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Hopefully the cables will be useable, and the owner of the scrappy will let them go for less than a kidney!!

How can they justify £90 for a cable? What is it made of? Would it be possible to salvage the ends and use something like a bicycle brake cable instead?

I have just been reading this thread. Sorry to hear about your employment problems. Hope something comes up for you soon. Great to see the progress you are making on the Lotus. Just break it down into small jobs, tick each one off as you go, and you will make progress. Best of luck with it.

All modern cars seem to be like this. We have a X Type Jag and that seems small when put up against some of these newer cars.

My wife had a Mk1 Escort as her first car. We traded it in for a Rover P6 3500. Did not regret the swap! Rust, rust and more rust!

That is broken with a capital F!! Be great to see what you do with it.

This is looking good. Hopefully the weather will stay dry for you.

Hope you soon get it sorted.

Sorry, but the Mk1 Corsa, though much better made than the Metro, was utterly gutless, had unresponsive steering [four turns from lock to lock.] The Metro was a much better drivers car. Far more responsive and much more fun to drive. The build quality was, as you rightly said shite. Shame really as it was a great car underneath.

You are correct that the build quality was rather poor on the interior. However, I came out of a Mk1 Corsa and into a Metro. It was chalk and cheese. The Metro handled, the Corsa didn't. The Metro had some go in it, The Corsa didn't. I was a driving instructor. All of my pupils preferred the Metro bar none. I agree that the car should have had a better design, been more modern and have been better put together, but overall, it was still a good car. As for the K series, again quality control was the problem. The Chinese managed to sort it out with the MG6. No reported problems there. Why couldn't Rover had done this ten, fifteen years sooner? I know they had little money available at the time, but a bit more on development, with better quality control and who knows, maybe they would still be with us today.

You are doing a fantastic job sir! I look forward to seeing the finished product. However, if your welder friend is bored after finishing you Disco, you could always get him this to play with. Mini Mayfair 998cc manual. Ideal for spares | eBay 🤣🤣

There goes your tow car, or have you got another to take its place? Are you going to stick a towbar on the Shadow? 😁

Luverly.

That is a bummer. That is an expensive screen from Autoglass. Still, £500 is a hell of a chunk of change. Hopefully quote 3 will be a bit cheaper!

Don't say that too loud, you'll have them queuing round the block!

That is grimmer than Grimms fairy tales! Brave man there! Be great to see what it's like when it's clean!

That's great value! Well bought!

Back in the day, a small mini clubman auto estate [I think they made them] would have suited her down to the ground! God knows what something like that would cost now!

Water leaks are a pain! I remember one lad telling me that they had a customer complain he had his boot filling with water. The foreman simply remover a bung in the boot floor. 'There you go sir, the water now has a way out!

Shame it's a little auto you need. I've just found this for similar money! 1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, 52k Miles, Very Tatty Paint, History, Part Ex 2 Clear | eBay

Did feel it was a bit much for one that needed work, but little auto's do seem to command good money.

Is this any good? Vauxhall Corsa c 1.4 Automatic 2003 Silver Mot until Aug Ulez free 49,880 miles | eBay If anyone knows how to make this a 'clicky' link, please feel free to do so.

Great work on this. They were great at being 'a car'. Seen loads of late 90's Toyotas around lately. Don't know whether they are ULEZ refugees or people can no longer afford the HFM new shiny on the drive and have begged or borrowed Grandad's old car.

Unfortunately, they are, or have, reached that age where they ae worth very little. For us it is great as we can pick up a very nice working vehicle for not too much cash. I do see some cars up on ebay/facebook for serious money, and yes perhaps for the very best it is warranted, but for the rest, £1250-£2000 seems about it for a cherished, low mileage example with a full MoT. These are lovely cars. They ride beautifully. The diesels are reasonably good on fuel, but the V6, on full chat, well, let me tell you, it will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and give you goose bumps! Lovely. My V6, unfortunately succumbed to the dreaded tin worm. Hopefully my tourer will fare better.

Lovely looking car, but, with no MoT and a suspect clutch, worth maybe £400 tops? More probably than the scrap man would give you, but I feel that is all.