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Look what I just bought
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:55 pm
by ollie
19RD- looks like it hasn't been cleaned for about 10 years which is coincidentally as long as my friend has owned it!
I've been servicing it from time to time so as he is now into end game of cancer he thought of me which was very good of him.
Only wanted 200 quid which is very fair, and now I discover it has 9 months tax left and a full tank of diesel which makes the car portion about 30 quid - bargain.
My plan is to smarten it up and wax the shell and transfer the best of my spares etc into it to make a 16v without ABS. The colour code is EWT and I was wondering if that was a 16v colour or not? as I'd rather not get involved in a colour change at this stage and I don't mind white, as they stay a lot cooler in summer
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:08 pm
by jayw
Bargain. Not too dissimilar to my TGD - my daily hack.
Yes EWT (blanc meije) is also a 16V colour, both my 16v and my TGD are this colour.
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:28 pm
by Mike P
Very nice Ollie.
Will you fit the 16V bodykit or keep it as a 160bhp sleeper
I drove past your house the other week, I was on a business trip to see a client on Groveley Lane, your extension is coming along well
Dougaldog has 16 valved a Hurricane and he has insurance issues, ,might be worth bearing that in mind or speaking to him.
Mike P
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:05 pm
by dougaldog
Mike,
The biggest issue was what the DVLA classified the car as. In the end I could only classify the car as a modified Hurricane. WIth this hindsight it would have been easier to keep the car without the effort of fitting a bodykit and surprising a few individuals......
Insurance wise Adrian Flux came up trumps but it's nowhere as 'cheap' to insure as a standard valver.
Nevermind, have a genuine valver now.
DG.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:37 am
by ollie
Very nice might be stretching it bit! but I had thought about leaving the look exactly as is, complete with diesel dribble down the side!! in reality though I only need one spare car and I still need to finish that extension
so It'll stay standard for now and slowly morph as I have the time. insurance is no issue as I'm on motor trade, but either way it is less of an issue than no insurance which seems to be the long term death for the grey one
More importantly the Long term Lotus has now left the building
not complete quite as I still need a few bits of trim and the stripes but its driving and MOT'd and whilst power is identical to the 16v the steering is telepathic and the ride abysmal by comparison - a proper hooligan car and enormous fun in the wet
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 6:23 pm
by badlyworntoy
Ive got a series 2 beam in moonstone with a silver stripe,absolute class still fast enough to tonk the millenium falcon
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:24 pm
by ollie
Roundabouts are great and acceleration is pretty awesome, but A to B on real roads anything modern will trounce it simply beacuse they stay attached to the ground! The engine note is fantastic and feels like it'll pull a house down, the grin factor is great just a shame I'd go deaf!! good job its back in the hands of its real owner whose other car really is a TVR.
ollie