Take the humorous title with a large pinch of salt. A tarmac ripper this will not be. Alot of very cheap fun it will be....
5.30am Sat 12th May 2018. The alarm rings abruptly and off i head for Lowestoft train station on route to Sunny Wolverhampton - rubbing my eyes to try to awaken:
Getting from Liverpool St to on the tube to Euston with no time to work with was a friggin joke !
Into the Birmingham area we head....
Car was all i expected, deal was done and the near 4 hour / 220 mile drive home was negotiated without issue.
Original untouched engine bay.....(Which as a buyer is what i'd like to find)
It's got 51k on the clock with just 2 previous (lady) owners. The last for 11 years. Cambelt, w/pump etc done very late 2015 at 41k and the DVLA MOT history checker shows its passed the last 11 MOT's without a single advisory ! Came with the original bill of sale, 20+ service receipts, 12 Citroen stamps in the book, original key-card and more paperwork / receipts than you could shake a stick at.
First job this morning was a near 8 hour session on the interior. I wanted to at least make part of it mine before i go away on holiday and i'd already bought some new mats and a couple of other bits:
*Gearknob was horrid, so i've removed it while i was in there and a new Aluminium one is on the way.
Oversize aerial binned and renewed
And as the GT version doesn't come with a spare wheel of any sort; a fresh can of tyre foam was tie-wrapped under the passenger seat.
First impressions ? Very good for what it is ! Engine is strong, g/box feels sweet, no clunks from the suspension at all so far, it rides well, brakes straight and true and starts on the button.
**Front wheels need balancing badly along with the tracking needing doing. And the wheels "need" powder-coating and let it down externally. I may go 'Bronze' with this sort of shade......
Plans after that are:
15mm hubcentric spacers all around.
35mm Eibach Lowering springs.
Uprated front pads of some sort and some decent brake fluid.
I'm not sure we'll do anything to the engine; and as far as stripping it goes i'm in two minds. It's so tidy and original i've got a half a mind just to remove rear seats for any off-road days and leave it all alone. A couple of buckets and some harnesses would be nice though......
May see some of you chaps on track / at Santa Pod somewhere later in the year
5.30am Sat 12th May 2018. The alarm rings abruptly and off i head for Lowestoft train station on route to Sunny Wolverhampton - rubbing my eyes to try to awaken:
Getting from Liverpool St to on the tube to Euston with no time to work with was a friggin joke !
Into the Birmingham area we head....
Car was all i expected, deal was done and the near 4 hour / 220 mile drive home was negotiated without issue.
Original untouched engine bay.....(Which as a buyer is what i'd like to find)
It's got 51k on the clock with just 2 previous (lady) owners. The last for 11 years. Cambelt, w/pump etc done very late 2015 at 41k and the DVLA MOT history checker shows its passed the last 11 MOT's without a single advisory ! Came with the original bill of sale, 20+ service receipts, 12 Citroen stamps in the book, original key-card and more paperwork / receipts than you could shake a stick at.
First job this morning was a near 8 hour session on the interior. I wanted to at least make part of it mine before i go away on holiday and i'd already bought some new mats and a couple of other bits:
*Gearknob was horrid, so i've removed it while i was in there and a new Aluminium one is on the way.
Oversize aerial binned and renewed
And as the GT version doesn't come with a spare wheel of any sort; a fresh can of tyre foam was tie-wrapped under the passenger seat.
First impressions ? Very good for what it is ! Engine is strong, g/box feels sweet, no clunks from the suspension at all so far, it rides well, brakes straight and true and starts on the button.
**Front wheels need balancing badly along with the tracking needing doing. And the wheels "need" powder-coating and let it down externally. I may go 'Bronze' with this sort of shade......
Plans after that are:
15mm hubcentric spacers all around.
35mm Eibach Lowering springs.
Uprated front pads of some sort and some decent brake fluid.
I'm not sure we'll do anything to the engine; and as far as stripping it goes i'm in two minds. It's so tidy and original i've got a half a mind just to remove rear seats for any off-road days and leave it all alone. A couple of buckets and some harnesses would be nice though......
May see some of you chaps on track / at Santa Pod somewhere later in the year