peteh

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I remember reading it ages ago about this car, someone brought it and returned it the same day saying he wanted it grey

Is it still around?

pete

xr4x4rs

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it was on ebay a while ago as a unfinished project

tbh looked spot on in grey aswell i thought

peteh

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interesting

rs shawn

Wrong car. This wasn't the original grey car

xr2i-carl

Carlsworth

a guy had the "original" grey s1 in hambelton...near blackpool


and from what i heard, he sold it to some guy as a genuine from the factory "grey" s1, for big big money....

new owner strips off old underseal to renew, and sees its white,...hmmmmm strange,..so he digs a bit more, and it turns out, its ALL white.....


but thats how the STORY goes, no idea how true it is...

biscuittin

a lad where i used to work bought the car ,
i got told the car was ordered in grey but turned up white , so the original owner got is sent back and painted grey !!!

he then sold it to max who comes on here , max stipped it down to have the car minted up , but he sold it on unfinished ???
not sure where it is now

peteh

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ok,ill keep hunting for it, when i nearly brought it before i was told the guy brought it white, drove out of ford then turned straight back around and told them he wanted it mercury grey hence why it was probably white underneath

Oranoco

C199 LGF iirc

Toe Knee

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Makes sense tbh, alot of places if they dont do the car originally in that colour will paint it standard a colour then it gets re-painted again after over the top!!!

We've had a few ppl wanting different colour SLR's in the past, i know a few are white now which mclaren refused 2 paint!! So the cars got sprayed and built up in the standard silver and sold to the customers then they had 2 take them somewhere else to be flatted and sprayed again

rs shawn

Oranoco..it is indeed.

Photo from when it was in fully built form

DAB

the car is with it's NEW owner currently being restored it will be doing the rounds next show season , the new owner has 2 other rs's and they are awesome if the s1 turns out half as good it will be just stunning .

daz

Oranoco

Nice to hear it's not going to end up in the knackers yard

Dan

Amen to that fella!

EssexAaron

i remeber i tried buying this when i t was up for sale for silly little money on RSOC but someone got there first.

so i built a black one

Fraz

maxest

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Fraz, so its you thats got it!! Glad its gone to a good home!

I used to own the car, it was originally white, but was re-painted mercury grey before it was registered

Fraz, first refusal pls if you ever decide to sell

Uncle Winnett

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it was originally white, but was re-painted mercury grey before it was registered

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so it was white when it was made

maxest

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it was originally white, but was re-painted mercury grey before it was registered

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so it was white when it was made[/quote]

Yes didnt say it wasnt

maxest

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Yes it was

Fraz

Aye you can have first refusal, but I hope it wont come up for sale for a long time

maxest

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Look forward to seeing the resto thread?!

rs shawn

When was this maxest ?? Don't normally miss much on there...
Was after this before I bought mine when Tony first thought about selling it then changed his mind..

Fraz: more pics please

DAB

nice one fraz mate

maxest

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Tony put it on eBay, but listed it in the wrong section,,, prob a year + now though!

rs shawn

Aah..there was one more recent than that...that was the one I was thinking of.

Still can't believe he's sold it tho.
At least it's gone to another good home. Don't think Tony would let it go anywhere other than a good home anyway.