This Time It WONT Get Away.....

[Andrew353w]

I've not had much luck with my Autoshite dealings recently, hence why I've not been posting much. But I'm pleased to share my latest acquisition HASN'T slipped through the net! So, what's been going wrong? To start with, this Wartburg, a very rare estate one, "came out" from a lock-up near Farnborough, Hampshire. It hadn't seen the light of day since 1992. I agreed the price but couldn't clear the car from the garage in the time required by the owner, so I had to miss it!

 

 

To make matters worse, I actually spent a Saturday afternoon getting it going. Anyway, there you go! Here's the inside:

 

 

And a view of the back seats. And it had a tow hitch, as well!

 

 

After my failure with the Wartburg, I found the Moskvich. But I didn't get this one either, in spite of spending an afternoon trying to get it going! These pictures have already been posted, then deleted at the request of the car's owner. However, I took them and they look almost identical to those he posted anyway, so here they are again:

 

 

 

So, this morning, at 5a.m. I set off to Derbyshire, and bought this....

 

 

It looks a bit tatty, but mechanically it's pretty good and comes with tax to April 2012, which of course is free anyway! It has an MOT till the 28th inst., and I'll be renewing it over the next few days, to see what it's like!

 

 

The mileage 38,000 and quite a lot when I collected it, and was over 39,000 by the time I'd towed it to Barnet! 150 miles and I hardly noticed it was there!

I'll keep you all informed as to how things develop with what I call "my little brown job"!