I collected a 1990 416 GSi last week, I'd put the advert from Gumtree for it up on the forum back in November, but between Christmas and New Year the seller and I agreed a price!It's an October 1990 car in Diamond White over Tempest with a couple of hundred miles over 30k with a pretty comprehensive history, new exhaust and brakes in the last year and an MOT until the end of September. Despite its low mileage it's not in as good condition as my SEi either inside or out but having said that it is starting to clean up nicely.
Amazingly its sills are incredibly clean which if I'm honest leads me to think they've been replaced in the past. When I collected it, both front and rear bumpers were incredibly faded, the nearside wiper arm was brown from corrosion starting to bite, there was a very bad repair (in white) on the black of the near side rear window surround, rust forming on the top edges of both offside doors, a broken mirror casing on the drivers side, 1 key, the original R681 radio needed a code and both number plates had seen better days.
I haven't had much time do too much over the last week because of other commitments, but I have given it a good clean and polish, resprayed the Wiper arms and rear nearside door glass surround, treated the rust on the offside doors and sprayed with primer, got the radio code, ordered (but not fitted) new number plates, had a second key cut and replaced the drivers side door mirror assembly.
There's still lots to do, but there will be plenty of time for that
I enjoyed driving 140 miles back home and the Honda engine made me smile
It seems to have picked up a starting problem now, which I think is probably down to the fact that it was low on fuel, I have put 5 litres in but it still won't go yet. It was running yesterday until I took the radio out to get the serial number to get the security code for it, when I did that the engine stopped, but I'm guessing that was just coincidence and the fuel issue is the culprit.
