TradeMe NZ P5B Parts car in Wellington

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TokyoP6B

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 333970.htm

"$1,000 or Offer"

I know this car, and its previous owner. Dedicated LPG system, has SD-1 cylinder heads, + strangely, a cloth interior, which isn't stitched on top of leather. Any other P5Bs I've seen have been leather inside....

Likely too rusty by now to restore, but a very original "donor" car for another P5B project

GW
 
Didnt see this post, I have been thinking about this car for the last week or three, what can you tell me about it?

Graeme
 
David Green the P5 dealer over here had a set of 'B' seats covered in dark brown cloth once. They were done very well indeed but nobody bought them when he put them on fleabay, even at £15. I regret not having a punt at them myself for that price now, though would probably never used them & I've got enough stuff lying around as it is anyway.
 
ghce said:
Didnt see this post, I have been thinking about this car for the last week or three, what can you tell me about it?

Graeme
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Hi Graeme,
gladly: this car was an import from the UK ( 1980's? ) and has suffered "UK rust" issues to an extent that certainly in South Island ( Mainland NZ ) cars you very rarely see. This P5B would require a full restoration and you would have to be handy with a welder, or put it this way; once you had finished doing everything that needed welding you would have become *very* good at welding indeed ( ! ) Would not be economic to have done professionally, too many hours involved

The car only stayed on the road as my mate was a WOF inspector, and only onsold because it became too rusty to self-issue WOF's for with any degree of conscience or the further ignoring of self-preservation; and this was several years ago. The buyer was made fully cognizant of the fact that the P5B would require substantial welding ( eg: to the floor and A-pillar bases ) before its next WOF, but I doubt this was ever done. I would rate this as a very good parts car for a restoration of another P5B, but too much of a challenge to restore, would currently have the structural integrity of a wet cardboard box... There are occasionally P5B's come up on Trademe for sensible money; when I was looking for a Rover V8 in 2008, I was offered a White P5B in Hamilton for $3,500 ( what this car eventually sold for on TradeMe ) that needed little more than the seats retrimming, which would have been far better buying than the Wellington car overall as a useable, slightly tatty runner. Having said that; there are many cows need sacrifice themselves for that purpose and a quality retrim would still have cost a fortune....

I wouldn't buy this car with a view to doing anything other than a complete, lengthy and costly restoration ( and there are still way better cars about to start that with ) or I'd make the seller a silly low offer; ( which he'll probably take ) then trailer this home, bust it up for spare parts and keep all the good stuff for a P5B project and sell off the surplus; it's a goldmine of parts + a very original example

Graham ( the proper spelling! ) Ware
aka GW
 
Cheers for that Graham, thought that was the case, if that much rust is showing on the outer panels it must be truely rusted where the sun dont shine.
yes there have been a couple of good P5b deals on TM of late though they all seem to get withdrawn before auction close :roll:

I will keep looking (if the wife didnt notice I would have it as a spare for a future p5b)

Graeme ( the road least spelt) Carr ( just another celtic interpretation of Rawmarsh)
 
there have been a couple of good P5b deals on TM of late though they all seem to get withdrawn before auction close
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Graeme,
decent P5B's have been finding their way to the UK and Europe ex-NZ for some years, the P5B Coupes; while never common in NZ, have already been hunted into extinction. Export traders will get contact details/phone numbers of TradeMe cars from their sellers and then pounce on these somewhat aggressively, so you'll need to play a similar game to get a bargain

You might be lucky and see one for sale beside the road or through an Auction.

I've always found advertising *for* something works the best in NZ; when I had obscure cars like AMC Ambassadors and a Fiat 2300 6-cylinder, I was donated non-running examples that help kept mine on the road from placing ads, as well as mountains of parts and enthusiastic advice on keeping my creaking heaps on the road

You could put a "P5B wanted ChCh area preferred" with a generic picture of a car on TradeMe Austin/Rover wanted section for next to nix and you might find just what you want that way

A print ad. will reach those people that never use the internet ( people only a year or 3 older than you and I, I would guess ) and could also be worth a go....

GW
 
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