13-01-2021, 02:42 PM
Ugh I'm crap at blogging haha, current state of affairs is, cabby needs a water pump and cambelt but otherwise ready to go.
5 door is currently on the road as a daily with Ph1 bodywork, MoT expires in Feb not sure if we'll put her through again because.....
Last night we bought a Bianca White XS 3dr (some of you probably saw it of the facebook groups where our eldest lad found it & we pounced on it, sight unseen & arranged delivery immediately!!! It's been off the road 12 years (since '08) and on arrival the engine was locked up. Half an hour with diesel/atf though and it's cranking over with decent compression on 3 pots & presumably stuck/rusty valve on the 4th.
Will try and get it running as it is, since it's turning out to be a fairly tidy and very solid looking car under all the moss (gamble = win!) with under 100k on the clock, and the way I look at locked up engines is if they were tight enough to lock up they were likely in pretty good health before sitting. Anyway off out now to get petrol and other supplies to see if we can get her to spark up, hopefully get a chance to update and post pics later (promises promises...)
5 door is currently on the road as a daily with Ph1 bodywork, MoT expires in Feb not sure if we'll put her through again because.....
Last night we bought a Bianca White XS 3dr (some of you probably saw it of the facebook groups where our eldest lad found it & we pounced on it, sight unseen & arranged delivery immediately!!! It's been off the road 12 years (since '08) and on arrival the engine was locked up. Half an hour with diesel/atf though and it's cranking over with decent compression on 3 pots & presumably stuck/rusty valve on the 4th.
Will try and get it running as it is, since it's turning out to be a fairly tidy and very solid looking car under all the moss (gamble = win!) with under 100k on the clock, and the way I look at locked up engines is if they were tight enough to lock up they were likely in pretty good health before sitting. Anyway off out now to get petrol and other supplies to see if we can get her to spark up, hopefully get a chance to update and post pics later (promises promises...)