Well it's either I am rescueing a P38 or I need rescueing from a P38 ! LOL
I figured its time to let you guys in on my project.
A little background, I am best described as a mill wright but I am basically a grease monkey. I can make everything from production machinery to watch parts and can fix most things without bleeding. My wife is a retired teacher and accomplished actress who has been disabled for several years now, and I am her full time carer. We have very little income and survive on our whits. This is just to let you know how crazy a decision I made and not for sympathy.
We have always had nice cars, well turned out and unusual, the sort of thing that gets noticed, but _uietly. For example, a series III 88inch ex-life guard tender with 35,000 miles on it. It was repainted and didnt show its history, just a smart, clean, old car. But I saw people looking!
or our 81 BMW Baur convertible. only 4,000 made but you wouldnt know it was that rare, again just a smart old car that you dont see everyday.
Times have changed, we cant afford the 1 off car, but we still appreciate some level of comfort and _uality about what we drive. Now here is where the 'hammer to the head' jokes start.
We HAD a 2002 volvo v70. It ran well, was in good condition, I had made some, what I call 'wear item', repairs and all was right with the world. We bought this car after loosing our Disco 1 3 door 300tdi which was in lovely condition in every way except for one small insignificant problem. There were only 2.5 bolts holding the body on the frame! We bought the volvo cheep, I mean really cheap, as a stop gap while we looked for another Land Rover. I start seeing P38's on teh internet going for around £700 and think to myself , ''well..I do have some years behind me and after all, I wouldn't mind a challenge to keep me busy'' ok so not so bad right?
Only problem was in our position I couldn't afford to buy one and fix it in one go or one that didn't need fixing. So i spent 3 months trolling the internet to find this one that had the RIGHT kind of broken that I could get cheap and fix for the cost of the volvo if sold. I found a 1997 2.5 DSE with 4 months MOT, 2 advisories last mot for deteriorated ball joint dust covers and 119,000 miles 2.4 owners. Down side, diesel pump wasn't working after the .4 owner took it apart to change seals. Otherwise the truck is in beautiful condition. (for its age) It has the winter pack, leather interior, 5 matching alloys, working air suspension, some electrical probs but nothing I was afraid of. £550.00 Can sell the volvo for £600.00 after my work on it so ok. I sell one of my lathes, I don't need anymore, and I have some cash to sort it out. should take me two weeks.
LMAO!!! Ok so yeah I sold the car, sold the lathe and 3 months later it still isn't running! We live in a small village in Scotland and we only have the one car. So it has been a stretch on...um....everything. Surprised she hasnt killed me yet. I can tell you this, I wont be saying ''of course I can do it, no problem, we will be driving again in noo time!'' again anytime soon!!
I figured its time to let you guys in on my project.
A little background, I am best described as a mill wright but I am basically a grease monkey. I can make everything from production machinery to watch parts and can fix most things without bleeding. My wife is a retired teacher and accomplished actress who has been disabled for several years now, and I am her full time carer. We have very little income and survive on our whits. This is just to let you know how crazy a decision I made and not for sympathy.
We have always had nice cars, well turned out and unusual, the sort of thing that gets noticed, but _uietly. For example, a series III 88inch ex-life guard tender with 35,000 miles on it. It was repainted and didnt show its history, just a smart, clean, old car. But I saw people looking!
or our 81 BMW Baur convertible. only 4,000 made but you wouldnt know it was that rare, again just a smart old car that you dont see everyday. Times have changed, we cant afford the 1 off car, but we still appreciate some level of comfort and _uality about what we drive. Now here is where the 'hammer to the head' jokes start.
We HAD a 2002 volvo v70. It ran well, was in good condition, I had made some, what I call 'wear item', repairs and all was right with the world. We bought this car after loosing our Disco 1 3 door 300tdi which was in lovely condition in every way except for one small insignificant problem. There were only 2.5 bolts holding the body on the frame! We bought the volvo cheep, I mean really cheap, as a stop gap while we looked for another Land Rover. I start seeing P38's on teh internet going for around £700 and think to myself , ''well..I do have some years behind me and after all, I wouldn't mind a challenge to keep me busy'' ok so not so bad right?
Only problem was in our position I couldn't afford to buy one and fix it in one go or one that didn't need fixing. So i spent 3 months trolling the internet to find this one that had the RIGHT kind of broken that I could get cheap and fix for the cost of the volvo if sold. I found a 1997 2.5 DSE with 4 months MOT, 2 advisories last mot for deteriorated ball joint dust covers and 119,000 miles 2.4 owners. Down side, diesel pump wasn't working after the .4 owner took it apart to change seals. Otherwise the truck is in beautiful condition. (for its age) It has the winter pack, leather interior, 5 matching alloys, working air suspension, some electrical probs but nothing I was afraid of. £550.00 Can sell the volvo for £600.00 after my work on it so ok. I sell one of my lathes, I don't need anymore, and I have some cash to sort it out. should take me two weeks.
LMAO!!! Ok so yeah I sold the car, sold the lathe and 3 months later it still isn't running! We live in a small village in Scotland and we only have the one car. So it has been a stretch on...um....everything. Surprised she hasnt killed me yet. I can tell you this, I wont be saying ''of course I can do it, no problem, we will be driving again in noo time!'' again anytime soon!!
