The hunt is over for a base for my proposed project. Picked up my '92 City E today
Could'nt believe my luck. I looked at a lot worse for 8 times the price
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A geezer rang this morning replying to a local wanted ad. He came accross the beast when demolishing a garage. The previous owner had parked it up a few years back and told the demolisher to do what he wanted with it. Its been parked on his drive ever since, with his missus nagging him to get rid................................. Must send her some flowers
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It was running briefly.....................................
Test ride went great up / down street. Bit rough on the idle/pickup but a runner nevertheless.
The owner had cobbled together a battery just to get it running, but it stopped suddenly about 3 miles into the journey home. Dead as a door nail. Looks like a shorted battery terminal blew some fuse somewhere. Roadside diagnosis in the p-----ng down rain was no good.
The remaining 27 miles home on the end of a 3m tow rope, being towed by the missus (first time tower), no wipers, limited visibilty.
SCARY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anway, its parked on the drive ready for action..............if it ever stops raining ?????????
Looks pretty solid, but I won't know until I have a good look. Its had a bit of paint in the past and been owned by an MDF fan, because the dash board looks pretty.
A bit of rot on the inner drivers sill and both A panels showing a a bit of bubbling. Floors pretty good, apart from the rear passenger side, but I think most of this will be removed to make way for my IRS setup.
So thats it, I'm up and running.
Looking at engines at the moment. Aiming for a ZX12 and a Freelander IRS set up. But this may change as the weeks turn into months and the houskeeping gets spent
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Will post some pictures of the victim when it stops raining.
Just to whet your appetite, some pictures of my previous BEC projects.
Ta-ra
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Edited by lchris21, 16 March 2010 - 08:59 PM.