frog hopper
Well-Known Member
So I have been looking around for a classic with decent body and chassis for about the last 2 years.
Everytime I saw one advertised (French sort of ebay site ) there would be at least something badly wrong, eventually just before xmas last year I saw one about an hour away which was advertised as having no rust!!
Took the doris with me to have a look and the 1st comment was "I don't want to ride in a green car", my comment of "you could run behind" perhaps wasn't the best response
but I did agree to spend some dosh on a colour change.
Had a really good look underneath and under carpets etc, and it really was solid, so I bought it.
Might have been over-priced at 4600 euros for a 1988 2.4 Vm but it really was the best I'd seen in a long time so had to have it.
Anyway every time I tried to start prepping there was always something more pressing to do on the house, so it was only about 6 weeks ago that I finally got to spend some time on her, in that time - the last 6 months I had only put on 50 miles - really did not want to start using her until works had been done, otherwise it would all just slip away and it would never get done.
First thing I wanted to do was sort out the non- working heater fan, so that meant the bleedin dash had to come out. Found a dodgy earth tag on the blower motor, and a few relays that had gone tits up, on a roll now so it makes sense to renovate a sun tired dash with a good clean up and a coat of plastic paint.
A few photos if I can get them on here.
Not sure what happened there ! Anyway general view as bought.
Everytime I saw one advertised (French sort of ebay site ) there would be at least something badly wrong, eventually just before xmas last year I saw one about an hour away which was advertised as having no rust!!
Took the doris with me to have a look and the 1st comment was "I don't want to ride in a green car", my comment of "you could run behind" perhaps wasn't the best response
but I did agree to spend some dosh on a colour change. Had a really good look underneath and under carpets etc, and it really was solid, so I bought it.
Might have been over-priced at 4600 euros for a 1988 2.4 Vm but it really was the best I'd seen in a long time so had to have it.
Anyway every time I tried to start prepping there was always something more pressing to do on the house, so it was only about 6 weeks ago that I finally got to spend some time on her, in that time - the last 6 months I had only put on 50 miles - really did not want to start using her until works had been done, otherwise it would all just slip away and it would never get done.
First thing I wanted to do was sort out the non- working heater fan, so that meant the bleedin dash had to come out. Found a dodgy earth tag on the blower motor, and a few relays that had gone tits up, on a roll now so it makes sense to renovate a sun tired dash with a good clean up and a coat of plastic paint.
A few photos if I can get them on here.
Not sure what happened there ! Anyway general view as bought.
