Post by exuptoy on Nov 30, 2020 1:20:40 GMT
I purchased this for the wife some 8 years ago for £825! It owes me more than double that just now but I’ve done no work on it for a few years. Maybe once the mini is complete I’ll get back on it.
Those with a nervous disposition had better leave now. It ain’t pretty!
As found
I literally saw this in the dark with no torch and jumped at it as they were already on the rise. This was a decision I’d later regret somewhat! Even a wash n brush up couldn’t disguise this was a rotten dog of a bus which was gonna take a LOT of work.
Even though this was a crossover, at some point in its life someone had done a front panel swap but instead of fitting blanking plates to the upper indicators this one had upper blinkers and low light indicators! Once the front was hacked off no one would be any wiser.
Looking underneath revealed the true extent of my idiocy!
I was beginning to regret this! Weirdly the other side was almost acceptable!
Having only done minor restorations on minis and a Mk1 Astra GTE before this I thought this was too much work for me and I’d bitten off more than I could chew! I rang Volksengineering in Cardiff who came up to view it and he said I’ve scrapped better, you’re better off scrapping this and buying a better rolling shell from me! Either that or I want £500 a week (roughly £4K) just to put the chassis right. My missus promptly burst into tears!
The only answer was to buy a few sections of chassis box section and some chassis plate and hope my welding was up to scratch!
Those with a nervous disposition had better leave now. It ain’t pretty!
As found
I literally saw this in the dark with no torch and jumped at it as they were already on the rise. This was a decision I’d later regret somewhat! Even a wash n brush up couldn’t disguise this was a rotten dog of a bus which was gonna take a LOT of work.
Even though this was a crossover, at some point in its life someone had done a front panel swap but instead of fitting blanking plates to the upper indicators this one had upper blinkers and low light indicators! Once the front was hacked off no one would be any wiser.
Looking underneath revealed the true extent of my idiocy!
I was beginning to regret this! Weirdly the other side was almost acceptable!
Having only done minor restorations on minis and a Mk1 Astra GTE before this I thought this was too much work for me and I’d bitten off more than I could chew! I rang Volksengineering in Cardiff who came up to view it and he said I’ve scrapped better, you’re better off scrapping this and buying a better rolling shell from me! Either that or I want £500 a week (roughly £4K) just to put the chassis right. My missus promptly burst into tears!
The only answer was to buy a few sections of chassis box section and some chassis plate and hope my welding was up to scratch!
