Hi
Mine is the usual tale that begins a new car post! lol After several years of searching, lurking around on here and going green with envy at others rides, I finally have taken the plunge and got one of my own to introduce to you guys!
So, here she is, Tilly the 2500S Estate! Oh yes!
I have been browsing various websites for 4 - 5 years to find a good 2000/2500 but could never realistically afford one and was day dreaming
However, due to coming into some inheritance recently, I saw her on ebay and took the plunge.
With the webasto ragtop, twin carbs insted of PI, S/S exhaust, rebuilt manual O/D gearbox with Laycock clutch (Built by Mike Papworth, more of whom in a minute ) and sitting pleasantly closer to mother earth by a couple of inches, she ticked all the boxes.
She came from Mike Papworth and his wife Bet in the Midlands, and drove back to Brighton via a stopover in Cheltenham like a dream. They were a lovely couple and had a cheeky little one eyed westy called Max who was a right character!
Mike very kindly threw in several spares including a couple of different grilles, uprated towing shocks, workshop manual and other bits and pieces, and was very helpful and patient with all my questions! He was a real gent He rebuilds Gearboxes, and Tilly's is beaut, so can highly recommend his work.
Since i've had her, I've done the odd little thing and have some ideas up my sleeve but not going to mess with her too much as I think these estates, along with the big merc wagons of the same period, are amongst the best looking estates out there
I took the stag style grille off and put a de-badged earlier 2500S one on to clean up the front end.
Looked into whether clear stag front indicator/side light lenses would bolt straight on, but alas no, unfortunately not!
still pondering on that one...
Plans I can mention are:
Repair Webasto, looking a bit tired
Sort surface and cosmetic rust
Put new speakers in, currently got blown period ones! lol
New window seals
Full service and tune up to get her running smoooooth ;D
More to come soon, just a wee taster for now Hope you like her as much as I do
As you can see there's quite enough brown for everyone! oo er!
Thanks for stopping by and having a look. Please feel free to comment
TTFN
Ragtop Gent
Mine is the usual tale that begins a new car post! lol After several years of searching, lurking around on here and going green with envy at others rides, I finally have taken the plunge and got one of my own to introduce to you guys!
So, here she is, Tilly the 2500S Estate! Oh yes!
I have been browsing various websites for 4 - 5 years to find a good 2000/2500 but could never realistically afford one and was day dreaming
However, due to coming into some inheritance recently, I saw her on ebay and took the plunge. With the webasto ragtop, twin carbs insted of PI, S/S exhaust, rebuilt manual O/D gearbox with Laycock clutch (Built by Mike Papworth, more of whom in a minute
) and sitting pleasantly closer to mother earth by a couple of inches, she ticked all the boxes.She came from Mike Papworth and his wife Bet in the Midlands, and drove back to Brighton via a stopover in Cheltenham like a dream. They were a lovely couple and had a cheeky little one eyed westy called Max who was a right character!
Mike very kindly threw in several spares including a couple of different grilles, uprated towing shocks, workshop manual and other bits and pieces, and was very helpful and patient with all my questions! He was a real gent
He rebuilds Gearboxes, and Tilly's is beaut, so can highly recommend his work.Since i've had her, I've done the odd little thing and have some ideas up my sleeve but not going to mess with her too much as I think these estates, along with the big merc wagons of the same period, are amongst the best looking estates out there
I took the stag style grille off and put a de-badged earlier 2500S one on to clean up the front end.
Looked into whether clear stag front indicator/side light lenses would bolt straight on, but alas no, unfortunately not!
still pondering on that one...Plans I can mention are:
Repair Webasto, looking a bit tired
Sort surface and cosmetic rust
Put new speakers in, currently got blown period ones! lol
New window seals
Full service and tune up to get her running smoooooth ;D
More to come soon, just a wee taster for now
Hope you like her as much as I do As you can see there's quite enough brown for everyone! oo er!
Thanks for stopping by and having a look. Please feel free to comment
TTFN
Ragtop Gent
We had a 2500S estate when we lived in blighty. It was lovely- I would love another one but estates not very common in NZ. Fantastic cars! My first car ever was a 2500tc. Congrats man! It'll do you proud- just fill it with wax as they have double skins everywhere and are a pain to fix rust.
