Home..what a day! M6 gridlocked, boiling hot, no water left to drink.
Gearbox works forward and reverse anyway, drove on and off the trailer no problems. No battery on it when I arrived to pick up so I stuck my campervan battery on and it fired up straight away.
Doris has polished the mould off the dash, well, all interior plastics had mould on.
Spent 1/2hr looking over it and initial observations are,
Missing wheel nut found(locking) plus the lock nut tool and a plastic franger that I now know is used to take the shiney cap off the locking nut. Jack is present, spare wheel isn't.
Water in spare wheel well.
Numerous plastic trim clips missing.
I have cup holders.
Narrow rear seat is down and won't go back into the locked position.
Boot load liner is not for this car but sort of does the job.
Both rear silencers are rotted but the middle silencer might be ok.
Both rear tyres are bald on the inside edge only.
Parcel shelf is tatty/broke I think,
Only 1 key of the 3 works the remote CL but all 3 lock/unlock with the key.
Driver's seat works electrically not tried passenger. Battery terminal clamps don't tightern ( they said they just hammered them on)
All looks ok and unmolested under the bonnet. Funny switch fitted in the headliner above front passenger seat.
Drag link bar looks bent but unsure if it's supposed to be dead straight.
This is what I think has happened.
Car has bashed a kerb wreaking a front wheel, wheel wanged and spare fitted, carried on driving with bent rod throwing the tracking out which scrubbed the front tyres. Rear tyres fitted to the front with the scrubbed edge tyres fitted to the rear inboard so less easy to spot then chucked on eBay.
Lots of stuff still to check but still pleased thus far
