Had a tiny amount of spare cash burning a hole in my pocket so i had a rummage round ebay and picked this little beauty up from Bolton on Saturday, Its going to be a slow going project as it is just to keep me entertained when we have a quiet/cheap spell with the rallying.
gave it a good clean and a bit of a tcut today so i can see what i have to deal with. it had been stood for near 2 years outside and was absoutely filthy!
now for the good bits!
the selotape was on the roof to stop the water pouring in when i washed it!
:cyy:
the good news though, is that all the major structural bits are solid, its covered in little scabs, needs a new scuttle and a fibreglass front end, a patch on the inner sill and the front of the rear arches, but its got front and rear 2k miles old subframes, the sills and jack points have been done, the boot floor is mint, the doors are damn near mint, the little 998cc engine is like brand new (66k) and, i didnt realise until today it has AP 4 pots on the front!!!
plan is to tidy up the bodywork, cut the rot out and rivit a plate over the sunroof, fibreglass front end, some nice cobra cream leather classic bucket seats, carbon fibre dash and door cards, rollcage and maybe a stage 1 kit (exhaust, rockers, and airfilter = 50 bhp
) until i can afford to build a really nice 1275 with straight cut box. 4 pin diff, +40 thou rebore etc (aiming for (110 bhp).
bodywork wise i am unsure, i was originaly thinking just rattle can in matt black and debumper it as its gonna be ragged every time its driven and tracked when i can, but now i'm thinking maybe ford olimpic blue??? (this kinda colour ->
) with a black roof with silver union jack and a few bits of chrome. i'm not spendind mega money on the paint as at the end of the day its there to keep the rust off!
what do you think then? ideas for the colour scheme?