Ok - about the car.
It's very sound Mk2. Auto ZF. Only limited rust if you REALLY look for it.
Paint good - waxing brings it up lovely.
Wheels great.
Downside:
Two dents:
1)a physical 'dink' in the drivers door. You can see it in the reflection (i.e. - no 'point' or scratch)
2) a bump beneath the rear left under the bumper behind the wheel
3) The odd scratch
4) pitted rust (not much) in the rear bumper.
5) kinks on the chrome 'slam' area for the soft top
6) A boot that's hard to hold up because the hinge area on the RhS has broken.
7) All rubber seals are crap - I've stuck seals over seals and no good. There are gaps around the closed doors
8) Door cards quite simply don't stay in place - they are ivory leather so the whole appearance is VERY disappointing
The soft top needs doing but I would like to entrust that to south east trimmings due to rave revue.s
So.... options....
Cheapest:
Remove dents
Remove scratches
New seals all over the place
Boot lift repair
Paint
Medium:
As above but with....
door cards to fit completely properly
chrome slam area replaced
body made more 'rust proof'
respray full car.
Expensive but dodgy:
As above but a change in colour exterior (i.e. not removing the engine)
Very expensive:
above but - change colour of car including removal of engine
I have no idea of what the costs are going to be but - especially the cheaper options - surely it can't cost the price of a "new" stag (as it were).
The other thing is - waiting list. Summer's here and it would be a PITA if the job is finished just as the summer decides to pack up and go.
I think I should start by getting a load of new bits n pieces together (e.g., the slam area for the soft top)
"Plunge" - here we come....
It's very sound Mk2. Auto ZF. Only limited rust if you REALLY look for it.
Paint good - waxing brings it up lovely.
Wheels great.
Downside:
Two dents:
1)a physical 'dink' in the drivers door. You can see it in the reflection (i.e. - no 'point' or scratch)
2) a bump beneath the rear left under the bumper behind the wheel
3) The odd scratch
4) pitted rust (not much) in the rear bumper.
5) kinks on the chrome 'slam' area for the soft top
6) A boot that's hard to hold up because the hinge area on the RhS has broken.
7) All rubber seals are crap - I've stuck seals over seals and no good. There are gaps around the closed doors
8) Door cards quite simply don't stay in place - they are ivory leather so the whole appearance is VERY disappointing
The soft top needs doing but I would like to entrust that to south east trimmings due to rave revue.s
So.... options....
Cheapest:
Remove dents
Remove scratches
New seals all over the place
Boot lift repair
Paint
Medium:
As above but with....
door cards to fit completely properly
chrome slam area replaced
body made more 'rust proof'
respray full car.
Expensive but dodgy:
As above but a change in colour exterior (i.e. not removing the engine)
Very expensive:
above but - change colour of car including removal of engine
I have no idea of what the costs are going to be but - especially the cheaper options - surely it can't cost the price of a "new" stag (as it were).
The other thing is - waiting list. Summer's here and it would be a PITA if the job is finished just as the summer decides to pack up and go.
I think I should start by getting a load of new bits n pieces together (e.g., the slam area for the soft top)
"Plunge" - here we come....
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