Ka Shite. AKA The boy's first car.

[crapcarcollector]

Righto, I probably should have done a  live collection thread, but I didn't, mainly because I thought that the collection of a Ford Ka would not be worthy after the 306 and Princess exploits of late, and that Junkman would have quite rightly ridiculed me for buying such modern shite. 

 

I've also realised that my resulting purchase has more holes than swiss cheese, and as everyone here like a good weldathon i've decided somewhat belatedly to add the shitey Ka thread. 

 

So the story begins. 

 

The boy turns 17 in November and wants wheels to learn and pass his test in. As a serial shite car collector (AlfaSud anyone?) I decided to interfere, get in the way, decide what he should have and buy him his first car.

 

I wanted to get something cheap to fix up because-

 

A) Its cheap and so am I.

I can go right through it putting everything right and be happy with it at the end, rather than buying a cheap MOT'd runner that could be hiding stuff.

C) Did I mention I'm cheap

 

I started off with a list of shite that I should be looking at based on insurance quotes, and over a period of a couple of weeks hit the internet.

 

My searches comprised of-

 

Rover 25/MGZR -  Stuff with OMGHGF was actively searched out

Honda Civic - The 3 door one, because thats what the boy really wanted. 

Suzuki Swift

 

So with all that in mind, two weeks ago today at around 9 am without SWIMBO being consulted I put in a bid for a 2 owner low mileage Ford Ka Collection that had failed it's MOT on rot. 

 

Went and had breakfast, and fucksticks. Won it. Bollocks. 

 

I re read the Ad and realised, No MOT. No Tax, and further away than I thought. Serves me right. I toyed with the idea of 'doing a Philibusmo' and booking an MOT, and driving it back. WCPGW?

 

Now if I can just set the scene of that weekend in my house, you see, the longstanding Mrs CrapCarCollector is a teacher and I am a IT Tech for a couple of schools, so that Sunday was the last day of the summer holidays for both of us. 

 

Me "Good news, I bought a car off the internet for the boy"

Her indoors "Good stuff, does it work?"

Me "No, not really"

Her indoors "Oh. How are you getting it back then?'

Me "Well, I thought you could take me to collect it and I'd drive it back to a pre-arranged MOT"

Her indoors, in school teacher voice and mode "I suggest you rethink that plan, because i'm not standing next to a police patrol car after you've been pulled in a bag of scrap, listening to you explain why you think its perfectly OK to do what people you've never met on a stupid website about shit cars tell you to do"

Me In scalded schoolboy mode "But they didn't (then I remember telling her of Philibusmo's erm, adventure)....... I'll borrow a trailer"

Her indoors " I dispair of you at times" 

 

So that was that, sorted, collection to happen the following night after the first day back to work, trailer to collect on the way. 

 

Secretly I was hoping it would be a gem, a diamond in the rough. Deep down I knew I'd just bought £100 worth of rusty, shitty Ka. 

 

Collection to follow.

[Parky]

That opening introduction for some reason reminded me of the opening credits for Hart to Hart.

 

"He was in IT, and she was an MOT failure Ford Ka. And when dey got togedder, it wuz MOIDER!"

 

(Best done in Lionel Stander aka Max's voice....)

[fordperv]

i love that your mrs places the blame on shiters for your ideas, were like the naughty friend your mum told you not to hang around with

[Station]

Hope you're good with a welder!

I've never had to weld over old weld jobs! This is my first ford in 24 years.