480es light blue 1990 f/s breaking?

POPs · Post by **POPs** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:48 pm

480es - dad has retired so mam don't need her second car (golf tdi cheaper to run!) good bits? superb engine (90k miles super clean oil/no idle probs/rattles/smoke etc) brand new susp. bilstein all round shox/springs (car not really used since) bad bits usual rust (bubbles in front of front wheels/door bottom) stiff clutch cable, pulls to left when clutch pressed (badly fitted ball joint?) I want it for resto (its a classic + mam loves it) but girl/f wants new kitchen? women.

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:17 pm

dude where are you? i might come down and have a few bits if not too far from leics... im after loads of parts!! let me know!

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:26 pm

I'll buy the shocks! all of them!

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:37 pm

Don't know if its all bad but I'm up in the frozen North East of England. I can look into postage etc but the car will travel anywhere!

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:39 pm

Hold on, no it won't!! tax is out end Feb! I'll look into the post then!!

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:48 pm

ok man heres a list off stuff i want! gimme a price and i can probably come and collect it... how "north" are you?

im after -

-load cover for the boot
-plastic rear wiper cover
-analogue dials under stereo
-boot carpet
-storage bins in the doors (mine are cracked!)
-heater switches (the slidey type - not the air con/push button ones)
-wiper blades (if good!)
-rear passenger center console
-front day running/indicator clusters
-dashboard surround (ie black plastic frame around stereo etc
-binnacle
-dont suppose you have the drinks holder arm rest at all?

let me know how much of this lot you have, and how much you want for it!!

cheers man (",)

keithemm · Post by **keithemm** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:56 pm

where in the north are you? i'm gonna be up in York this weekend, are you nearby?

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:21 am

My apologies it will drive anywhere. Tax out end of March.

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:25 am

DeLorean - I'll take a look today I promise, but I know for sure the rear wiper plastic cover is missing (cos I broke it!) and it doesn't have the drinks holder. The rest I'll get back on but prices will be super cheap gotta keep 480's on the road.

And 480 is located at Chester-Le-Street (7 miles south of Newcastle (1/2 mile from A1 motorway.) Excuse to take your girls metro centre shopping?

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:46 am

POPs wrote:I want it for resto (its a classic + mam loves it) but girl/f wants new kitchen? women.

Come on, you're not going to kill a 480 that can be rescued because the woman wants a new kitchen? I would tell her she can cook on the engine while it's running!

All you scavengers, just hoping for a 480 to die to get new parts...

But seriously, it wouldn't be possible to talk you out of wrecking such a beauty? Just look at her, looks cooler than a modern Focus or Golf or whatever, from a styling point of view.

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:09 am

Coyote is right,

I nearly gave up on my 480, I am so glad I didn't.
Rebuild it!, Rebuild it! You have a wealth of resorces right here on the forum. It seems you have no electrical niggles, and that the stuff you do have wrong will be easy to fix (little expense), besides, it is the best colour

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:10 am

though, if you do break it, do you have colour coded bumpers? Still after some shocks too

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:17 pm

cheers pops... il try and persuade the missus with the metro center plan!

Erics480 · Post by **Erics480** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:29 pm

I think I can deliver almost all the stuff you are looking for. check the website or sent me an email

Eric

DeLorean wrote:ok man heres a list off stuff i want! gimme a price and i can probably come and collect it... how "north" are you?

im after -

-load cover for the boot
-plastic rear wiper cover
-analogue dials under stereo
-boot carpet
-storage bins in the doors (mine are cracked!)
-heater switches (the slidey type - not the air con/push button ones)
-wiper blades (if good!)
-rear passenger center console
-front day running/indicator clusters
-dashboard surround (ie black plastic frame around stereo etc
-binnacle
-dont suppose you have the drinks holder arm rest at all?

let me know how much of this lot you have, and how much you want for it!!

cheers man (",)

jamwor007 · Post by **jamwor007** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:10 pm

i would be intrested in the glove box the whiole thing if in good condition and door lock moror from drivers door middel back storage box heated seat switches and bins below please email me cheers jam12@hotmail.com

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:38 pm

I must apologise for not restoring 480 myself but I have 4 cars (3 actually one's the girls) I bought a new house which got flooded (I'm living in with parents for now(worse still her parents on a weekend!)

) it needs more rebuilding than any car I've owned, I gotta work for a living and I'm a two night per week student! Sorry guys just no time. You gotta believe it was pretty difficult keeping hold of the two spare cars I got! I run an MX-5 for work (old one!) got a Mk1 golf gti (hasn't moved for a year) and a Sunbeam Lotus (hasn't run for 5!) and the girl keeps asking what you need them for!! I always wanted a 480 too and got mam to get one!!! so seeing it broken isn't fun at all, but a good one maybe cheaper than resto in the long run (especially a nice celebration model!(can I sneak one past the girl?))

Car has done 82K not 90K and I'll get sorted at the weekend as to what bits are worth having (previous mails noted - don't worry your names are on the parts!) I'd love the whole car to go though! can't do free cos just spent a couple of hundred on susp! but can do nearly free!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:05 am

lotus sunbeam, they are well smart!! Dont give in and dont feel you have to give excuses,girls tend to not understand cars and how heart rending it is getting rid of them!!
i know how you feel though, i have 2 480's and a mk2 Escort and i get plenty abuse about them all from my parents/everyone!

if its not already gone i wouldnt mind taking the passenger side central locking motor off your hands (small black box with 3? wires coming out). if the rear clusters are not faded i would consider them too,do you have a picture of them?
i will pay of course!!
cheers
Murf

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:09 am

Delorean, ive got a good set of front clusters if you want them, normal amber ones. still looking for the wee bit for the gauges,dont get your hopes up!

Pop's · Post by **Pop's** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:24 pm

Cheers Murf, the girl knows its her out before the sunbeam so as long as I got her I got the sunbeam. Previous girls never saw it that way!!! 32 still not married!

I'm sure the clusters will be a bit faded cos they're originals and its a 1990.

I'll get some pics sorted out and email em to anyone still interested in parts but you'll have to wait till weekend, work unfortunately.

p.s. Murf, Mk2's class.

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