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[dollywobbler]

So this is a bit mental.

 

I have the O.Z. wheels which were previously on Mason the LS400 up on gumtree.

 

Mason's new owner has contacted me and wants to send a courier to collect them! He's paying me by paypal and has mentioned the numberplate of Mason, and dollywobbler and JohnK's real names as previous owners!

 

Knew they'd find their way back to Mason eventually.

[Supernaut]

He just paid me over paypal.

 

This is happening. He even mentioned possibly coming to collect them! Nutter.

[SiC]

Oof, I think you might have a war on your hands .

I know.

 

I don't think I can even farm this out to a garage without them going fuck it and cutting a hole in the bonnet/etc. It's not going to be cheap if they or even I do it.

 

Surprising lack of body parts and panels available second hand for TT MK2s

[MarvinsMom]

well the last? mot for the black mini didn't happen. afterall!!

 

see, i got in the car, put the seat belt on, and found that it didn't fit. this may seen stupid, but while i have fastened the seatbelt into the stalk thing, i've never tried to put the seatbelt on while i'm sat in the seat.until this morning, when i found it was at least a foot or so to short (like 2 feet cos its 2 bits of seat belt) i know i'm fat, but that is takin' the piss! looking at it when compared with the broken belt i took off the car, the new one is i guess 4 or so feet shorter. 

 

oh bloody marvelous.

 

kerry suggested that (illegally i know) that i could sort of tuck it under my arm so at least it looks like i'm using the belt, just down to the teting station. then we can sort it out later. now ok, thats one bodge that'll do for now, cos we need to be on our way. 

 

so, in gear, get moving, and there is clatter as we loose a hubcap...

 

bloody hell, well thats ok, we'll sort that out when we get back.....

 

and over to the roller shutter door where i find how shit the brakes are, as i ran the car into the door. not very quickly, fortunately, to do any damage, but enough to make me want to give the whole enterprise a miss.

 

well more like FUCK IT!!

 

BURN IT!!

 

BURN IT WITH FIRE!!!

 

back into the Rover, then off to the garage for a gallon of 4 star and some matches to say that we counld make the test appointment, we couldn't start the mini and would rearrange it for another time

 

a wee lie, but, it seemed only right that i should let them know that we wouldn't be making there, at least today.

 

now i'm going to sort these friggin' brakes out if it kills me. i've got both a new brake master cylinder, and back flexi's. we are going to fit those, and try again, plus i'm going to have to have some different seat belts!! 

 

bloody cars...... there is always something.

 

but in better news, we got the batteries off of the metro and the orange mini. the metros is on charge as i type, the mini's will be next.

 

and then can we please have some better weather? cos its been cold, wet, misserable outside here all day.

[RobT]

Anyone fancy a TR7 project? I was outside tinkering with the Rover and a bloke rolled this out of a garage.

 

 

 

Last taxed in 2005 I think, which explains why I've never seen it before as we moved here in 2011. I had a look underneath and it appears solid, with a full 'new' exhaust on it. Needs mechanical work apparently and the seller is the guy who owns it, as opposed to some opportunistic OMG garage finder. Had a good chat with him and he cited lack of time causing a reality check, hence the sale. It'll be on eBay soon but I've got his details if anyone has a burning desire to own one. I'm not even considering it BTW...the most I'm capable of is routine maintenance. God knows what this needs!

[DodgeRover]

Anyone fancy a TR7 project? I was outside tinkering with the Rover and a bloke rolled this out of a garage.

 

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Last taxed in 2005 I think, which explains why I've never seen it before as we moved here in 2011. I had a look underneath and it appears solid, with a full 'new' exhaust on it. Needs mechanical work apparently and the seller is the guy who owns it, as opposed to some opportunistic OMG garage finder. Had a good chat with him and he cited lack of time causing a reality check, hence the sale. It'll be on eBay soon but I've got his details if anyone has a burning desire to own one. I'm not even considering it BTW...the most I'm capable of is routine maintenance. God knows what this needs!

Any idea on price and where is it? I've always wanted one of these....

[fordperv]

Drove all the way to Stoke today, because a mate gave his daughter a car. In short, they rebuilt his white Sunny ZX together, so he secretly bought another one, rebuilt it with his son, then today surprised his daughter with her new car. You won't often see two Sunny ZXs together!

 

It was really lovely, despite the biting cold.

 

We gathered the Japanese tin afterwards.

 

Then I went home. I saw this.

 

Stopped for a pic.

 

This thing really does go well. It has fewer interior rattles than the Lexus did, though my sound deadening tricks have only been partially successful. Perhaps because I've only done three-quarters of the car. Still need to do my door and the side panel behind me. The important ones that I should have done first...

 

Less good is 40mpg on this tank - a result of me hoofing it quite a lot, and the MOT test (lots of cat warming before we gave up and replaced it).

Saw the lovely looking silver one a couple of hours ago whilst I was getting my tea

 

[dollywobbler]

Excellent! That's the new owner in the passenger seat. "Yeah, I'm being chauffeured in my new car!"

[RobT]

Any idea on price and where is it? I've always wanted one of these....

 

It's in south-east London and not sure on the price.  I forgot to ask that key question, I'll PM you his details.  

[bramz7]

 

I love it already!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

wow looks tidy

[SiC]

Getting there and winning a few more battles. Not sure this is the recommended way of doing it, but it's working.

 

I can feel the prize now! This security box is going in the bin once this is all done.

[bramz7]

Yep, it's pretty good for an early 'sinker'. Some marks here and there naturally, but it's probably got the most working parts on any Xantia I have owned. 

 

So it's a 1993 straight diesel in mildly povo LX spec, but it has a working sunroof, working windows, working fan at all speeds etc. Just the rev counter is dead, but hardly the end of the world in a car that doesn't like going above 65. Seemed to use barely any fuel in the 160 or so miles I covered too. 

 

Bought it from a decent bloke who has a CX addiction. He collected me from Chesterfield station in an Audi A6 (C5) Allroad and I was really impressed how rapid and comfortable it was, if I was after a modern beater I'd strongly consider one of those. 

 

Drive back was uneventful. That's good though right?

[3VOM]

What have I become? My mate is selling his VW Tiguan and I quite fancy it cos it's got a smooth ride and the dogs would fit OK in the back. But do I really want to spend 3k on a 10 year old 130k mile VW dieselgate yacht with DMF, DPF and that's had the emissions fix? I'm scared.

Charles "HumbleMechanic" runs one I think. Don't think his has been without issues but it's ages since I checked out his Youtube channel.

[cort16]

Getting there and winning a few more battles. Not sure this is the recommended way of doing it, but it's working.

 

I can feel the prize now! This security box is going in the bin once this is all done.

You’ve got to love cars. In the pissing rain on a Saturday night rolling about in the ground . I’m rooting for you .

[SiC]

Fuck yeah ! Wahooo!

 

The £25 inspection camera saved the day here and made it a whole lot easier to know what to probe. I'm packing up for the night now.

 

Cold but thankfully no rain.

[dollywobbler]

You've fitted a Mr.Bean style slide bolt now, yeah?

[SiC]

Damage to the grille is minimal too. Mostly cut this section here. Thankfully it was already damaged so minimal cutting was required. A tube of tigerseal hopefully will hold all the bits back together again.

 

 

[SiC]

You've fitted a Mr.Bean style slide bolt now, yeah?

I think I might rig up an extra bicycle cable release in this as a backup. And no security box to make it a hell a lot easier.

[Lacquer Peel]

 

 

Yep, it's pretty good for an early 'sinker'. Some marks here and there naturally, but it's probably got the most working parts on any Xantia I have owned.

 

So it's a 1993 straight diesel in mildly povo LX spec, but it has a working sunroof, working windows, working fan at all speeds etc. Just the rev counter is dead, but hardly the end of the world in a car that doesn't like going above 65. Seemed to use barely any fuel in the 160 or so miles I covered too.

 

Bought it from a decent bloke who has a CX addiction. He collected me from Chesterfield station in an Audi A6 (C5) Allroad and I was really impressed how rapid and comfortable it was, if I was after a modern beater I'd strongly consider one of those.

 

Drive back was uneventful. That's good though right?

My Xantia 1.9D would cruise at 80 happily enough.

Does it have the tweedy upholstery?

[SiC]

That bit sticking out at the bottom is what caused all the grief. That's supposed to be in the mechanism!

[Sigmund Fraud]

I'm packing up for the night now.

 

Cold but thankfully no rain.

 

You're clearly insane... Well done !

[cort16]

This is when you put the bonnet back down and have to go through it all again

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....Bought it from a decent bloke who has a CX addiction.

I need to know this man.

 

He collected me from Chesterfield station ...

Wait....hang on...he's all the way up there......

[Kiltox]

‘Kinell Si, you madman

 

I had to do similar on a Vectra once, thankfully the sacrificed grill was only £20

[SiC]

You're clearly insane... Well done !

Indeed I probably am. I prefer determined but I guess most will call it insane. Crap like this is why my half hour jobs end up into 10 hour marathons. I still need to fix the original problem too!

 

This is when you put the bonnet back down and have to go through it all again

I did for a moment have a massive worry that the bonnet gas struts would struggle in the cold and slam back down again! For precaution, I've removed the lock completely for now...

 

 

I was pondering about why the hell I'm doing this, at the very time my arm was up the front grille being eaten by German plastic and getting cold + sore. Why did I spend so much on this broken heap of shit, when for a couple hundred more I could have had a deposit on a brand spanking new V8 Mustang? Ok that's £300 per month over 3 years as well, but the way this is going, this could end up not being far off that...

[Kiltox]

Can we stop talking about that Mustang finance deal please

 

Nnngggghhhh

[danthecapriman]

I know this place is all about old and unloved etc etc, and I love old cars.

 

But those new V8 Mustang’s are about the only current car I can think of that I’d happily get in debt for! They are absolutely awesome things!

I’ve actually got as far as building my spec and colour but then chickened out.

[cort16]

Me too!

[SiC]

Me three! I was waiting for them to come down secondhand. However all that has happened is that they've got older and more miles but stayed the same price. The ecoboost ones have lost more, but who really wants a 4cyl Mustang?

 

I'm hoping that when the updated 2018 model hits these shores, it will finally push down them a bit. These finance deals on at the moment I guess are for the 2017 model.