Introduction
May I introduce our new family member.
I've always liked these, in fact it was on my short list when I was trying to decide which car to buy as my first many many years ago.
This one was in a classic car auction at Castle Combe race circuit yesterday. I'd been waiting weeks for it to come up and had sold/scrapped a couple of cars to make space for it.
When we arrived at the site I went straight over to check it out. It had looked good in the pics but that can be deceiving. Turned out to have a couple of blemishes but over all was just what I wanted.
It was for sale as the previous owner had died so they were selling as part of her estate. Yes it was a Lady owner, in fact the V5 shows her to be the only owner, having bought it from new. Mileage is still only 36,000 despite it being Forty one years old. This makes it eligible for free tax.
It had covered only five miles since passing its last mot two years ago and currently does not run. I'm hoping fresh fuel and a fully charged battery are all that will be needed to get it running. Play in one rear wheel bearing was the only advisory on the last mot and so I'm also hoping that it will pass a new one with little or no work.
Here it is arriving at it's new home..........
I will post some more pics when I get the chance.
I've always liked these, in fact it was on my short list when I was trying to decide which car to buy as my first many many years ago.
This one was in a classic car auction at Castle Combe race circuit yesterday. I'd been waiting weeks for it to come up and had sold/scrapped a couple of cars to make space for it.
When we arrived at the site I went straight over to check it out. It had looked good in the pics but that can be deceiving. Turned out to have a couple of blemishes but over all was just what I wanted.
It was for sale as the previous owner had died so they were selling as part of her estate. Yes it was a Lady owner, in fact the V5 shows her to be the only owner, having bought it from new. Mileage is still only 36,000 despite it being Forty one years old. This makes it eligible for free tax.
It had covered only five miles since passing its last mot two years ago and currently does not run. I'm hoping fresh fuel and a fully charged battery are all that will be needed to get it running. Play in one rear wheel bearing was the only advisory on the last mot and so I'm also hoping that it will pass a new one with little or no work.
Here it is arriving at it's new home..........
I will post some more pics when I get the chance.
