low mileage le on fleabay

[v6 steve]

dont they have 2 numbers

[matty0785]

i have asked the seller for a photo of the v5 or the vin number to see what the car really is i reckon its just a cally turbo badged up as an le

im sure the plaque should state le and as above the number is to low for its age/reg date do proper le's not have irmscher badge bellow number plate normaly

looks like it may have an irmscher front bumper also

[bodgetastic]

i have asked the seller for a photo of the v5 or the vin number to see what the car really is i reckon its just a cally turbo badged up as an le

im sure the plaque should state le and as above the number is to low for its age/reg date do proper le's not have irmscher badge bellow number plate normaly

looks like it may have an irmscher front bumper also

The V5 or the vin wont tell you anything. It looks like an LE to me, I doubt anyone would have gone to the trouble of a full respray but should be easy to tell.

I think a couple were registered in 1997 but as Mark said the numbering wouldn't indicate its a late one, maybe vauxhall kept hold of it before registering.

Its been sat around for a while so anyone thinking of buying it should be prepared to get their hands dirty especially if it needs a new box.

[richymotor]

looks like steve should buy it then
you can spend another 5 years underneath it

[bodgetastic]

looks like steve should buy it then
you can spend another 5 years underneath it

I couldnt put myself through the pain of another one and that looks like its gonna need some work!

[GreyDJ]

The LE does indeed have two serial numbers.

The one engraved in the plaque, in the format 00nn, and the one on the sticker over the 00nn number. The first must have been in the factory by Opel, the second as part of the limited 50 LE marketing strategy by Vauxhall. The plaque may even have been used by GM or Opel for other limited editions. It is unlikely that either number would have had any link to an actual range of VIN of the cars, especially the stick on label.

The LE Register on here's number order is theoretically based on the sticker numbers but many will actually be 00nn numbers as the stickers come off. Hence the duplicates that appear. My LE had the real 16 label but 0038 (if I remember right) underneath.

As this particular car has the 0014 engraved number we have no idea what number was put on it by Vauxhall. It could quite easily have been one of the missing high numbers in the Register. Which would fit the R reg. Also a dealer could have sat on it to wait for the R reg.

[richymotor]

steve you could steal the prop of this one lol

[Chavtastic]

Well chaps I've been to look at this, 6 hour round trip to my least favourite part of the UK... where cockneys roam freely in their Range Rovers and gay people were invented in the 80's.

Anyway. Good points...

1. It has a Coscast head
2. Irmscher bumper (?)
3. Boot floor and sills look pretty tidy

Bad points:
1. It's been in a shunt, o/s and rear have been repaired and looks like the whole car has been painted bar the roof. O/s trim stuck on with what looks like bathroom sealant, o/s door shut badly repaired, they didn't even line the door catch up properly so you can see where it's painted. Plenty of orange peel visible (especially bootlid), will be worse when cleaned up I suspect. Paint probably has more defects I couldn't see due to the poor light and dirty body
2. Cheap tyres all round, discs are lipped, obviously been stood a while and will need attention
3. Roof lining / inside of sunroof mouldy
4. Bottom of doors rusty, arches rusty
5. Seller knows little about Calibras. He thinks they made a Cav Turbo LE, and Calibra Turbo LE's have window tints as standard. Also reckons he's had it from new, yet it's also had 3 previous owners? Also said when the txb blew he "was going to make it RWD". Strange bloke.

Overall I think it could be made tidy, with considerable expense. But... I wouldn't consider buying it without driving it first and making sure it pulls and stops in a straight line and doesn't crab over bumps. He reckons it's HPI clear - which if it is suggests a cheap backstreet repair (off the books), which would tally with the s***e paint job.

[Mark1]

Ben be careful with the cockney comments you never know when you may meet one only won't be's drive Range rovers

[Chavtastic]

Ben be careful with the cockney comments you never know when you may meet one only won't be's drive Range rovers

Are you the bloke with the beard that looks like a garden gnome?

[Mark1]

Ben be careful with the cockney comments you never know when you may meet one only won't be's drive Range rovers

Are you the bloke with the beard that looks like a garden gnome?

Careful gnomes have bodyguards and my names is in green

[matty0785]

aw well saved me a drive down as the guy never got back to me regarding the docs

i wont be bidding any higher as it sounds like more of a breaker than a saver

[Chavtastic]

Canny take a wee joke and some banter?

I'm only jesting

[Allys Cally]

better to be a caber t0sser than a southern handkerchief waving poof

[Phill]

better to be a caber t0sser than a southern handkerchief waving poof

now now Ally it should be a southern handkerchief waving covered in buttons poof