finished the last of the wire brushing of all the surface rust, although i managed to uncover a hole in the bulkhead so thats another wee job for when i can get someone who can weld round.
holy moly
doused in metal ready
starting sifting thru the box with the mounts in, bit confused so have taken a picture of evertyhign laid out and will have to get in touch with dave (trooper25) and find out what everythings for
And hoppys mini adventure collecting my new car, danke dude
[quote name='HoppyGTi' post='1130312' date='Tuesday 19th August 2008 - 9:56pm']Right, the task was simple..........go to a local town 25 miles away, collect a car & drive it home................How hard could it be?
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The ride Mk1 Polo, T reg with 895cc's of fury under the bonnet, full MOT & Tax.
I was on time to collect the motor, made another Dub friend as we discussed the details of the deal, handed over some dollar for the car & drove away.
I added £10 worth of Shell's finest petroleum distilate and ..............................................
This is where it all went wrong.
Seems as though the old girl wanted to suck up it's own faecal matter through the fuel line, causing much jumpyness & lack of power.
After getting one tow from a friendly MK2 Golf Driver (with a full leather interior I add) and being towed to a garage I though every thing was fine.
But another 2 miles on & things were serious. The lack of power & sudden engine dying made it impossible to be safe on the road without some one pile driving me up the ass :oops: So i took the decision it was too dangerous to continue, so pulled on over.
So it was down to this;
(Check out the AA man's face :lol: )
Whilst broken down, a friendly group of passing aircooled people stopped to offer a hand, which was nice. The result of this little meeting has found me another 3 local friends & another local meet!!!!
THIS IS WHY I LOVE DUBS!!!!!
Anyways. Journey should have taken about 40 mins, in the end too me 2.75 hours!!!
Oh well..................still smiling
Finally at home!!!
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