$500 vl worth it ?

[muffman001]

Hi all i have been offerd a vl berlina for $500 bucks

apparantly the car was in good working order when the fuel pump stopped working

motor has only done 200,000
interor is 100% imacualte not 1 mark anyware inside ...full orignal berlina trim
4 brand new tires on 15" mags
tidy paint

now the bad

has cracked winscreen
dents down one side of car
needs side peace off back bumper
rust around front window
ive gotten under the car with 12v tester and there is no power to fuel pump.. ??
has shaved door locks and electronic button is broken (so will need new central locking system)
oh yea and it has no rego
what do you's think ?
im so tempted to buy it as a project car but i would like some other ppls thaughts and maby a few other pointers on what to look out for

thanks

[Andrew426]

Buy it and swap the interior, drivetrain and wheels into the VC?

[muffman001]

Nah sold the vc

lookin to do the vl up

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

If you can afford to fix it, get it. If you can't, buy something else.

[danja]

Yeah, tough decision but I'd probably take a VL if someone gave me $500.

[Sladdo]

I reckon take it if you can get the fuel pump going...dont wanna get it & it turns out that rats have chewed a random wire somewhere.

[Tree cutter]

Check for a blown fuse or dodgy relay. If the fuel pump has shorted out it could have blown the fuse so you are not getting power there.

[muffman001]

Hi all i checked the fuses and replaced relay all good im getting power from the fuse box just not back at the pump ?

talking to the owner some more tonight and he said he went threw a big puddle of warter it was still running but coughed and farted home he turned it off and he said it was a pain in the ass to start left it few days later and nothing... no more starting

what do you's think ?
im going to go under the car with a 12v battrie see if i can get any noise from pump
if so ill just run a wire from fuse box back to pump and see how that goes

the orignal interor is the most cleanest ive seen in about 5 years ..
ill see if i can get some pics up later its a clean car for its age

just the few probs that are making me think about it or else i would of snapped it up already ..

as for affording to fix it ill do what ive always done lol 1 part a week untill i have all the parts then the work starts i dont need it on the road asap lol

thanks

anything else i should have a look at before making a final desion ?

[muffman001]

ended up buying it for $350 now is the hard part finding out why i aint got power to fuel pump

[premium]

if it's not a fuse then the wiring has probably broken somewhere. it's an absolute pain to find where, though.

[calais24/7]

Post some pics up man, how bad is the rust and like you said run a wire from the pump to the fuses and see if you have power. Sounds good for $350