Blag of the day???

[Headshot]

Just borrowed a sealey 150 welder, and when I picked it up the guy said come and look at my car, he had a Ginetta with a boot full of spares. He is selling the car, but gave me some spares.

AP brake bias valve
full set of spax shox and springs
Sierra steering column
sierra LSD

all the above was FOC

I need to go and sit in a dark room to calm down a bit :

[Enoch]

Eeeeeh You jammy beggar
Nice result that. Never seems to happen to me.
Best and all that,
Enoch

[HandyAndy]

Blimey.......

Thats a heck of haul of parts

I think you are now beating me for finding bargains

You,ll soon get the car built if you carry on like that

Nice one, nice of the guy to give you the parts too.

cheers
andy

[Headshot]

I thought he was yanking my chain until he started putting them in my van!!

Just need to get some gas and its all systems go..... oh and then to sort out wether to get a donor (no space) or buy parts and settle for a Q plate

[Bonzo]

Well, i'll go to the foot of our stairs

I thought " What a lucky fellow " or words to that effect

Was pleased when I was given a donor free but you have done really well there .... Nice one

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Headshot

Just need to get some gas and its all systems go..... oh and then to sort out wether to get a donor (no space) or buy parts and settle for a Q plate

There is nothing wrong in having a "Q" plate, other than it may cost you more to source the parts individually as against buying a full donor car, I got my donor for £150 with tax & test

Have you got your steel yet?

cheers
andy

[Headshot]

Picking up a few lengths on monday (not got enough cash to get all at once)

I have got my eye on an MOT failed sierra currently sat in a driveway, have approached owner, I can have it if a family member doesn't want it, problem is its a dohc so I will still probably change the engine for a pinto or cvh.

[HandyAndy]

The chances are that as it is the DOHC model it,ll also have the MT75 gearbox, nothing wrong with that box apart from you lose space in the drivers footwell area due to the box being slightly larger than the Type 9 box, Forum member "Enoch" is using that engine / box, have a look at his build blog, lots of useful info & a few laughs too

As for the steel... get a length each week as funds allow, it doesn,t seem such a large outlay then

cheers
andy

[spud69]

Well done Headshot, you might be able to raise some cash with the Diff. Try and find out what ratio and type it is - may be after one myself.....

AndyH

[Enoch]

The DOHC is a good engine, it's as smooth as a cashmere codpiece, delivers good power if you have the right one (125BHP) has plenty of torque and is extremely reliable. Downsides are that it is big. Very big. The inlet manifold is very high and needs to be modified if you want to retain the original injection system. There are very few, if any , tuning parts, you could spend a fortune getting it to 170 bhp. Having said that 125 will still be lively, it is old enough to not need a cat and the emissions will pass easily. I am going with mine for starters, as it uses the same box as the V6 I will most likely go for the 24V Cosworth later.
As far as bargains are concerned I got one myself t'other day - a nice shiney repackable exhaust off a Caterham. Got it for free so I m well chuffed. Need to mod it slightly for IVA but I am guaranteed a pass noise wise as I can stuff it to my hearts content. No rude comments, please
Best and all that,
Enoch
www.deepfolly.co.uk