tantus pedis
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Despite being in the throes of a particularly virulant strain of manflu I braved the byways of London to pick up my new motor.
It was on ebay for about a day but i rang the seller and made a cash offer.
It's a 72 3500S fitted with a SD1 engine and 5 speed and it made the 4 hour return journey really comfortable and effortless. The body work is quite good - bit faded but no rust on the panels other than the door corners and rear upper C-post panel things (vinyl covered bits behind the rear door).
Had a poke around underneath and there's nothing obvious. The inner sills have been done and the outers feel really good.
Not too enamoured with the red and will be getting it re-sprayed in the not too distant future. Any suggestions?
After selling my other two I have about a thousand left to spend on it. The spray shop I used for the Viva charged me £300 for a complete job including paint - Lasted well too with only a couple of chips after 3 years of abuse in all weathers. He'll probably want about £500 this time round.
One of the sealed units went pop on the way back so need to sort those out too.
It was on ebay for about a day but i rang the seller and made a cash offer.
It's a 72 3500S fitted with a SD1 engine and 5 speed and it made the 4 hour return journey really comfortable and effortless. The body work is quite good - bit faded but no rust on the panels other than the door corners and rear upper C-post panel things (vinyl covered bits behind the rear door).
Had a poke around underneath and there's nothing obvious. The inner sills have been done and the outers feel really good.
Not too enamoured with the red and will be getting it re-sprayed in the not too distant future. Any suggestions?
After selling my other two I have about a thousand left to spend on it. The spray shop I used for the Viva charged me £300 for a complete job including paint - Lasted well too with only a couple of chips after 3 years of abuse in all weathers. He'll probably want about £500 this time round.
One of the sealed units went pop on the way back so need to sort those out too.