Sold Stanky's Geep - fire sale

[brownnova]

More winner than Michael himself!!!

 

Will watch on with interest and amazement....

 

(* note to self... go to the newsagents more)

[MarvinsMom]

ah free, my favorite word!

 

well done sir, well done!

[dollywobbler]

Is it tomorrow yet?

[Felly Magic]

This thread will require popcorn and beer. Well played sir

[Inspector Morose]

This thread deserves this to be dusted off.

 

[danthecapriman]

Nice! Can't wait to see this, and you've already got the price right!

 

I pass the Jago place on the A27 regularly. You can see the yellow Jago developments signs from the A27 eastbound pretty much right on the Bognor roundabout, next to the footbridge over the A27.

 

http://www.jagodevelopments.com/Services.aspx?id=7

 

Having Ford oily bits you can't lose!

[beko1987]

Is it lunchtime yet?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 couple of hundred quids worth of 1600 X-flow , axle and gearbox. 

 

 

Er....

 

A running 1600 X Flow 711M is £500 plus. Probably rather more. 1600 box is probably a stock 1100/1300 unit (£50) but could be a GT version from a 1600 Sport (£250+), a single rail Cortina Type 3 (£150) or a 2000E Mexico unit (£500+) Rear axle? 3.77 and 3.54 are the valuable diffs.

 

As for the V5: If it's a Mark 1 it has a value as an 1100/1300, Mexico stuff is £2000+ 1600 Sport @ £500-1000. Sort of illegal to sell a V5 and you'll have some fart from PH blabbing on but sold with the Escort running gear, perfectly ok IMO.

 

This could be a very nice four figure payday, and sell the Jago body and chassis for a few quid afterwards.

[Junkman]

Are you guys really sure you post on the right forum?

I mean, seriously now.

[sierraman]

I’d bin the glassfibre and wood bits pronto and flog the running gear and engine as described above. Then squander the proceeds on going on holiday or something. These were cack when they were put together properly, it’s not like you are desecrating a 250 GTO Ferrari.

[Ben_O]

Sounds Nasty

 

 

Crack on!

[richardthestag]

 

Body onto a Range rover chassis with a Series Landie ID shurely?

[Sigmund Fraud]

Are you guys really sure you post on the right forum?

I mean, seriously now.

 

^WHS.

 

This beauty* needs to get on the road at all* costs. Preferably with a low-compression 1100 x-flow under the bonnet, for maximum misery points.

[Cavcraft]

Can’t wait to see this and hear more, the first post sums up better than anything ever could how exciting it is when you find stuff like this. I don’t believe any non-rubbish car fan could experience this delight.

[John F]

Yep.

 

Jago jeeps are desperately shit, which makes them ace.

[timolloyd]

Someone will have spent a lot of time on this, at some point in its life. Be a shame to write it off and fuel the OSF scene tax at the same time.

[UltraWomble]

Someone will have spent a lot of time on this, at some point in its life. Be a shame to write it off and fuel the OSF scene tax at the same time.

True, but depending on how borked it is it may be easier to lob the GRP body onto something else ( say a Suzuki chassis / running gear).

[Junkman]

^WHS.

 

This beauty* needs to get on the road at all* costs. Preferably with a low-compression 1100 x-flow under the bonnet, for maximum misery points.

 

Needs brush painted beige.

[Rocket88]

WELL?

[Stanky]

Right you scurvy lot - I come to feed your perverted fantasies.

 

So, when we got back from our family day out at the historic dockyard in portsmouth I was allowed out to play. I called the guy and said I was on my way. I strode out like a boss and headed down the street

 

I walked round the corner and knocked on the guy's door. We went round the side of his house (he had a rusty white corsa van to for added win, but I didn't photograph it in case he though I was a completely weird) and took the CPT off the goods.

 

 

tease...

 

 

Weller wheels. Apparently £60 a pop?

 

 

The big reveal! Looks a lot better than I was expecting TBH. Fibreglass is all the same colour, no cracks and quite strong - the seller demonstrated by standing on the cutout 'door' bit and it was fine.

 

Under the bonnet

 

 

 

1600cc crossflow from a cortina. Also comes with misery-spec 1100 (as originally fitted) with 1.1 gearbox. Will this be the short ratio one? Apparently everything works except:

 

- Master Cylinder leaks/is broken

- Rad has a hole in it

- battery is a bit past its best

 

The engine turns over by hand but wouldn't run due to the battery and probably other things.

 

Front aspect

 

 

 

Mini Lights. Renner 5 indicators.

 

Now onto the 'interior' as much as could be discussed.

 

 

Has heaters which apparently work (when the cooling system has coolant in it). The screen is from a VW T2 camper and was brand new 3 years ago. Rool-over hoop looks solid enough - which is good because the backup rollover system is the drivers/passenger's spine.

 

 

The wiring works I understand - the seats are from an XR2 fiesta and are a bit past it but are adequate considering. The guy giving it away said that in retrospect the combo of 1600 crossflow, short gearbox and tiny kerb weight probably means its a bit of a handful and the 1100cc is probably better suited, but that that 1100 needed removing too so thats mine as well by the looks of it.

 

Next up, the less good bits

 

Well, really only one thing. The floor

 

 

Which is basically rotten plywood. You can see the handbrake bracket through one hole and the top of the fuel tank through the other. I poked my finger through the footwell floor so needs completely re-doing but its basically 2 parts. A square bit in the back and a D-shaped bit in the front. How hard can it be?

 

Oh, and its also not SVA'd or registered. Whatever. Fuck you DVLA.

 

So, (OBVIOUSLY) I'm now the proud owner of a Jago Jeep. Hooray! My wife hasn't yet hit me, the guy who was the previous owner was pleased it was going to someone local, I get a new toy. Everyone wins.

 

Next up - I need to enlist some helpers to get it from its current place of storage to my house, about half a mile maybe? The brakes are seized on but it could probably be towed or shocked free with a BFH or something. Solent Shiters? Can you help? Just needs to be recovered to my garage for now and then we can have a proper assessment of just how wretched it is. Will post up in the Solent Shiters event thread.

 

Thanks for your patience folks!

[Cavcraft]

That's fabulous, the fact it's free is just the icing on the cake. It certainly look a million times better than you'd have any right to expect, 159,684/10.

[Ghosty]

that’s pretty good! Way too good to break imo.

Offer it up on here when you’re done with it

[Felly Magic]

Fook, that looks an epic win there. Floor should be a doddle to fix with some marine ply, mechanicals are knife & fork simple too. 

[danthecapriman]

That looks way way way better than I was expecting tbh. I think you've scored big* with this. Shouldn't take much to make it run either.

 

I offer my uselessness if you need it! I've got a suitable tow car but no trailer...

Also I've got a gasket set for this engine and some old but usable working points, condenser etc somewhere if needed to get it running.

[Stanky]

Thanks Dan - it needs moving before Christmas, and next weekend if possible. Any chance of a meetup?

[danthecapriman]

Thanks Dan - it needs moving before Christmas, and next weekend if possible. Any chance of a meetup?

Can do.

I'm good now for weekends until after Xmas work wise etc so pretty much up to you when.

[Fabergé Greggs]

Massive win!! Get it running, get a warm hat and start dailying the fuck out of it.

 

Don't you dare break or sell it!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

That looks a hundred times better than I was expecting, in fact it looks better than most of the MOTd kit cars that get featured on the eBay tat thread.

Interesting about the screen, every day's a school day.

[Guest Hooli]

I'd forgotten how shite these things look, not seen one for years.

 

Surely it'd be a doddle* to get a XR4x4 drive train under it for proper 4x4yness?

[trigger]

Winner winner chicken dinner!