European Autocare Penrith to Close soon

[gembee]

Here are photos of the remaining cars in the yard as of 25th March. Seems to ba limit of 10 photos, so I can't post any more. I will try again tomorrow in case it's a daily limit. I have substantially reduced the size of the photos with thanks to Seasink for his assistance.

 

[gembee]

some more photos

 

[gembee]

and more..........

 

[gembee]

and more again...........

 

[gembee]

that's it.

 

[ARCHRIVAL]

I have the old door so in the worst case cut and shut I suppose

 

[ARCHRIVAL]

THATS INTERESTING

 

[DoubleChevron]

grab every DS headlight bucket and turning assemlby you can. they are worth good money to sell on ebay US (especially if you can grab the bucket mounting hardware)

the US cars were sold with fixed headlights, most want to convert to the proper headlghts, but the parts are really available.... oh, and the drivers side heater fan ... apparently very rare everywhere except australia.

 

[Ramaling]

UPDATE



Hi,

I’ve been over at European Autocare at Penrith the last few days, helping Denton work on my car there. Here is an update on his workshop.

As mentioned in previous posts, Denton will be closing at the end of the April. The site has been sold and he needs to clear out all the wrecks and workshop by then.

As Denton is on his own now, with no mechanics assisting, he is currently not taking on new jobs such as repairs, servicing. He is also only available on Mon, Tue, Wed & Thu. Closed on Friday and weekends. He is working on a couple of customer cars there, as well as organising the cleanup of the vehicles and the site. So he is extremely busy at present and unable to take calls or answer simple enquiries. Sydneysiders are welcome to visit the yard but if you are after parts, bring your own tools and remove them yourself. Bring a trolley or friend to help with heavier items. But take note that Denton is extremely busy and really unable help too much.

Pretty well everything outside is available with most cars in various states of deterioration. There are currently between 30-40 cars on site, with about half being ID/D/DS cars and the remainder later models. The cars in the front and back are accessible by foot, with the weeds having been trimmed down it appears. But at present most are inaccessible to tow or tilt trucks. As they are slowly cleared out, the inaccessible cars would become more accessible.

The ID/D/DS cars are all wrecks and are non runners and mostly not even to able to be pushed/rolled manually. The large majority of these cars are missing axles or laying directly on the ground. Most are suffering severe rust and anything plastic, fabric has perished or gone brittle. All the vehicles are not accident damaged as such, but probably broke down and were too expensive to repair in the past. A lot of the body panels are intact and not damaged or bent, but after 30 years of hot summers, cold winters and rain, these panels are rusty to various degrees. In my opinion none of the ID/D/DS cars would make suitable project cars, they are literally too far gone. A lot of the glass (front, back, sides) are still there and not broken. Lots of fenders still there, some removed and hanging up under storage. Heaps of rims with/without tyres, but I don’t think there is any good rubber left. If any wrecks were wanted you would have to organise with Denton on gaining access to remove it. The interiors are also filled with junk and rubbish which makes the inside inaccessible.

As for the remaining vehicles there are later models (80’s and later) Most of these are also non runners and missing axles, wheels making them difficult to be pushed around.

I noted the following cars….

• 3 x GS wagons – mostly too far gone but certainly some parts still intact.
• CX sedan – looks totally gone and rusted body shell. Also full of junk making the interior inaccessible.
• C4s – a couple of the first shape C4, looks to be intact but with parts already missing. Certainly not driveable.
• 2CV roofs, There are 4 x 2CV roofs available. Although under cover, they are all in poor condition with the vinyl roofs torn, ripped and holes. All the metal parts and rear glass were intact and still there. The rear glasses all were intact and not broken. They’ll be scrapped if no interest.
• Berlingo van – the first shape but with the larger headlights. Not much salvageable on it, Missing engine and everything in the engine bay gone. Still had intact sliding door on LHS, as well as RHS barn door (the smaller one of the 2 rear doors. Possibly some interior trim and dashboard parts still there.
• A couple of C5’s series 1.
• 2 x BX sedans as well as 2 Xantia sedans. These cars looked quite good with a lot of interior trims still there. Not sure on the engine side, but I think it would be safe to assume that any good parts have gone.

That’s sums up the cars available.

Please note there are no 2CVs, Xsaras, Tractions or Light 15s, CXs, H vans, C2 or C3s, later model C4s or C5s, C6s.

There a couple of DS Safaris inside, but both are customer cars and not for sale. Same for the good looking CX and yellow DS and the 2CVs parked in front of the workshop. These are customer cars waiting for work to be completed and not available either.

As for the workshop interior, the single blue electric hoist is not for sale. All the tools (spanners, electric tools etc) are also not available.

There is a large heavy duty lathe and drill press on a metal stand. The lathe has gone but the drill press still available. (see photos).Some of the consumables such as oil/fuel filters, fan belts are available. An unknown quantity of LHM and LDS hydraulic oil is also available, but I don’t know how much and what size containers/bottles they are in.

Denton mentioned after the workshop contents have been removed, any shelving & tables would probable be available, otherwise going to the tip. There are various metal and wooden shelving, as well as some heavy duty metal tables and workbenches. Outside there are a couple of standard sized shipping containers (used for storage). And a single axle trailer. I guess both of these would be available if so desired. The trailer has a single rear axle with unusable tyres and would need a prime mover to retrieve it (it’s a big trailer and unable to be towed by a small truck or 4WD)

That’s all I can think of. Any enquiries or offers for any of the wrecks or parts can be made by SMS or text to Dentons mobile number (0433 190 133). Please make the messages simple and clears. Denton will try and reply in the evening. It’s most unlikely that he will answer the phone during the day as he is too busy and trying to finalise everything. Remember the end of April is the last day at this stage.

I’ll attach some photos which will show the state of the cars so you can see what is there. Having a few issues cause the files are too large, so will just post the update as is

Glenn

I was speaking with Denton a few months ago about parts for my DS restoration. He had some new parts I was interested in. Are these still available or have they been moved. Should I just drive over and speak with him?

 

[gembee]

Either text/SMS or attend in person if that is not difficult. He's there Mon to Thur, but remember he's flat out.

 

[Ramaling]

Either text/SMS or attend in person if that is not difficult. He's there Mon to Thur, but remember he's flat out.

Gotcha - stay super patient

 

[palyasm]

Someone should really make sure none of the D bonnets disappear to scrap...

 

[forumnoreason]

that would be you wouldn't it?

 

[palyasm]

How to get them to SA?...