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[Shifty]

Hello and welcome to another of my rebuild threads!!

I know I've made a few similar promises but this is one that I WILL finish!!

I've just sold Paddy with the intention of using that money to get Poo done. Having done a quick assessment of Poo, thats not gonna happen soon!!

I could have kept Paddy but really I had overspent on him and needed to free up cash to pay for Poo, also Paddy was way to good to live outside and be generally abused.

So I set out on an exhaustive search.......for a clubman estate!!

True to form, I ended up making an impulse ebay purchase of this little beauty!!

2 hrs to go, no time to ask questions so sod it lets bid!!

Anyhoo as you may have guessed I ended up with it, won it yesterday afternoon and popped over to Hereford to get it today.

Soooooo.................PICTURES!!





Not too bad, needs welding, the guy started it and then got a bit scared by what he saw and ran!!





Worlds worst steering wheel!!



Nice houndsteeth seats, very rare in this condition

Dash is ok



Front wings are a bit grotty





Subby and rest of floor is good







Really nice set of 5x12 superlites



He also came with a set of disc brake and a few new parts, most of what I need to get her done.

So plans???

First off is to get her MOT'd and useable, a full service and then take it from there.

I will be repainting the roof black and a quick tidy up and thats it for now.

A quick tart up and ticket just to make her roadworthy.

Not sure about the wheels, I'm more of a 10" guy so will have to see.

Watch this space!!

[retroracer1275]

was this the one from ledbury? looks pretty good man

good luck

[Shifty]

Yeah, I was out your way today, nice chap.

He did underdescribe the car though, it should have made a bit more money really.

[GreaseMonkey]

You Loon!

[arnie]

poor pooh. never to be seen again hehe. nice buy tho mate. like that you said you was a 10" guy hahahahahahaha

[Shifty]

Mrs Shifty loves 10"!!!

[arnie]

Mrs Shifty loves 10"!!!

hahahahahahahahaha. bet she'd prefer the 12" if you asked her. pmsl.

[Shifty]

Mrs Shifty loves 10"!!!

hahahahahahahahaha. bet she'd prefer the 12" if you asked her. pmsl.

I'd never risk giving her the choice!!

[retroracer1275]

can i buy the grill please? dunno why, i just want a black grill haha

[Shifty]

I've been thinking about fitting a mk1 grille and tashe!!

[retroracer1275]

ohhh first dibs

[Whistles GT]

Cut the top off and stick some reindeer on the front. (Has more chance of getting on the road before Christmas that way going by the speed of the last projects)

And I thought you'd seen the light and were going to buy a clubby......

Good luck.

[Juju]

Another one!

Mmmm mk1 grille & 'tache & get rid of the chrome arches....

Good luck wiv her.

[Shifty]

Chris, I spent Aggggggeeess looking for a clubby and couldn't find one(well ok I looked for 1 day!!), this little beauty just popped out at me!! How could I say no?

She's got rust and everythink!!

I'm really liking the idea of Mk1/2 her, quick coat of Tartan red(saves having to paint inside properly as well!!) with black roof, MK1 wavy grill and tashe, some over riders and a set of gp2 arches with chrome trim.

Costwise thats not too bad either..

Grille £100
Arches £50
Mk2 lights £50
Over rider £50
Paint £150

I'm not gonna get into replacing the external panels, its not worth it yet, just cut out the worst of the rust and nail some new metal in.

Mrs Shiftys taken a real shine to her so I'm gonna leave the 12" wheels on and fit the 8.4 brakes that came with it(she also wants her to be painted PINK!!)

This is all for a later date though, I'm sticking to my original plan of doing the MOT first.

[arnie]

see told ya she'd like the 12" 's