23-03-2020, 10:01 AM
"what ever happened to the "buy it strip it clean it put it back together and see if you can drive it attitude"
Rob, that's been my attitude all the way through. Bought my seven in 1986, fully stripped it, paid someone to grit blast the chassis, but I stripped it, welded it, filled it, sprayed the paint. Paid someone to re-bore the block. Everything back together, started first time. Persuaded a V5 out of DVLA. Taxing it today, should be driving it in a week or two. it's taken over thirty years though.
Rob, that's been my attitude all the way through. Bought my seven in 1986, fully stripped it, paid someone to grit blast the chassis, but I stripped it, welded it, filled it, sprayed the paint. Paid someone to re-bore the block. Everything back together, started first time. Persuaded a V5 out of DVLA. Taxing it today, should be driving it in a week or two. it's taken over thirty years though.