My Old T-Bar / D290 EWK / Anyone Own This?

[PJ3074]

I was gutted to sell this back in 2004 had over £1,500'ss worth of modded parts, went like the clappa's...I'll get some photo's up of it when I'm back in Blighty next week.

Would be interested to know if anyone on here has owned it or still has it.

I put a post on the other day for my Dad's MK1a (C48 BKE) he owned from almost new, but sounds like that has gone to MR2 heaven unless its in a shed somewhere awaiting discovery.

[MartG]

According to DVLA it's still around

"The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for D290 EWK are:

Date of Liability 01 04 2009
Date of First Registration 11 03 1987
Year of Manufacture 1987
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1587CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour RED "

And going by the info on your Dad's one, it's still around ( i.e. not officialy scrapped ) but off the road since 1998

The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for C48 BKE are:

Date of Liability 01 10 1998
Date of First Registration 01 08 1985
Year of Manufacture 1985
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1832CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE

[PJ3074]

Cheers Matey

Would be good if the owners of them are on here and pop up to say 'ello and hopefully some pics of where they are with the cars.

[dasher]

Hi Paul,
I was the one who bought it off you, and yes i still have it, completely restored bodywork wise.

Briefly:- after picking it from you (the drive from Kent to Teesside with the knackered clutch was an absolute nightmare), i drove it for about a month after fixing the clutch, and then took it off the road and started stripping the bodywork down.
It was quite depressing uncovering more & more rust (the front bumper bar was virtually dust).
Once stripped it was trailored to Paul Woods in Durham who then carried out the following work:-
Fitted new front wings, lower valences, bumper bar & radiator.
Repaired rear arches with JDG repair panels.
Replaced one sill and repaired the other.
Repaired leading edge of roof.
Repaired A posts.
Then complete respray in the original red.

The first set of photos in the following post by Paul is the car.

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=64315

I then put the car back together, including refurbed wheels, new seals all round, and new T-bar panels.
Interior wise, i just replaced the centre console (which had a hole if you remember) and the door cards, the rest was pretty much spot on.

Mechanically, i've just replaced the clutch, battery and radiator.

The car's now been back on the road for about two years, and i haven't used it great deal, but with the petrol price rises i've started using it alot more (my normal car's a Impreza Turbo, and over £60 a week just going to work is not nice!).

Next winter's project is to refurb the suspension (Konis already bought) and brakes.

Oh, and i'm just about to replace the Janspeed with a Mongoose, as the Janspeed is just getting too loud, especially with the roof off.

When i get my photos organised i'll send you a CD (are you at the same address).

Cheers,

Daz

[PJ3074]

Hi Daz

Nice to see my old car finally finished off! You've done a great job with the car, you must be chuffed to bits with it.

Sent you a PM earlier today.



Paul