minty is back :) yorkies old saxo
 

Hi all im the new owner of yorkies old saxo, after goin to a charity car meet the car produced a knocking noise from the wheel so took it into a garage to find it it needed a bit of welding and the knocking noise been the wheel bearing had fallen to pieces :/ but now its all fixed up and all good with hopefully more plans to get it back to form and looking fresh :)

heres a few pictures from the time ive owned it

outsides nelsons diner in newbury (amazing food :p)


charity meet



cleaned

Is the rust gone then buddy?

Ive seen it last year and from a distance it looks great! close up however..

yeah spent alot of money to get it all mot ready as the last garage who done the welding (when yorkie owned it) done a shabby job of welding plates to rot :/ NIIIIIIIICE

Nice to see it's still knocking around, and with a decent owner aswell :)

I'm not a fan of the colour to be honest, but i do appreciate the work that has gone into it :y:

Its screaming out for some coilovers on the front to get it sitting properly!

seen this car in york loads, well nice car love it :)

in time as been sayin that from the day i got it home, needs tlc first though and the engine tidying up as looks like apod's :(

Is it going to trax?

affraid not as on holiday

:( ;)

Always next year mate.

anythin else that pops up ill try, same as any meets about im usually up for it

this would look awesome with a few little additions ;), coilovers, standard headlights tinted, put your own stamp on it mate!

Always loved this car though :)

im tryin to put my own stamp on it, just tryin to find a girl first ;)

Haha 'from a distance'. have fun with it but just don't jack it up ;) . . . or drive it hard

Also, what's this got on the clock these days?

a hefty 195k :o but lookin to vts it to make the engine bay look a bit more tidy

So you're the one who bought the car with paint runs..

yes and funny anoth found a saxo under it all :o

reason i put in the statement i wanna get it back to form and looking fresh ;)

Translates as: I'm going to do a proper job..

Shit son, I went there!

Thank god! This car needed to be sorted for a while now.

Seen similar to this colour and always wondered if it was possible for it to look good ...


... Proof that it is!

always thought the 'smoothing' on this car looked a bit poo

think it would look better with the bumpstrips still there just colourcoded. Just looks like the front bumpers melted imo lol

I know a guy in doncaster who did about £400 of welding under the boot and rear sils who said it was thee most rotten car he has ever had to weld up and the whole time he was there marc was sat next to him calling the car every name under the sun telling him to just bodge it up as any job will do as he just wanted rid of it. And then marc never paid. that was two years ago, so if that attitude has been taken for two years you have some serious work to do. There was some rubbish talked about the car, its just a bodge up of scrap yard parts and it was sprayed with the kit on and lights masked up. please do a good job and restore it well as potentially its a pretty iconic saxo. . . just don't look in the door shuts, ignore all the cracking filler around the fuel cap, and admire it from a distance

well i just spent £360 on it gettin weldin done :(

Ouch, it may be worthwhile buying a cheap flat arch or any cheap 106/saxo that's got a good floor and using it for panels. or even a total refloor, not actually as big a job as you may think.

the whole floor is gettin welded up with a proper job after my holiday

FOOKIN LOL MATT

the guy in donny did a bit under ecu and alittle in the boot not much at all.... the floor was done in york at a garage 2 years ago and passed mot since and 6 months ago and i would never have say bodge it up fookin lol

if that was the case why did you wanta buy it after your own dad inspected the floor leaving a deposit and all then to add a fooked me about and didn't come for it...

and also i owe no-one money...(have seen and spoken the the welder guy your dad matt!!!!!!!) a lad i knew says to me a mate will do that for you so i got and had the work done not knowing the lad i knew was doing sum wheels for the welder lad and was saying he knock welding off the wheels bill but when all came out and lad i knew just stole the wheels in the end...

and you knew this matt....... lol

mike looking forwards to see your progress

its fine, i dont hold a grudge and think you owe me money, but you should make sure your 'mates' are legit. More welding was done on that car than your making out and nobody paid a penny to the guy who did it. And given his personal circumstances that was unfair.

The mileage is stupid on that thing lol, looks decent but judging by the comments it's...............shabby lol pics look orite tho

no mate of mine lol and we talked this over with you and our dad before and all was good we was all duked with the other lads all's good

and you come on with our story of cars fooked lol but after all welding was done then you wanted to buy and and left a deposit so the car cannot be fucked lol you and your dad inspected all the work lol

ewww go on holiday for a week and...........................FIGHT :p

gotta love forum abuse

end of day cars mine now, im happy and people who dont like it or anyone elses car on here im gonna leave you with a final thought like good old jerry springer does...................................... LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF.

always going to be haters

haters gunna hate

no longer own this now, litrally got fed up of chuckin money at it and gettin no where so moved on, sorry yorkie, new owner did say he will try contact you.

So it was a bit of a dog then?

well that didn't last long... :(

i spent £700 on just keepin it on the bloody road in 3 months and still kept goin wrong so wasnt werth the hassle with my travelling im doin

Most of this welding?

yeah as one garage refused to touch it whilst another did enough just to jack it up and a clutch