Hello peeps,
today had a 4hr round trip to a remote house in the middle of nowhere in the Wiltshire countryside to pick up the new project car for 2010/11 and tow it home through single track lanes for 45 minutes of it on the 2.5hr journey home
Its an identical MX3 Equipe to the one I have, its yet another showroom edition and it has a full history in its plastic wallet.
This was the showroom one from the dealer in Belfast N.I. probably the only one shipped to N.I. too. it stayed there for 4 years and then was bought from belfast to a dealer in henley on thames and was then re-registered from an irish plate to a private plate and sold to a lady that lives in henley.
She sold it in 2003 and it was re-registered again with an english plate and was PX'd for a peugeot 306 xs for £12,995 and that guy had it until 2005, the owner I bought it from pretty much ran it into the ground until the MOT ran out in 2006 and its been in a barn in wiltshire ever since until now.
The bodywork and under the bonnet is immaculate like it just strolled out of the showroom. The interior is the same but covered in mould and it has a few problems from lack of use and lack of previous owners interest in keeping it nice.
I have spent £225 on buying it and towing home, I have a budget of £225 to get it road legal again that I am pretty sure it will go
under budget.
It needs a major service as it wasnt firing on all cylinders and to get it going we had to mix down a load of stale fuel with fresh so it wasnt too happy to start with.
Current shopping/jobs list stands at...
MOT required Jobs
New brake pads all round
Brake calipers reconditioned
All Discs seem good under rust so will be machined clean
New windscreen required
New O/S/F headlight required
Rear windscreen heater U/S
2 front tyres down to canvas - replace
Most bulbs need replacing
Massive earth problem causing very dim lights / possible alternator
New wiper blades all round
N/S/R wheel bearing needs replacing
Non essential work / shopping list
Cigarette lighter missing
Parcel shelf missing
Ashtray missing
Aftermarket immobiliser needs removing
Seats needs full valet and mould treatment
rocker cover gasket leaking on rear bank
Number plate plinth broken
Stereo has been cut out, needs rewiring
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