Retrospaceman
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So, my Mrs has just returned to work, which has been a god send financially. She doesn't have a driving licence yet so a few months ago I bought her a little 125cc moped to rattle over the fell to the train station.
All was good, until the rain hits! knowing that the moped was only a short term solution she has started her driving lessons again so come winter she can have a small car to run around in.
as money is still a bit tight she says:
!" I'm not bothered what car I get, just a cheap little run around £500 ish, and we can save for something bigger, maybe a disco 3"
No worries I say we'll have a look.
I've got a 110 2.5 TD - he thing is a bit under powered but perfectly usable for our needs and I use it to go to work. I've been looking at engine swaps recently and thought about grabbing a cheap ish Disco 200tdi to use as a donor as the prices seem to be rising.
You can all see where this is going.........
Any way was just having a flic on flea bay and the discos seem to be going at about £800. a bit much to justify at the mo, Then suddenly I happen across a Disco 1 200tdi with one bid at £250 and only a couple of minutes remaining. It has an MOT till end of July and thought that's got to be worth more i'll have a cheeky bid.
2 min later, and without really thinking I'm the proud owner of the vehicle for £255. Only then did I look at its location - just north of Glasgow.
So - Last night was spent trying to convince my mrs that the small learner car she was after may now be a 7 seat disco, with a bit of rot, and in no way was this a purchase for me, it was because I wanted to support her and it would be ideal for the fell..........
Long story short I'm on the train for 5 hours tomorrow to meet the nice chap who is kindly going to collect me from the station to collect our new family member.
Hopefully she will fall in love - however I think it falls a it short of her expectations. When I showed her the (Carefully selected) pics the comments was, "That's a it boxy".
But when we finally have the pennies for a disco 3 I have a new motor and spare gearbox for my truck so hopefully all will work out!
Anyway she's now resigned to the fact she will be driving it for at least the next year.
Any advice on where I should start the search for the rot which it almost certainly has. The rear inner wheel arches look like they need some TLC.
I'll post some piccy's of her first reaction when it arrives! and the "Rolling refurb" as it progresses.
If there are any ladies that could give advise on things that annoy them on these vehicles that would give me a useful heads up to my current predicament!
All was good, until the rain hits! knowing that the moped was only a short term solution she has started her driving lessons again so come winter she can have a small car to run around in.
as money is still a bit tight she says:
!" I'm not bothered what car I get, just a cheap little run around £500 ish, and we can save for something bigger, maybe a disco 3"
No worries I say we'll have a look.
I've got a 110 2.5 TD - he thing is a bit under powered but perfectly usable for our needs and I use it to go to work. I've been looking at engine swaps recently and thought about grabbing a cheap ish Disco 200tdi to use as a donor as the prices seem to be rising.
You can all see where this is going.........
Any way was just having a flic on flea bay and the discos seem to be going at about £800. a bit much to justify at the mo, Then suddenly I happen across a Disco 1 200tdi with one bid at £250 and only a couple of minutes remaining. It has an MOT till end of July and thought that's got to be worth more i'll have a cheeky bid.
2 min later, and without really thinking I'm the proud owner of the vehicle for £255. Only then did I look at its location - just north of Glasgow.
So - Last night was spent trying to convince my mrs that the small learner car she was after may now be a 7 seat disco, with a bit of rot, and in no way was this a purchase for me, it was because I wanted to support her and it would be ideal for the fell..........
Long story short I'm on the train for 5 hours tomorrow to meet the nice chap who is kindly going to collect me from the station to collect our new family member.
Hopefully she will fall in love - however I think it falls a it short of her expectations. When I showed her the (Carefully selected) pics the comments was, "That's a it boxy".
But when we finally have the pennies for a disco 3 I have a new motor and spare gearbox for my truck so hopefully all will work out!
Anyway she's now resigned to the fact she will be driving it for at least the next year.
Any advice on where I should start the search for the rot which it almost certainly has. The rear inner wheel arches look like they need some TLC.
I'll post some piccy's of her first reaction when it arrives! and the "Rolling refurb" as it progresses.
If there are any ladies that could give advise on things that annoy them on these vehicles that would give me a useful heads up to my current predicament!
