unloved FD.....poor thing

[fletch_]

hi folks,

i know of another 2 fd\'s in my town except for myself, one of which looks to be \'abandoned\'!

i first noticed it about 6 months ago in a dark car park and thought nothing more of it,drove past the other day and the car is still sitting in the same position which got me curious,

so today i went for a quick look. i didnt want to look a knob so i didnt hang around but had a quick glance.
its dark green (almost black) and is covered in the green gunge \'i aint bothered cleaning my car look\' the brakes are all rusted and the tax disc in the window expired in 2003!!,
its a j plate,looks completely stock and is in a pub car park therefore on private property \'so to speak\'.
i did get thinking if it would be worth offering a few beer tokens to the owner (if i could track them down) to take it on as a project.

what sort of problems would i expect to have with it?
what would you reckon its worth?
ill take some dodgy camera phone pics later to show you,

fletch

[Warthog]

Interesting.

[Rixio]

Could be a possibility its a stolen car so be carefull cos it could have a hole heap of problems with it!

[fletch_]

im popping out now to take some phone pics, hopefully the owner will come out and ask what im doing so i can find out what the score is:2Rolleyes

[kermit]

Leave your name and number on a card and stick it under the wiper blade.  Cant hurt to try!

[RemarkLima]

Has it got a number plate?

IIRC you can request for a V5c from the DVLA, for about £25. They will then try to contact the person who the car was last registered to to make sure this is OK.

If it\'s OK or if they don\'t respond in a certain time then they\'ll send a new V5 in your name... However you\'d need the chassis number and such like as well I think, so would need to get into the engine bay.

[J4P RX]

Just go and speak to the pub landlord, they are bound to know the details on it else they would have shifted it ages ago.

[fletch_]

update, went to look, it does have a number plate,
 
its dark blue, auto, stereo missing and ignition area all ripped out and.....
 
 
it was unlocked! so getting into the engine bay wont be a problem.
took some pics but cant load them onto my photobucket account. anyone know how to change the file type to jpeg or similar?

[travellinbob]

Report it to the fuzz mate. It sounds like either stolen and dumped or stolen and recovered. Either way you might not want ot be seen nosing about too much without first making contact with the owner. I ma not saying you might be a dodgy looking guy but if I had gotten back my fd after it being stoled I would be very touchy about seeing anyone else checking it out.
 If you go about it right then you could be onto a cracking bargain too!
 Keep us informed.
 cheer,s michael.

[fletch_]

[dandan]

email them to danverge at homtail.com and ill get them up if you like
EDIT: far too late, damn. But aargh! its an autoooooo!

[fletch_]

i know its a shame its an auto, not sure what type it is but im pretty sure i could only see 1 oil cooler in the front.
still it has front leather seats etc..... and..............
 
 
 
it has the drivers door crap flap:chat  so chuffed about that! ill be having dibs on that bit

[Jono FD3]

If it come to some borrowing or a legal strip down Dibs on the front leathers!!!

Jono

[fletch_]

if anyones getting dibs on the leathers it will be me:chat

[Ricco_04]

Suppose you could HPI the numberplate - If you do this on your mobile then it\'s less than a tenner?  Not how to do this though.

The paintwork looks reasonably (sp?) clean and certainly not over 3 years of grime!?