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Cheap, late, low mileage C15
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266447945974?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=5weZoQqvSzC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=FZibxPfIQ0i&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Is it true that a massive VAT bill would need to be paid if these prototypes escaped into the wild? It’s something I heard a while back and is apparently one of the reasons so many manufacturers crush test and development cars. 

And you can guarantee that someone will buy one of those houses off plan not realising the ditch is there and complain about it, wanting it filled in.
"When it rains the noise of the water is keeping my children awake"

My old boys first motor was a Herald 13/60 but when my mum was pregnant with my sister he had to get rid so I decided to build him one as a present about 3 year ago, galaxies and many other cars put it on the back burner. He landed in the hospital other week and it really brought it home that I need to finish it and give him it before anything happens so I'm working on the Manta then spending a half hour every day just fixing a door or a boot lid on the Herald.
This is the pos I got for £300 in all it's hammerite glory 

I decided to do a nut and bolt rebuild with all brand new parts so it wouldn't give him any bother
Paint stripping

stripped right down to a chassis and new floors put in the bulkhead


His was mobiltiy blue and I wanted something a bit more modern so Riviera Blue was picked although I'm kicking myself for not going Miami blue so next one will be Miami.

 



At this point I got the itch to modify the engine so I ripped it back out and threw in a Kent TH3 and got the head and block skimmed to lift the compression a wee bit, threw on 4 carbs and called it a day.
The cam is a higher power band rally spec and it's got a little bit of a lighter flywheel so it spins up well enough, wide band and megajolt/speeduino to be fitted once it's painted and on the road.

Tub was a riot and needed a ton of welding .



Bulkhead and bonnet was done next.


This is where I met Captain70's so I never really did much after this apart from veneer the dash panel and put pedals etc in.
There's a sound system and new seats up the loft for it so he can hammer about in it listening to some bands from his youth.

I could have bought one for what I have in it between the hours and parts but it wouldn't have meant as much I reckon so lets hope he bloody likes it 🤣

Failure sheet not to bad. 

You can make a temporary one with an empty bean tin and a hub puller

But have you put a whisk in this one?
 
Oh and how high is the door?

Where's your sense of adventure (Croydon, sorry Chiswick) Surely you mean do the absolute minimum to get it running, driving, stopping and not falling apart and then make full use of the tax, mot and ulez exemptions to have it as your town car.

Forgot about this spot

If I was rich I'd have this as art in an island in the middle of my lake. 


Alloy body but looks exceptionally crumbly underneath

 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325773348921?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338818413&toolid=10050&customid=LUKE&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1

I took the passenger door trim off of my first mk2 Cav to transport a freebie kitchen worktop from Birmingham to Yorkshire. I had to remove the gearknob if I needed reverse gear...

I've not had a garage/workshop that I could fit a vehicle in for twenty odd years so any car related bothering has been done outside come rain or shine but things are changing as I am moving to a gaff that has land around it that can accommodate a modest structure.
It's taken a bit of ground work and the employment of some clever tradespeople but I am well pleased with the results so far.









It's large enough to store two smallish cars side by side (Boris the Morris Minor and possibly a Morris 8 series E that i have my eye on) then I have the same space again at the far end for benches,tools etc and my scruffy two seater Chesterfield and other man cave trinkets.
It's still requires insulating and wiring up then the addition of flooring in the eaves above the man cave quarters for added storage of tat I can't let go of.

Is that the chap who threw his Ferraris in a pond and pretended they'd been stolen?

So this happened the 205 today.

By way of celebration I took it for a spin around Lough Derg.

😁

Oh I dunno, might be worth a punt...

Irish registered Vauxhall Wyvern hearse.
This if it's the one I'm thinking of,is still in existence. 

Taken just now at a show.


 

Last of the line Torslanda, has an MoT. Estimate £1,500-£2,000
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