Can he fix it? Yes he can!
- Thread starter dmblbit
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That man knows his onions! Hats off to the hand made inner arches, too.
Some really strong skills at work there.
Some really strong skills at work there.
dmblbit
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Lucky escape indeed. Car last driven on public roads about12 years ago - been in my garage since then, waiting for me to sort it, and it appears, slowly deteriorating. Car is in good hands now though, and Colin says I'll be able to drive it home when it's done, which will be quite something.
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An excellent way to polish one's skills due to high volume demanded. A friend had an Integrale and he said that if he stood really quietly in the garage after driving in the wet, he could hear the car fizzing as it dissolved.....
dmblbit
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At some point I'll catalogue all the work Colin has done here - it was a bit like peeling a particularly unpleasant onion - every new layer revealed more horrors. It's a lot, and I'm afraid we blew the budget by a factor of about 110%, despite him discounting some of the work, and being very generous with some of the parts from his own stock. I am currently scrabbling around down the back of the sofa and other similar places to find the funds to settle the final bill. Sigh!
On the plus side we have a car with a very solid base unit, good rear suspension, and a solid bulkhead. However, there are no carpets, we have mismatched and dubious condition seats, we need proper new tyres, we need a new radiator (existing has temporary repair - won't last), our doors have rusty bottoms, our front valance is holed and needs replacing, the near-side front wing needs replacing (I've got a NOS one though), we'd like to upgrade to electronic ignition, we'd like to upgrade to power steering (so female of species can drive it), we fancy an uprated anti-roll bar so we can hurtle round corners, we need to replace all shock absorbers, we should replace the front springs, and eventually of course, maybe consider a complete respray.
So there's still a lot to do.
In the meanwhile though I am going to drive it (as soon I can get it paid for and shipped back) because the other important thing we have now is an MOT.
Well done Colin!
On the plus side we have a car with a very solid base unit, good rear suspension, and a solid bulkhead. However, there are no carpets, we have mismatched and dubious condition seats, we need proper new tyres, we need a new radiator (existing has temporary repair - won't last), our doors have rusty bottoms, our front valance is holed and needs replacing, the near-side front wing needs replacing (I've got a NOS one though), we'd like to upgrade to electronic ignition, we'd like to upgrade to power steering (so female of species can drive it), we fancy an uprated anti-roll bar so we can hurtle round corners, we need to replace all shock absorbers, we should replace the front springs, and eventually of course, maybe consider a complete respray.
So there's still a lot to do.
In the meanwhile though I am going to drive it (as soon I can get it paid for and shipped back) because the other important thing we have now is an MOT.
Well done Colin!
Cafcpete
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Well done! I did say at the start that Colin can fix any hole, except the one in your bank account......... I know that I started with a 6-7k figure in mind, but that lasted about 5 weeks . Always disregard the first figure you think off.
But you have an MOT, and it's safe and drivable so enjoy
But you have an MOT, and it's safe and drivable so enjoy
