£1000, what state could I get a Williams in?

[andreas395]

I still think with £2000 you will still need to spend on it, if the rust spots on these cars have not been delt with in the past it will need doing I'm afraid

[Chris197F1]

Thanks, all this help is priceless, I really appreciate it! Im happy to spend on the car, I just would like it to be running and useable at least so the moneypit is at least putting a smile on my face lol

[p4cks]

The first photo in my original post was the before shot. £5k later this is the after shot...

[stevie_b]

I'd say save up as much as you can and buy the best one that you can. Unless you are doing all the work for the love of it then a cheap car plus all the expense of getting it sorted will usually add up to more than buying a decent example off someone for more money in the first place.

[p4cks]

^^^ this times 10!

[Chris197F1]

Yeah I agree, everyones views has made me think that ideally im going to need around £3000 as my skills are very minimal lol, I can clean the damn thing and change a few trims but thats it lol. It will work out far too costly to keep paying out for professionals to do the work (after researching on this site). Just a shame as I'll have to wait even longer now until I can afford one :(

[northy]

what you running around in now then - your budjet has dropped from looking at minters to looking at basket mot failures haha

[Chris197F1]

Yeah well I managed to sell the Clio 197 so im now in a MK7 Fiesta ZS TDCI. The budget has dropped due to me buying a larger house last month but the plus side is It has a garage lol.

[FATBOY]

i paid £1,100 for mine with not tax or mot and paid out 1.5K + getting arches and other bits sorted

http://williamsclio.co.uk/forum/show...15-restoration

[glyn211269]

I back up everything said so far. I spent £2.5 on my first Willy and then another couple of grand on top fixing things over the next few years and it was still never as good as I wanted it to be :-/ You do need to spend as much as you can in the first place. That's what I ended up doing and should have done in the first place. But its all a learning process!!