Show whole topic Sep 16, 2019 10:19 am
h14 Offline
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Registered since: Nov 30, 2008
Location: Chalandray, France


Subject: Re: Advice when buying an LG45 S1
One of the reasons I bought my LG6 was that it had had a complete professional mechanical rebuild, with the bills to prove it. Those bills show that the work was entrusted to a variety of "specialists". Unfortunately the work almost universally proved to have been done by untrained chimps who had been peculiarly instructed to do the job as badly as possible. Twenty years later, I am still resolving issues. Last year, I took the car to Haynes Motor Museum to have the steering checked; they found one front wheel cambered in, and the other out! Fixing that and other steering settings cost nearly £500 alone, but at last, the car now feels safe on corners! I've re-rebuilt the gearbox, rear axle and steering gearbox. That leaves the engine ... yes, that too will be re-rebuilt shortly.
Sometimes it pays to buy a car in "unknown" condition.
Sounds an interesting car. I'm wary of the impression that a perfectly good car has simply been laid up to await work. Doesn't necessarily mean anything dramatic/serious, but I'd ensure the agreed price factors in for the unknown.
Good luck!
Laurence