'88 5 door Merit

[Asa-James]

bought for £92 off ebay, no tax or test, and a 460 miles round trip to pick it up, still unsure of final plans, but the basics read like...
13sb engine with Weber 32/34 carb,
GTE manifold/downpipe and an exhaust of some description...
lowered 40mm for the time being
fresh wheels (still undecided, between about 6 sets!)
GTE front bumper and rear splitter, all painted a dark grey
bottom half of car below rub strip same colour as bumpers, and keep the red stripe in the bumpers/strips
leave it badged as a merit, but take the vauxhall and 1.2 badges off


anyway, pics of the important bits...

[Sloth]

not bad that, mainly external stuff. any interior pics?

[mowgli]

not too bad on the structural rust......

get one of those battery undertrays so your trainers don't melt when it rains.

i think 6j 14 steelies off a cav/astra/vectra with the little holes, painted silver would look great on it.

[Asa-James]

all in all i'm quite happy with it, runs nice on the 1.2, managed to get my brother to give it a wash while i was at work today, and he added his first ever car mod, awwwww!


i've given it a good going over for the mot, and it doesnt look like it can fail mechanically, only possibly on the passenger rear sill (i'm going to duct tape the drivers door for now)

so, whaddya think?

edit-interior pics...

[michael squeak]

looks good. theres a lot of 5 door ones down here in the scrappy if you need any bits let me no.

[Nobby]

i love more doors!!

[Tyke182]

detail of the car pal you sent me pm but cant send one back as your box is full

[Asa-James]

detail of the car pal you sent me pm but cant send one back as your box is full

?

[Asa-James]

well its booked in for an MOT today, i've already spoken to the guy and he's going to patch the sill where it has a small hole, fingers crossed it goes alright

[theoriginalGhostman]

Reminds me of my last car, get the bodywork sorted and slam it, will look sweet as.