Right then.. Think it's about time I started a project thread for this.
As some of you may be aware, there was a Thunder advertised on eBay recently that was a little worst for wear. Advertised as spares or repair as it failed the MOT on numerous issues.
About 4 days or so before the auction ended, I made arrangements to go and view it.
Long story short, I had a look and had a long hard think about whether or not it was worth it.
I decided that considering the amount of work that was needed, I would enter my maximum bid and hope for the best.
The actual condition of the car wasn't the worst I'd come across but still needed a far amount of work and time spending on it.
Needless to say, it sold for more than what I was willing to pay for it.
To be honest I was a little gutted as I hate seeing nice cars go waste.. or the crusher in this case!
Then, a few days later I was informed by Questy (top bloke Questy k: ), that it was up for sale again, this time on Gumtree as well as eBay.
I contacted the seller and he confirmed that it was still for sale as the winning bidder couldn't collect the car for two weeks and he wanted it gone.
I offered him what I was initially prepared to pay for it and that I'd collect it two days later, he accepted.
So as promised, I collected the car two days later on a recovery truck and had it dropped off.
I'm now the owner of Thunder MW51 ULC :thumbs:
After a busy week, today I finally got round to doing a full inspection.
As expected, there's quite a lengthy jobs/parts list which I'll upload later (and it is a big one!) :lol:
Now then, I wonder when this was last cleaned (Hence 'Dusty!') :shock:
So... First job! k:
After a quick bath, it has come up pretty well :thumbs:
That's all for now.. More tomorrow
As some of you may be aware, there was a Thunder advertised on eBay recently that was a little worst for wear. Advertised as spares or repair as it failed the MOT on numerous issues.
About 4 days or so before the auction ended, I made arrangements to go and view it.
Long story short, I had a look and had a long hard think about whether or not it was worth it.
I decided that considering the amount of work that was needed, I would enter my maximum bid and hope for the best.
The actual condition of the car wasn't the worst I'd come across but still needed a far amount of work and time spending on it.
Needless to say, it sold for more than what I was willing to pay for it.
To be honest I was a little gutted as I hate seeing nice cars go waste.. or the crusher in this case!
Then, a few days later I was informed by Questy (top bloke Questy k: ), that it was up for sale again, this time on Gumtree as well as eBay.
I contacted the seller and he confirmed that it was still for sale as the winning bidder couldn't collect the car for two weeks and he wanted it gone.
I offered him what I was initially prepared to pay for it and that I'd collect it two days later, he accepted.
So as promised, I collected the car two days later on a recovery truck and had it dropped off.
I'm now the owner of Thunder MW51 ULC :thumbs:
After a busy week, today I finally got round to doing a full inspection.
As expected, there's quite a lengthy jobs/parts list which I'll upload later (and it is a big one!) :lol:
Now then, I wonder when this was last cleaned (Hence 'Dusty!') :shock:
So... First job! k:
After a quick bath, it has come up pretty well :thumbs:
That's all for now.. More tomorrow