yo dudes

[russv]

Hi everyone, thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Russ and I recently bought what I think is a really nice modified puma 1.7 off ebay

I used to own a millennium puma about 10 years ago, and was a member of the pumapeople club (where I first met the seller of the car I just bought, funnily enough! (Lee Shepphard)). I also remember Bok as well, but only the other day I found out what happened, its really upsetting and I still can't believe it

I don't actally have the car yet, its being trailered down this week, but I wanted to post on the forums here, and didn't feel right without saying hi in the newbie section first!

After getting the car serviced and cam belt changed etc, I'll probably leave it pretty much how it is, I don't really want any extra power. The only things I might change is the bonnet (because the vents let in water), maybe make a removable cover to go underneath it, or get a cf bonnet, and the other thing is I'll probably change the mudflaps for darker ones. Other than that I'm just going to take good care of it, and enjoy it!

Heres a pic:

 

[evilrob]

Ah, so it was you who bagged this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/One-Off-M...6008793?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35b5f525d9

Nice one! Welcome along to Project Puma - I imagine you noticed the other Puma site has disappeared.

 

[Dal]

Welcome along Russv - great to see such a well revered Puma stays within the Fora world and has an enthusiastic owner once more.

k:

 

[Bentleya]

Welcome abord Russ .

 

[madhillbilly17]

welcome, i saw this up for sale its nicely done great looking car

 

[Ian G]

Nice one mate, good car. :lol:

 

[yippeekiay]

Welcome, actually went to see this myself but it had a few quirks I couldn't live with so I bought an even quirkier car in an RX8....lol.

Cracking car all the same k:

 

[tekz]

Welcome, and wow nice puma

 

[russv]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, yeah I noticed the other site is down, does anyone know if its coming back? Oo

 

[evilrob]

It was pretty dead over there anyway. Happy Kat and Dogsbody were still about. Eldoodarino is on here quite a lot under the alias El Dude. You'll find YOG dropping in from time to time on here as well.

Never mind, eh? You're here now! Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable. :thumbs:

 

[red]

:grin: Welcome to the site, looks like an absolute bargain!

 

[russv]

Thanks
Its a shame the other site is down, if anything it has a lot of posts on there which could be really useful, also had a lot of nice pics in the gallery. Still, this club looks just as good!

 

[red]

I imagine the other site will come back online when Jason eventually notices. It does have a few images and topics there but at least you can start fresh here with it

 

[deejames]

Hi and welcome

love the car :thumbs:

 

[red]

Looks like the other site is back online so go gather the info!

 

[Zara]

glad to see its gone to an enthusiast! k: Love it!

 

[owenlogan]

Your car is awsome.......................not much more you can say really!!!

Stunning

 

[Bentleya]

I didn't realise you was from Chelmsford, that means i better see this beautiful Puma .

 

[russv]

Thanks

Haven't had much chance to give the car a good look over until today (it didn't arrive until tuesday), it does need a bit of a tidy up, but I'm amazed at how little rust there is for an R reg, I suppose it did have a new shell, but still, I can barely find any at all. After looking through pages and pages of project threads on here I was getting a bit concerned, but the more I look over the car the more I can see how much care has been taken with it. I feel pretty responsible now!

Got a list of things to do, but I won't be doing much of the work myself, as I cba to work on it in winter haha. Does anyone know a good garage in Essex? Preferably Chelmsford? I found this one in the recommended garages:
http://www.motomotion.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone know if they're still decent? Or got a better recommendation? Especially one who has experience with changing the cam belt - as far as I know, it hasn't been changed for 8 years and has done approx 20,000 miles, so its one of the first things on the list along with a good service.

Thanks!

 

[russv]

Hi bentleya, nice to know theres members near by I just noticed you were from Chelmsford too. I saw your project thread, and the powder coating, eg:

I would really like to get that done just like you have, is it hard to remove those parts? The paint on all parts like that is flaking away and theres surface rust on mine. They seem nice and solid, but its another thing thats up high on the list!