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So Cherie and I bought this little silver Thunder a couple of weeks ago:
I couldn't help myself message the ebay seller when it had 3 days left and was only at £38 with the usual rot / cambelt / history etc questions expecting a list of expensive fixes as the reason for the low price.
The only thing against it was the fact that both sills need a bit of a rub down, treat and respray. Just surface and not mentioned on the MOT. The sellers reserve was fairly low but he was happy with that as he'd bought a new car already. He was an AA chap so the car was pretty sound.
It's only done 55,000 miles and has an MOT until next spring.
Original exhaust still:
First club outing at Rockingham last Sunday:
Things done:
The ditch-finders on it were truly horrendous. They were >Silverstone M5-Synergy< which the fronts at least have now been replaced by >Uniroyal Rainsport 2< which were a bargain at £72 delivered from Camskill. Fitted at our local ATS yesterday for a drink to the chap that does all my tyre / exhaust stuff
Got a nice little package from Ian G of some little bits and bobs that it needed:
- Plastic Gearstick surround - original one must have had an air freshener on it that had melted the plastic side
- The little yellow bit in the bonnet that the bonnet stay fits into.
- Wiper nut covers x2.
- Drivers side central screw cover
- 3rd brake light - ours had a crack in it.
- The little black plastic triangle bit to the left of the 2 central air vents.
Replaced this very sad cracked 3rd brake light:
Things to do:
Had a couple of quotes to get the sills done so going in on the 7th October to fix all this and get it ready for winter:
And I've put some nice shiny wheel nuts on rather than the through nuts that were on there.
It needs a damn good clean / machine polish to get the various minor scratches out. The mudflaps need realigning and straightening too.
Future possible plans:
Might lower it a bit with some aftermarket springs.
Replace the unreliable 6006 with a USB Head unit + Amp the outputs and uprate the speakers.
Find some proper Puma velour mats to replace the universal ones in there.
Give it a service + cambelt. I'll do the service - filters, oil, sparks etc.
I couldn't help myself message the ebay seller when it had 3 days left and was only at £38 with the usual rot / cambelt / history etc questions expecting a list of expensive fixes as the reason for the low price.
The only thing against it was the fact that both sills need a bit of a rub down, treat and respray. Just surface and not mentioned on the MOT. The sellers reserve was fairly low but he was happy with that as he'd bought a new car already. He was an AA chap so the car was pretty sound.
It's only done 55,000 miles and has an MOT until next spring.
Original exhaust still:
First club outing at Rockingham last Sunday:
Things done:
The ditch-finders on it were truly horrendous. They were >Silverstone M5-Synergy< which the fronts at least have now been replaced by >Uniroyal Rainsport 2< which were a bargain at £72 delivered from Camskill. Fitted at our local ATS yesterday for a drink to the chap that does all my tyre / exhaust stuff
Got a nice little package from Ian G of some little bits and bobs that it needed:
- Plastic Gearstick surround - original one must have had an air freshener on it that had melted the plastic side
- The little yellow bit in the bonnet that the bonnet stay fits into.
- Wiper nut covers x2.
- Drivers side central screw cover
- 3rd brake light - ours had a crack in it.
- The little black plastic triangle bit to the left of the 2 central air vents.
Replaced this very sad cracked 3rd brake light:
Things to do:
Had a couple of quotes to get the sills done so going in on the 7th October to fix all this and get it ready for winter:
And I've put some nice shiny wheel nuts on rather than the through nuts that were on there.
It needs a damn good clean / machine polish to get the various minor scratches out. The mudflaps need realigning and straightening too.
Future possible plans:
Might lower it a bit with some aftermarket springs.
Replace the unreliable 6006 with a USB Head unit + Amp the outputs and uprate the speakers.
Find some proper Puma velour mats to replace the universal ones in there.
Give it a service + cambelt. I'll do the service - filters, oil, sparks etc.
