"The Yellow Peril"
Customised and improved Mk1 Mr2 T-Bar 1989, ex club stand car, exhibited at the NEC.
Club members pride and joy, developed over about 5 years(95-2000), this cars has a performance engine by Richard Macer
(RM motor sport - formulae Atlantic engine builders and 4age experts), a total - engine out respray in yellow, giant willwood brake conversion, customised yellow interior and numerous other tweaks and adjustments.Maintained during this period to an incredible standard, she was used as a show car and a daily driver, at huge expense the engine was rebuilt and then re built again, she had annual nose cone resprays to remove stone chips etc to keep everything perfect.
Google and you will find old referances to her on IMOC, and the drivers club.
She left club hands and went to a new owner, who continued to maintain her well, he then sold her on to a younger chap who found the insurance a bit out of his league and she sat parked on his drive in Milton Keynes.
I bought her in need of an MOT and starting to deteriorate through lack of use.My initial intentions of just stripping and braking her, didn't happen, I specifically wanted the brakes for my SC as a willwood conversion is worth more than I paid for her.
But as a club member and without a project that year, instead cleaned her, serviced her and put her through some regeneration.A 75% respray
(all panels bar engine lid and bonnet), new sills, new arches, new trip lines all round and a new MoT. Due to bereavement I never really used her, and last year replaced the starter motor, fitted a brand new alternator and had an all belts service and a new performance clutchShe's currently at the garage I use having an MoT and will be available for sale from 14th May.
I have spent
£4k on her in the last 2 years, and there are 10's of thousands spent on her by previous owners. The full engine spec is fantastic and the overall look is not "Max Power" but is not standard. The lack of use - I'm guessing I have used her for 100 miles tops since I picked her up, means she's not as spot on as she should be with that spend. Interior has suffered in the sun, when I sent her off for an MoT this week the passenger side electric window wouldn't open nor would the passenger side lock off the central locking, the respray match to the bonnet and engine lid isn't perfect - my fault should have had the whole car done, trim rattles here and there, wheels could do with refurbishingMilage is circa 200k, but with two engine rebuilds by 4age
"guru", service history is over 3 inches thick, on a bored evening and added up the spend on her over the years - came in at 41.5k, added it all up again another time and got 28k, dodgy calculator or sloppy number entry means I have no idea which one is closet to the truth. - and those dont include the money I have spent to restore her.Prices for Mk1's
- don't seem as great as they should be, I'd like to get £2k back but in reality I'll take offers as I need the space on the drive and the next owner is still left with some fettling from lack of use.full photo collections:-
http://www.carpron.com/multisite/v/Upload/album129
or
http://www.carpron.com/multisite/v/Uplo ... =xec02e21b
NB.
- last pictures on here were August 06, car has only been used for 10 miles since they were taken.Toys include an SC, an Alfa Sprint, a GMC Syclone and an 89 Mass Spyder so I am in reality never going to get time to use her or have the time to sort the weekend niggles.
Harry
mail me on [email protected]
(but spell harry and holliday with a double R and a double L )and I'm in Bridgend South Wales 5 mins Junc 36 M4
- Birmingham 2 hours, Heathrow 2.5 hours, Bristol 1.25 hours (ish...)This car is NOT mint, nor is it quiet; and if she didnt have the interior, brakes and engine work, she'd be a 1k car for a boy racer to fit a loud stereo in.
Shes not so modified that a non base ball cap wearer would feel uncomfortable, things were done properly on her.
Lack of use the only reason for the minor faults and why she has to go.
