Lacquer Peel Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I once had an Audi coupé with 17 previous owners. At least it had the excuse of being a fair age. It was great to see the 205 bombing up and down the dusty track. reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 hours ago, reb said: I've just looked at the V5 for the Fiesta and it has 9 previous keepers! It's only 17 or 18 years old! I know they're terrible cars but surely someone would have held onto it for more than a couple of years! My 2002 mx5 LightBulbFun, mk2_craig and Low Horatio gearbox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 13 hours ago, Andyrew said: My 2002 mx5 DAM !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 if we are playing that game then I present this Ministry AC Model 70, its now on its 13th keeper Im still not entirely sure how it would of accumulated so many keepers in ministry service although I know back in the day sometimes when you changed address it got recorded as a keeper change, I know someone who back in the day Owned an original beetle that accumulated about 9 "previous keepers" in her ownership because of that LOL im very pleased to hear that the 205 is progressing well I hope you plan to convoy down to the FoD in it with @davidfowler2000's 205 at some point! Lacquer Peel, reb and lesapandre 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 No real updates, though there's really not much left to do before it's MOT ready! Basically just needs wheel bearings, passenger door latch sorted out, lights made to work and a service. I don't plan on MOTing it until the spring so that gives me plenty of time to sort it all out. On sunday there was a visitor to the unit: Dyslexic Viking, Lacquer Peel, Coprolalia and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Back to the nineties and square accessory lights! 😎 reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Bloody hell it's been a while. Going up the unit in a bit to see if I can get it back on its wheels. After that really I just need to get the lights working and give it a service then it'll be good for an MOT. Looking forward to the electrics, because french. Low Horatio gearbox, Tickman, Dabooka and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 Well, that ended up taking longer than planned... It feels like this car just doesn't want to be fixed! Stripped threads galore among other annoyances. I was busy with work too, then the fallout of trying to off myself didn't help much either. I've not had much chance to work on it this year so far due to the lack of viable transport to get me to the unit. @AnnoyingPentiumand @Lacquer Peelvisited the other day and we set about doing everything we could to get it mechanically sound. In terms of being drivable, it's nearly there! There's just the small matter of the keys having gone missing, which prevented us from putting the wheels on after fitting the hubs as the steering is locked on the piss. I think a new lockset is in order. Other than that the main thing needed now is to sort the electrical gremlins, which I'm not really looking forward to. Much thanks to both AP and LP for putting up with my constant refrain of "I fucking hate cars, I'll just scrap the bastard". Dyslexic Viking, CreepingJesus, JMotor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Glad to have been of use, even if only for sorting out bits of trim and suchlike. I can come back up at some point to pretend I know how to fix the wiring. 😂 Matty, LightBulbFun and Dave_Q 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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