Ok guys, good news is that the pennant is back from the shooting ('was told its for a telugu film, would be curious if not excited (I rarely am bout new films!) to see it after release, atleast the scenes with the cars in it!).......luckily no severe damage (unlike all those fiats that came back with caved-in roofs/bonnets!) to the car, only the front bumper is bent & twisted a bit upwards.....plus car is covered in lotta red mud, as were the fiats.....the numberplates have strangely been blanked out though, reminded me of good ol' team-bhp
.....but I could heave a sigh of relief that this car is still intact!
Also thanks to Karlos bhai (sorry for havin disturbed you then!) who told me how to open the bonnet I & my mech. could finally take a peek under the hood......everything seems intact, got a pair of jalwa horns too! He checked the oil & said the engine is ok.....not too good, not too bad.......would need things like new rings etc. at a later stage. 'hope to start it up once & see what it sounds like tomorrow...
And it also turns out he has found out bout the papers being available.....but I think they are just xerox copies of the RC.....but it'd still do! Provided the owner also gives a letter on bond-paper explaining it.
Now the bad news is he wants a further 2k for getting the papers (he did state that he would ask more if the papers were found) as he said he got the car through a delaer in the first place & so has to co-ordinate with him again & that guy would demand his pound of flesh etc. etc.......!! He's also still adamant on the price of the car but I can say that he'd come down by 1-1.5k if we are firm on that.
Behram uncle- I did call you once today......but got no response then.....also I'm not sure if you called me back either as my mobile's been malfunctioning lately....keeps going off on its own, even sometimes if I start typing an SMS or looking for a contact!
Will try & revert tomorrow.
Come to think of it this car is better than I first thought- the body panels/doors dont have any signs of being eaten thrugh, only the front right floorboard would need patchwork, no badly warped, misaligned panels....just a couple of dents on the rear wings....also the door handles/locks all seem to work, all the glasses roll up & down with ease for a car that seems rather roughly used! I couldnt open the boot though as its missing one handle. 'wonder if it has a spare tyre....