Celestial Blue ZT Diesel £450

[clf]

Originally Posted by Dansrockin

I missed that one! What got said!
He truly is an idiot of the highest level, he's almost as bad as Craig Manton!

It is on one of the Facebook groups, so I won't be repeating here.

At least with cm, he had a clue about what he was doing. I am convinced this guy simply doesn't. It is sad really, society has let him down so badly

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[Dansrockin]

Originally Posted by clf

It is on one of the Facebook groups, so I won't be repeating here.

At least with cm, he had a clue about what he was doing. I am convinced this guy simply doesn't. It is sad really, society has let him down so badly

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The only thing that Manton had a clue about was lying through his teeth to get whatever he could out of people. My celestial zt190 came from him, supposedly he'd replaced the engine, clutch, slave, inlet manifold, vis motors, and a few other bits. Needless to say it's cost me a small fortune replacing all those parts myself and more!
This Harper guy seems to know what he's talking about, he's just a complete a-hole! I looked at buying this car when he first advertised it last year as a donor car for mine. There's not one straight or decent panel on it, and it was nothing more than a scrapper then. Since then, he's removed every other usable item from the car, yet still thinks he'll find a buyer!

[P-Nut]

Over 275,000 miles!

The last MOT had ZERO advisories....

It's an absolute heap, it looks like the celestial colour is about to get rarer, I know we should all be about preserving the cars but this one looks too far gone.

[TomRS]

Originally Posted by Dansrockin

I missed that one! What got said!
He truly is an idiot of the highest level, he's almost as bad as Craig Manton!

Originally Posted by Dansrockin

The only thing that Manton had a clue about was lying through his teeth to get whatever he could out of people. My celestial zt190 came from him, supposedly he'd replaced the engine, clutch, slave, inlet manifold, vis motors, and a few other bits. Needless to say it's cost me a small fortune replacing all those parts myself and more!
This Harper guy seems to know what he's talking about, he's just a complete a-hole! I looked at buying this car when he first advertised it last year as a donor car for mine. There's not one straight or decent panel on it, and it was nothing more than a scrapper then. Since then, he's removed every other usable item from the car, yet still thinks he'll find a buyer!

Yes had the joys of dealing with him.. bought a car from him, swapped a ZT190 in need of a clutch for a mk1 190 that he had.
Gave me all the usual speal that it was this that and blah blah... anyway long story short.
He removed the xenons that were clearly in the photo he sent me orginally, and left ALL the bolts in the wing liners so when i opened the bonnet and asked "where is the lights" he said "always had non projectors mate" "so why are all the bolts in the wing"
He basically ignored me (unfortunately i bought the car in the dark or i'd have walked away)
Someone had literally used a scouring pad down the doors they were so badly damaged i had to get my mate who's a pro detailer to machine polish and correct the paint which took it down to the bare minimum thickness as it was that badly damanged.
It also had the belts done, a new inlet blah blah blah... when i came to service it, MY GOD it was a mess, snapped bolts, broken sensors, knock sensors not even connected
I had pictures of the car in bits to show it "had had new belts" but he must have literally THROWN it back together.
I eventually sorted the entire thing and sold it onto a lovely older gentlemen who i beleive still has it now.
But he's been in contact a few times mentioning issues that have arisen and there are all the handywork of Mr Manton.

[Dansrockin]

Originally Posted by TomRS

Yes had the joys of dealing with him.. bought a car from him, swapped a ZT190 in need of a clutch for a mk1 190 that he had.
Gave me all the usual speal that it was this that and blah blah... anyway long story short.
He removed the xenons that were clearly in the photo he sent me orginally, and left ALL the bolts in the wing liners so when i opened the bonnet and asked "where is the lights" he said "always had non projectors mate" "so why are all the bolts in the wing"
He basically ignored me (unfortunately i bought the car in the dark or i'd have walked away)
Someone had literally used a scouring pad down the doors they were so badly damaged i had to get my mate who's a pro detailer to machine polish and correct the paint which took it down to the bare minimum thickness as it was that badly damanged.
It also had the belts done, a new inlet blah blah blah... when i came to service it, MY GOD it was a mess, snapped bolts, broken sensors, knock sensors not even connected
I had pictures of the car in bits to show it "had had new belts" but he must have literally THROWN it back together.
I eventually sorted the entire thing and sold it onto a lovely older gentlemen who i beleive still has it now.
But he's been in contact a few times mentioning issues that have arisen and there are all the handywork of Mr Manton.

Sounds very similar to my experience! He showed me pics of work supposedly done to the car, but they must've been of another engine, because there's no way it was mine! He told me hed put a new clutch and slave in, gave me a receipt for a bearmach clutch kit. I then found out that bearmach only make clutches for diesels, so I had it done for peace of mind. When we took the gearbox off, the slave fell out in pieces and the clutch was completely worn. Both were original items! I knew it was a risk getting involved with him, but the car was just too good to let go, and now I've got it all sorted, I'm glad I stuck with it!

[Simondi]

Just seen this thread, I think that's enough free advertising for this gentleman.

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