I've gone and bought another car....Update now in daily use!

[scooters]

Brilliant tonks!

 

You dont get more giffer spec than that. How much do I want to drive it at 49mph in the middle lane of the M25!!

 

You should buy a white curly wig and a blue one then find a tweed homburg hat. Put the wigs on your mates and drive erratically on a Sunday am thus creating your very own church giffer express!

[ProgRocker]

Great news, Tonka.

 

Brilliant tonks!

 

You dont get more giffer spec than that. How much do I want to drive it at 49mph in the middle lane of the M25!!

 

You should buy a white curly wig and a blue one then find a tweed homburg hat. Put the wigs on your mates and drive erratically on a Sunday am thus creating your very own church giffer express!

 

 

Put a tartan rug and a box of tissues on the rear parcel shelf plus a bag of Werthers on the dashboard to complete the stereotype.

[Tonka]

Put a tartan rug and a box of tissues on the rear parcel shelf plus a bag of Werthers on the dashboard to complete the stereotype

 

If I had a quid for every time I've heard that recently........

 

[ProgRocker]

Sorry!

[Tonka]

It's my son who keeps mentioning the tartan rug and Werthers.....he's only jealous cos he can't drive it, to put him on the insurance adds £4240......FFS

[Felly Magic]

Don't forget the trilby hat

[eddyramrod]

he can't drive it, to put him on the insurance adds £4240......FFS

 

How old is he, 9?

[Tonka]

He's 20 and passed his test 8 months ago, it would have been ideal for him to commute to work in while he finishes his Reliant Fox.

[Taff]

that car is awful in a fab kind of way. i'm a huge fan of the OAP spec and colour scheme too, all it's missing is an anti-static drag thing off the rear bumper now. Good save!

 

I have a love/hate relationship with acclaims as my dad actually chopped in a Celica fastback for one years ago. Told you he was mental.

[michael t]

lovely motor and in hearing aid beige too, neat

[oman5]

that acclaim is a lovely looking car. I want one now..

[Tonka]

Finally got it finished on Monday night about 10pm, have used it for my work commute 3 times and put around 50 miles on it now, it was looking grubby so I washed it this morning!

 

Ended up spraying everything from the waist line down thanks to the previous owners aerosol attempts so while I was at it the bumpers and wheels got a re-paint too so it looks pretty good now, if I say so myself.

 

With it only having 40,700 on the clock now I am loathed to use it too much, maybe a couple of times a week if the weather isn't too crappy then in a couple of months it will have to go up for sale to release some funds to get something else finished.

 

 

 

 

[dollywobbler]

That's absolutely delightful.

[Tonka]

Thanks, I've already had one offer to buy it when I stopped for petrol the other night but I want to get some pleasure out of all the hard work I've put in before it goes anywhere.

[michiel]

Wow.

[Albert Ross]

What were you doing at Astrabound this afternoon?

[Tonka]

Grandaughter's' birthday party, currently laid out watching the rugby wishing I hadn't gone down the slide while I was there....

[trigger]

Cor! Look how clean that is! Your a lucky guy, That would get a lot of attention at shows i reckon.

[Skizzer]

Class. That is all.

[RoadworkUK]

Magnificence. Have you held it in third gear on a cross-country blast yet? Massive fun.

 

One of these would make a fabulous ironic track-day car.