Lude Generation

Si VTEC LSD, H22A, silver.
Manual, JDM, BB4.
95 N

I've owned this car for 15 years and it's got to the point where it needs some love and time that I can't afford with 4 other cars and a family.

It was in regular use until early this year, but has mostly sat on the drive since then with regular trips to keep it charged and running, but little real use. Unfortunately this seems to have let seals dry out and various issues expose themselves and it's just failed it's MOT so I need to get it gone.

It's got 261,400 km on it (it's lovely to drive and we did, a lot!).
It's registered Cat C repaired as ~10 years ago I rear ended another vehicle at low speed and the front end had to be rebuilt. I bought it back, had it repaired and continued to use it with no issues.

A couple of years ago I also had the rear arched sorted (usual rust), and it's started to come back - see pictures.
I also changed the doors for rust free ones - the previous ones were rusting around the drain holes.
The bodywork is generally good otherwise, especially considering it's 23 years old and done 260k km!
Interior is very good - no holes in seats or sagging. The seat belts have new webbing as the dog chewed the old ones....!

Some mods, mostly around handling:
- Tanabe Sustec from and rear anti roll bars
- Koni springs and shocks, adjustable
- Tegiwa 16" Honda replica alloys with Kumho KU39's, 205/50R16
- cat back stainless exhaust (same diameter as standard so not loud)

Known issues from MOT:
- Oil leak from both front and rear crankshaft seals.
- Leaking downpipe.
- Some rust around rear arches and sills.

Others:
- Small area of rust on tailgate near number plate.
- Seized aircon pump so has been bypassed (new pulley)
- Power steering pump very noisy

I also some spares:
- Various aircon pumps (trying to get a working combination)
- Original wing mirrors
- Spare wing (maroon red)

I have no interest in breaking it (no time, don't want a decaying corpse on the driveway!) so am looking for someone to take it whole.
It is perfectably drivable, but not legally of course. Towing no problem.

£450

I'm in Cambridgeshire, south of Huntingdon.
Pics : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Makes me want another project but I need to commit time to the bb1 atm. GLWS!

Looks like a lovely car, well worth saving. If only I had the space for another lude! GLWS, hope it goes to a good home

Thanks guys, would love to see it resurrected!

It's a BB4 by the way too,

Jake

This looks like a really great buy!!!

Hope someone on here picks it up and gives it some love.

Jake, are these the latest photos you have?

people (i know) would be interested in the level of rust in the rear arches and sills thats all if your able to post any updated piccies at all? or if your not sure how, PM me and ill send you my phone number for you to whatsapp me the pics and ill post them up for you

Thanks Drax, I'll get close up photos in the daylight and add them, but it's pretty much as shown,

Jake

jake wrote:Thanks Drax, I'll get close up photos in the daylight and add them, but it's pretty much as shown,

Jake

good man

Btw, when it says "- Oil leak from both front and rear crankshaft seals." - do this mean the nearside and offside gearbox seals in which the shafts go into? Thanks

Also moved to 'cars for sale' since that seems more appropriate.

Right, took some pics last night of both rear arches. Drivers side is worst, passenger side basically ok. Drivers side also has a hold into the sill from inside the arch (see pic).

Added them to the pics folder:

In terms of oil leak I realise front and rear weren't helpful terms! As Drax suggested, it's nearside/offside ends of the crank, which means one of them is hidden by the gearbox housing.

Thanks wurlycorner for moving it too.

Jake