... and 1000 more pictures... THAT WONT APPEAR! https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424310794/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424312804/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13424316024/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Then rather than buying more stickers, I actually invested in an exhaust bandage to get one of the problems sorted... Remember that 'tiny hole'? Well here is it!https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13444712905/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 So the £7 exhaust bandage and putty turned into a £70 down pipe and cat... Time to do some actual work!https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13445132814/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 With the new downpipe fitted, minus the lambda sensor, it was time to drive it up the road to my house now that my driveway was free!!! https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13445209084/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Now that we're home, time to rip apart the door and try and re-attach the door that the previous owner failed to tell me about.... Oh yeah, and we have an oil leak, also not mentoned!!https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13445215274/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13445227554/in/photostream/ Edited March 27, 2014 by NiallJMurphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Since the old interior was pretty much hanging off, I thought I'd invest in some new door cards and I just happened to come across a written off lupo sport in a scrappy https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13445239474/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 And here we are today, just need these fitting and some new tyres then we can hopefully get this on the road!https://www.flickr.com/photos/121470772@N04/13444895965/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 And so in total how much has it cost you so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Just under £500 up to now. I got told that it needed an exhaust bandage and a few other trim bits.I wasn't told about:The missing adjuster rings for the rear coiloversThe oil leakThe damage of the exhaustThe dents and scuffsThe naff interior (or lack of it)The damaged head lights and indicator panelThe door not being attached properly and the fact that it dropsThe missing gear stick gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 All minor things and still a bargain! how many million miles has it got for that price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Its currently got 92k on it, still a lot of fight left in the old girl! Get the odd rattle and knock when cold but runs great when it warms up and it is 14 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Exactly, and its not massively expensive for a set of seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Nope, This project has gone very well compared to my last one, apart from jacking it up, everything else is easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Jacking it up isn't exactly hard though, looks like your drive is fairly flat ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 The first drive was very flat but my drive at home is pretty uneven :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiallJMurphy Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Lupo is still coming together slowly (Hate being paid monthly! ) Hopefully pull it apart properly, just waiting to borrow a C spanner since I don't know what size I'm after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 What's the C spanner for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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