madness

your mad!
Drove my VS today after 6 months in storage and it was well worth all the effort!

Hehe cheers guys,

Hywel I wouldnt want to take that of the road for more than 5mins either it looks great! A bit of rust wont scare me dont worry, a lot is what I am expecting tho...

ha cheers jeremy... bet it was good to get the car out again! Ifbi am not mistaken I have just read about your car on retrorides?

yes that's the one!

Sooo.. On the hunt for panels if anyone has any for sale! Also,random question but what size battery do you guys and gals use?

She is home now and really is a lovely thing! I spent a fair few minutes marveling at the intricacy of the front boot release will post some pics and words up after initial assesment shortly

Jeremy wrote: yes that's the one!

ha I thought so! Looks good, although I want mine to be stock (repairing will be difficult enough without mods!) I do like the de-bumpered look!

mine is stock if I re-fit all the parts

bit of an update have done more rust probing, and found more holes... though only really seem to be the outer skin? I have deemed both doors pretty shot so am on the hunt for a better pair, and indeed a new front bootlid would be far easier than welding the existing one... however the nearside sill is worrying, although the inner sill seems OK, there is lots of rot (and very old filler...) on there, so i think will get this bit done asap as i don't want the car to lose structural strength...

on another note, i couldnt resist testing a battery on her... (borrowed from swmbo's rav4 so it was returned double lively!) all electrics seem to work, she turns on the key but wont fire, not that i was expecting her too after sitting all those years. still was nice to hear, and obviously the engine will be getting a thorough going over later. i personally think the fuel pump could do with a strip down, however i have a good used item on its way along with release bearing, backing plate and slave cylinder for the clutch. anyway, have some photos! have removed most of the rust shavings from the bottom of the Apillar, what do you guys think? nice to see her eyes too!