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About time I said hi, signed up when i was looking to buy, and since making that purchase been busy trying to get it running! Some of you may reconise it as when it was for sale it was advertised as the wrong year on this forum and some of you helped/advised the previous owner on the correct year.
Anyway i bought it it November last year knowing that the engine had end float, got on a train from Eastbourne to Newcastle and then drove it back. Good god what a journey! A friend came with me which was great as travelling back to Eastbourne at 55mph with an engine that is about to let go is not for the faint harted to add to all of this the gear selection really was - well shay we say not great!
With such a bad journey really couldnt work out why i felt so chuffed, got home and the kids loved it! i took them up the road and back then put it on the drive and removed the engine. Learnt how to stip and re-build it and am just at the stage of having it installed and runing. I will post some of the engine rebuild pitures in the gallery soon.
Woz
Anyway i bought it it November last year knowing that the engine had end float, got on a train from Eastbourne to Newcastle and then drove it back. Good god what a journey! A friend came with me which was great as travelling back to Eastbourne at 55mph with an engine that is about to let go is not for the faint harted to add to all of this the gear selection really was - well shay we say not great!
With such a bad journey really couldnt work out why i felt so chuffed, got home and the kids loved it! i took them up the road and back then put it on the drive and removed the engine. Learnt how to stip and re-build it and am just at the stage of having it installed and runing. I will post some of the engine rebuild pitures in the gallery soon.
Woz