TheLordJohn
Member
Hi all.
Very fortunate to find this P38 on Gumtree. When you spend as much time as I do, on a weekly basis, looking at cars and motorbikes you learn to spot the good ones!
Previous owner owned it for 15 years and I had to go to Beaworthy, Devon (5 hours or so from Paddington, train and bus!) after a night shift a week last Saturday but i wasn't going to miss out on the chance to own this.
I actually paid asking price, which I can't remember the last time I did (in around 30 car purchases), so I was thoroughly impressed.
I've already done a water pump and ordered the top end gasket set as it needs the valley gasket replacing.
It returned almost 25 MPG sat at 65 MPH on the 222 mile return journey.
I am in the process of splitting up with my wife, so this is going to be my new classic car when I get back home to the North West.
Pictures don't begin to do it justice...!
Very fortunate to find this P38 on Gumtree. When you spend as much time as I do, on a weekly basis, looking at cars and motorbikes you learn to spot the good ones!
Previous owner owned it for 15 years and I had to go to Beaworthy, Devon (5 hours or so from Paddington, train and bus!) after a night shift a week last Saturday but i wasn't going to miss out on the chance to own this.
I actually paid asking price, which I can't remember the last time I did (in around 30 car purchases), so I was thoroughly impressed.
I've already done a water pump and ordered the top end gasket set as it needs the valley gasket replacing.
It returned almost 25 MPG sat at 65 MPH on the 222 mile return journey.
I am in the process of splitting up with my wife, so this is going to be my new classic car when I get back home to the North West.
Pictures don't begin to do it justice...!
