22-04-2017, 09:00 PM
I can't believe how many years it's been since this was on the road. Life has got in the way quite a lot!
So I still have the kit car and I wanted an XUD-based donor so I could slot do a straight swap to get it back on the road. So I bought a ZX estate. Then as soon as I bought that I saw a 306 on ebay with no MOT but low mileage and a well looked after engine. So I bought that too, then felt bad about breaking a ZX so I sold that. The 306 belonged to a genuine French man. The 306 is French too, so that automatically means it'll be well looked after. That's obviously a made up theory, but in this case it was true. An XUD that's completely dry down the sides, not even a drop of oil that's become caked with dust and mud over the years. It sounds like a well-oiled sewing machine. And I don't mean a cheap Argos sewing machine, I mean an industrial British-made 1930's sewing machine. The interior smells wrong, though. Otherwise everything is in order, anyone need any parts? ^_^
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First off I need to repair my engine crane. I had to clear a garden of shrubs and small trees a few months back. After digging for hours, I had the idea of using the engine crane to pull up the shrubs. It worked beautifully....until the last shrub where I forgot to put a long plank of wood underneath the crane legs to spread the load. One leg of the crane sank down deep into the earth and it bent badly! As soon as that's done i'll start swapping it over, even if it means getting it back on the road with a bog standard turbo and Lucas pump. I've got plans for a Scotland road trip in August. If this isn't ready I'll buy something like a Reliant Rialto, I'll see what happens.
So I still have the kit car and I wanted an XUD-based donor so I could slot do a straight swap to get it back on the road. So I bought a ZX estate. Then as soon as I bought that I saw a 306 on ebay with no MOT but low mileage and a well looked after engine. So I bought that too, then felt bad about breaking a ZX so I sold that. The 306 belonged to a genuine French man. The 306 is French too, so that automatically means it'll be well looked after. That's obviously a made up theory, but in this case it was true. An XUD that's completely dry down the sides, not even a drop of oil that's become caked with dust and mud over the years. It sounds like a well-oiled sewing machine. And I don't mean a cheap Argos sewing machine, I mean an industrial British-made 1930's sewing machine. The interior smells wrong, though. Otherwise everything is in order, anyone need any parts? ^_^
![[Image: taw01.jpg]](http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/phnarphnarphnar/media/taw01.jpg.html)
First off I need to repair my engine crane. I had to clear a garden of shrubs and small trees a few months back. After digging for hours, I had the idea of using the engine crane to pull up the shrubs. It worked beautifully....until the last shrub where I forgot to put a long plank of wood underneath the crane legs to spread the load. One leg of the crane sank down deep into the earth and it bent badly! As soon as that's done i'll start swapping it over, even if it means getting it back on the road with a bog standard turbo and Lucas pump. I've got plans for a Scotland road trip in August. If this isn't ready I'll buy something like a Reliant Rialto, I'll see what happens.