25th November 2005
When I was at the scrapyard for the blue 3 door this was there. Iain and Roddy saw it and agreed it was a nice car, which it was it also had money thrown at it recently, new tyres, exhaust, alternator etc...
However I knew it was a can of worms and needed work. Not a problem if your getting paid to sort them but I knew it was a money pit. It had plenty of rust on it as well, always a good sign
I noted it had a new alternator which project Y required, so went back with my sister a few days later.
She was on the phone to mum and talked her into buying it. The car cost £80 or something ridiculous, I told her don't get it, Amber is a witness to all of this. But they went ahead with it anyway and I was the fella to do the work.
Anyway once my sister and I pushed it out of the yard we had a problem it was a non runner, the previous owner had scrapped it for a reason. The headgasket had gone pop. But me being me got it running and drove it the 5 miles home fine.
Only slight issue was the whole car steamed up due to a burst heater matrix.
Anyway car back at base
nice hole in the A pillar
lovely flush fitting seals
other side just starting to go
the header tank
1st day purchases
heater matrix
and wiper blades
Linear Mode
