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Hello! £311 bargain 2.0 hdi owner
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For the OP, congratulations, You are the first person I have seen to have Instagram'd (or looks similar) a Citroen Berlingo Van!

You will start a craze Wink

Good job on restoring that front end, but I agree with you, bargain for £311. Was it expensive to restore?
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Nice buy, however the oddly cropped images are making me dizzy.
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(28-01-2013, 04:13 PM)ffrenchie Wrote:  In earlier years I used to always run damage repaired motors I picked up at salvage and repaired myself. It was a good way to get a newish motor cheap. I still do a bit of welding and spraying occasionally but it's more when I desperately need it now rather than when I feel like it. Good find getting an unrecorded hit like that with an easy fix, should keep you on the road for a good while.
Frenchie, thanks. It was a nice stroke of luck, being a salvage repair makes it all the more satisfying to drive. I think its a keeper.

(28-01-2013, 04:20 PM)Berlingo_Beast Wrote:  For the OP, congratulations, You are the first person I have seen to have Instagram'd (or looks similar) a Citroen Berlingo Van!

You will start a craze Wink

Good job on restoring that front end, but I agree with you, bargain for £311. Was it expensive to restore?
Hahah no it was just an android based picture editor, no instagram Smile

Regarding the front of the van, I just sat on the bonnet whilst a friend lifted the front, which straightened it out a fair amount. Then it was twisted a little more into shape when fully open.

The wing was straightened with a bar and hammer, lights secured with some drilling and fixings as the original plastic fixings had broken, lights were jumping all over the place at speed beforehand. The broken front grill was glued back together and the bonnet catch bent back into place along with some spacer nuts.

The bumper dents were heated up with a heating gun and cooled down into shape.

Only parts expenditure was a drivers mirror from a breakers in Tottenham, £15, its got a silver strip on the back so it must be from a multi space van, but it looks OK. Rest of the missing bits were in the back when I bought the van.

(28-01-2013, 05:40 PM)FeuxLingo Wrote:  Nice buy, however the oddly cropped images are making me dizzy.
thanks
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Bargain sir , you've done a splendid job ! That is a nice colour to boot , and all for the price of a set of winter tyres :whistle:
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(28-01-2013, 09:16 AM)Egon Krenz Wrote:  
(28-01-2013, 09:12 AM)Coco Wrote:  Not had mine on any rolling road, but it feels like I've gone from 90bhp to 125/130 or so.

Place I had mine done was in Devon, so a bit of a trek for you but there will be other places by now that have caught on

Nice, is that with a tuning box, or intecooler &remap ? I go to devon sometimes for my sinsSmile

That's just a remap. The I/C I have was too difficult to fit whilst keeping the A/C and not having pipes hanging out in the breeze. I have another cunning plan but it will have to wait for now.

If you get down this way, I can give you contact details for the garage that did my remap.
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