The further adventures of MO's skip

[messerschmitt owner]

A quick refreshment stop is had at Swindon. Baguette and coffee. It's time for Train 2 and it's a lesser spotted hst. Easily my favourite modern train. Comfortable, quick and when did they have tv on board? Lots of building work going on at reading.

 

Have watched two quite good short films so far.

[messerschmitt owner]

LIverpool Street - 45 mins to go!

[HillmanImp]

Two of today's female passengers are performing some form of mating ritual involving sharing drinks and kissing. Entertaining, to say the least

 

You have my attention.

 

Photos to follow!

 

I am waiting by the computer for your next update.

[HMC]

Perfectly timed collection for the first decent weekend of the year!

 

Looking fwd to the pics

[hairnet]

ya shoulda got the boss to give you llift

[jonny69]

No update for over two hours - SOMETHING IS BROKEN.

[beko1987]

Where are you broken down at? If you're near I'll come out and rescue/laugh at you...

[Danblez]

It was going so well, apart from the lack of photographic proof of progress!

[Guest Breadvan72]

Seller has made him into pies?

[beko1987]

He is alive!

 

 

Last seen 5 minutes ago heading for the m40!

 

 

My daughter was very upset that she couldn't go with him! And myself and Amy now like 306 coupes!

[messerschmitt owner]

flaming 'ell. that all went pete tong - I was too busy having fun to bother with any more updates!

 

So, was also too busy watching You Tube to notice my stop, didn't realise we'd reached Broxbourne till the train was pulling out of the station! Next stop four minutes later and return back to Broxbourne to discover seller in his X5 in the car park. Back to his to find a rather nice car parked in the car port, hood down, ready to go! Bonus quarter tank of fuel and check of previous receipts to see timing belt and water pump changed at 17000 miles and a £1300 bill from last October for pads, discs, full service and a whole host of MoT work including brake hoses, new brake fluid and full bleed and a tyre.

 

London cars are certainly pampered - especially those in Holland Park it seems - found it outside its last home (a rather nice Georgian semi with massive garden in Lansdowne Rd, W11) on google earth. Car comes with a whole host of history, and drives beautifully! Certainly feels like it has done a mere 22,000 miles. Gearbox is tight and everything works. It's super clean and if I was picky I'd pick it up on a badly fitted seal to a newish windscreen and a small dent on the driver's door the size of a penny. Today I've done about a month's worth of driving for the poor wee thing in London.

 

Mrs MO is delighted, not that she has driven it yet! But she likes the powah! and the colour, and overall tidiness. Sold in France and imported as new in 2002. Sorting out its hood tomorrow but going to find a good secondhand one to replace it with.

 

Pics to follow when they've uploaded to flickr on our superslow broadband.

[EssDeeWon]

Agree about 'some' London cars. The previous keeper of my BMW had an address in Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W. The previous service carried out was for over £800 incl rear brakes, which to some folk in these parts of London is small change. The HPi check also shows a rather valuable plate on it at some point. Its always nice to buy a car and find these kind of receipts Messerschmitt because you will sell it on one day with good service history and 100% confidence   

[messerschmitt owner]

pics - today from start to finish in a few simple photos!

 

 

IMG_0161 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

is it really the middle of the night?

 

IMG_0168 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

5.30 Gloucester station

 

IMG_0162 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Gloucester is where DMUs go to sleep at night

 

IMG_0170 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

The Pug Express 5.41 Gloucester station

 

IMG_0171 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

The 5.42 arrives in Swindon a minute ahead of time

 

IMG_0172 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

the wildlife is tame in Swindon

 

IMG_0173 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

breakfast and telly on the HST

 

IMG_0174 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

The wildlife, Paddington

 

IMG_0181 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

cool roof, Mr Brunel, I salute you!

[barefoot]

Jean Jacque Brunel?

[messerschmitt owner]

IMG_0184 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Paddington underground

 

IMG_0190 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Edgeware Road - the wildlife. Don't fancy yours much. Nor, come to mention it, nor mine either!

 

 

IMG_0192 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Liverpool Street - the natives are revolting!

 

 

IMG_0193 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Would you know we're riding on the Cambridge Express?
Would you know we're riding on the Cambridge Express?
They're taking me to Broxbourne
All aboard the train, all aboard the train

 

IMG_0194 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

 

IMG_0196 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Roydon - a station too far! TIme to return to Broxbourne.

 

IMG_0197 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Boat Shite - Roydon

 

IMG_0198 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Mrs MO's new car

 

IMG_0199 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

road legal

 

IMG_0200 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

Stobart spotting on the London outer ring road

 

IMG_0201 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

M40

 

IMG_0204 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

A40 layby

 

IMG_0207 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

A40 layby

 

IMG_0211 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

The camber's a bit extreme here

 

IMG_0212 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

ah, that's a bit better

 

IMG_0209 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

it looks good from pretty much any angle.

[HMC]

Fantastic! This feels all wrong on these pages;

Acquired in France, brought home to a posh bit of London by the original (loaded) owners, stunning drop top Pinninfarina lines etc etc etc. I guess the hood is torn and it was a total bargain which recovers some autoshite credentials, well bought!

[messerschmitt owner]

it's not wrong - I don't think we should all try and buy the worst car we can find and we should instead find the best at the least money!

 

The original owners paid £13250 for it in 2002, having asked for a new hood window to be fitted on 13 May. It was bought in France from peugeot Sodexa by Geco Cars of Richmond, Surrey and sold to ...

 

FFS - this sounds like the Doctor's sales shite patter.

 

I'm chuffed, Mrs MO is chuffed and I don't think fitting a decent s/h hood is beyond my DIY skills.

 

Today's highlight was seeing my old XM estate and its current owner, and family of course! Especially the little footprint-leaving monster

[barefoot]

Fail - no petrol station pic.

[messerschmitt owner]

Fail - no petrol station pic.

maybe I didn't need any petrol!

[EssDeeWon]

Looks well clean, well bought on the first proper day of spring too

[beko1987]

Its proper tidy! Shame about the roof but if the cover wasn't torn a good session with the spray grease would see it right.

 

Envious service history too, some impressive bills in there.

 

I sHowed you a garage with 19 Hoovers in, you could have had it vacced out before you left!

[chaseracer]

Top bombing**, Campbell 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** http://autoshite.com/topic/13953-autoshite-lexicon/?hl=lexicon 

[Asimo]

Nice, neighbour.

[Twiggy]

Very impressive !

[Talbotman]

Top purchase! I own 2 of these...a phase one and a phase 3 like yours. Bought my phase 3 as a cat D write off because of a slashed hood. Not a terribly difficult job to do if you allow a day for it. It's definately a two man job as the hood and frame are surprisingly heavy and the frame is held on by 3 bolts either side.The rams are attached by clevis pins and clips and are easy to detatch. I look forward to seeing how you progress with this.I've had 5 years of happy motoring with mine,and are in my view currently very underrated.

[messerschmitt owner]

Today was spent trying to sort out the roof - my sewing is rubbish but it's now at least all together.

 

Hopefully sorted a tidy blue roof, which should transform 'Frankenroof'

 

Been generally going over the car and looking at the history.

 

Labels are everywhere under the bonnet - proclaiming when things were last maintained.

 

it has gone from this

 

Peugeot 306 cabriolet with 21k miles by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

to this - still not pretty, I know, but better - it can be driven with the roof up now.

 

IMG_0218 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

This needs the pressure washer pointed at it!

 

IMG_0213 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

these labels are everywhere! A new battery in 2012.

 

IMG_0217 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

brake fluid changed 2013

 

IMG_0215 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

the cambelt was done at 17500 miles in 2010

 

IMG_0216 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

There appears to be no rust anywhere

IMG_0214 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

[messerschmitt owner]

new roof is sorted and with luck being collected next Sunday.

£150 - which sounds decent. Have volunteered a friend to help me fit it.

[cort16]

it looks really clean. They must have built these in parallel with the 307 as they came out in 2001

[Guest Breadvan72]

So, messerschmidt calls in on Beko at Stokenchurch on the way home from collecting the Pugatron.    There was a heavy armed police presence in Stokenchurch over the weekend.  I'm just saying.

[chaseracer]

Your inference is not unreasonable, counselor...