Well here we are again, a new project to start from scratch.
As a few may know my first ever car was a Hutchinsons cabriolet.
well that was 9 years ago and I've been itching for another ever since.
I got put on to this one in northern Ireland but it sold before I could get over for it :-(
so that left me trawling the Internet once again.
By chance I searched eBay a few weeks ago to find one being advertised for breaking and only a few ropey pictures, a phone number and 2 minutes remaining (this was at 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning) so I quickly scribbled the number down and sent the seller a message asking to view the car and to get a rough price.
An hour later no response so I figured I'd gather the missus and boy up and head out for the day (somewhere that if I got a text back would be a relatively short distance away from the car).
Just as we were trundeling down the m6 I got a phone call offering to view the car and that everything except the brand new Gaz golds and the disc rear axle.
So off I trotted to Rotherham to have a look over it myself (got stung on a rotten piece of **** cavalier 4x4 because it was 'what I wanted'), got there and was greeted by the same view as the pictures.
A neglected cabby half stripped with a let and f28 slung in, untreated stitch welded bay, new sills with unprotected welds and new wings half rubbed down and, as with the welds, sporting a nice covering of surface rust. After a good poke round to determine how solid the car was overall and what parts were there etc the inevitable question popped up.
Are you interested in the lot?
I've never been overly keen on having a nova turbo, I've always preferred 1600 8v b road fun, but as with everything if the price was right I'd take the lot. He gave up what the engine owed him and a deal was done for not much more than what he paid for the engine. That was a month ago and today it finally got delivered :-) .
so here's some pics of it out in the daylight, clearing out years worth of dust and grime etc ready to start a full strip back and rebuild.