potster Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 To be honest you could end up with a car that is VERY difficult to sell on. An imported westfield (Presuming his yard is in the republic) that has been an insurance write off. Not trying to put you off the car but also its going to cost a good bit more than £3k for the car + £350 for a replacement tub. The incidental bits you will need add up very quickly. All the best with your quest for Westfield ownership Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SADDLEWORTH Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 There`s a westfield on www.autotrader.co.uk for £3,750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonda_ Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 It's not an import, it's in Northern Ireland but it's a UK car anyway. Also, when it's repaired you can have cars inspected and removed from the register. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 It's not an import, it's in Northern Ireland but it's a UK car anyway. Also, when it's repaired you can have cars inspected and removed from the register. you can get them inspected , but they will still be recorded with hpi as a cat c or d , if its recorded as cat a or b give it a miss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonda_ Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 It's a Cat D. They can be removed from the register if they have been inspected and judged to be repaired to a good enough standard. My mate does it all the time, it's his business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordy Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 just looking at those pics, its going to cost you more than a new tub looks like: New rad new front wishbones new wing brackets new light bracket new steering rack and being a 94, and looking at where the rad hose is going, it looks like its crossflow. A reasonable undamaged crossflow, 94, with swept wings shouldnt be more than about 4-4.5K. Ignore what the insurance company paid out on it - the guy may have had it insured for an agreed value. If hes willing to ship it over with no ob., then take a thorough look at it - if you cant fix it up for less than 600quid, then personally i wouldnt touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 It's a Cat D. They can be removed from the register if they have been inspected and judged to be repaired to a good enough standard. My mate does it all the time, it's his business! if thats the case its a new one on me, I know they can be inspected and have the repairs approved and removed from the *condition alert register * but to my knowlegde will always be recorded with HPI on there register as there has been an insurance claim made aginst the car. as far as i am aware cat x is the only non recorded salvage . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazpowerslide Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 If both of the O/S wishbones have been bent (as they appear to be in the photograph) I'd lay money on the spaceframe/wishbone pick-up points being twisted/out of true. It looks to me like it'll need a new front end on the chassis, this is not really difficult to do, Procomp/Westfield amoung others can do this. You'll not be able to tell definatly weather or not the chassis is twisted untill you get all the bodywork off check it properly (on a jig). All the welded joints in the engine bay beed to be checked (with the aid of a magnifing glass) for signs of stress (peeling welds or cracked powdercoating around the weld) you'll then be able to see clearly how the chassis has coped with the impact. Another idea would be to compleatly strip the car out and re-build it around a new starter kit, Westfield will supply a new chassis with the correct numbers (you'll have to return the old chassis for destruction) You won't have to SVA the car after the re-build and as it's practically a new car the inspection needed to remove it from the write off register should be no problem. I think before I got into this I'd look carefully at the costs involved, for the price of rebuilding what will allways be a crash dammaged car you will probhably be able to pick up a non dammaged car of the same spec to play with. Chaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonda_ Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Interesting idea but how much is a new starter kit gonna cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAT1800 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Or try here Car being broken down As far as I can tell from his list on the link from this page, he still has a chassis to sell, and a few other bits which might be handy, should at least give you a second hand cost of parts. Mat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 It's a Cat D. They can be removed from the register if they have been inspected and judged to be repaired to a good enough standard. My mate does it all the time, it's his business! if thats the case its a new one on me, Me to, I've bought various damaged/stolen recovered cars over the years & looked into getting cars off the list, the outcome being that you can have it inspected & certified roadworthy, but it still stays recorded as previously damaged car. As others have said, it's not really worth it imo, you'll need wishbones, rad, bodywork etc, plus all the other things that don't immediately spring to mind, eg- It will probably need a set of wheels, the car has been stood in the rain with a door half open so the trim may need replacing, you might need a rear wishbone, wheel bearings, balljoints, numberplates etc etc..... If it was £1500 - £2000 it would probably be worth it, but not for £3k imo. HTH Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonda_ Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 I've already been in touch with Mike. He will sell me the entire bodywork of his. I'm waiting for a reply as to other parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SADDLEWORTH Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I've already been in touch with Mike. He will sell me the entire bodywork of his. I'm waiting for a reply as to other parts. Will the bodywork fit ie SE/SEI/SEW/SEIW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonda_ Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 His car is a 94 and so is this one so he reckons so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Betcha the chassis is bent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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