Searched high and low to find the car to replace my Rover 75 Tourer.
And this is the car.
After a month of searching for one, I eventually found the top spec manual hydraulic tappet estate I wanted. However, it was 600 miles away in Northern Ireland.
SO. up at 3AM, off to Stansted by half 3, there for 5am. Boarded the cattle carrier and headed off on a mission.
I got there, the owner was a fantastic chap.
He put a fresh MOT on the car, a new air freshener, fitted an Alpine iPod headunit for me and even said to stop on the test drive so he could put the radio aerial adapter in so I'd have radio. He'd filled the car with every single spare he had too which included:
An M90 gearbox
Gear linkages
Gearknob
Arm rest
An intercooler
A radiator
Brand new radiator hoses
Brand new Auxillary belts
Brand new fuel pump belt
960 bumpers
Rear mounts for the bumpers
Powered tow bar
Reconditioned turbo
4 extra Wheels and tyres
Extra spare wheel
Starter motor
Brand new oil filter
Chiltons Volvo manual, and rare Volvo diesel specific Greenbook troubleshooting manual
Aluminium roof rack
And many other bits I've forgotten. All for less than £1000 including my travel costs. Amazing value for money cars these old Bricks, and very rare with a diesel.
Made it to the port with enough time to snap a photo at the port before stopping at my boyfriends house in Birmingham, where I proceeded to make a huge mess changing the oil.
Photo from the other day at Ramair headquarters in Wiltshire. Dat lens flare.
So the reason for the diesel? Well, these engines run quite well on veg oil. My local kebab van gets through loads of the stuff and I get it at about 10p a litre. It's legal, cheap, and smells awesome.
This means I can almost completely avoid the fuel pumps, except possibly in very cold weather, and recycle waste oil as a carbon neutral fuel.
How curse word responsible do I sound?
Future plans are possibly air suspension, but most likely a very good set of coilovers, quicksteer correctors, adjustable panhard and torque rods, and some adapters for the nice wheels in the shed.
I'll also be fitting a fuel heating system for the colder months, and a loud pipe for the full rolling coal experience. The fuel has already be turned up to smoke screen levels, and the boost will be upped in the near future!
Updates to come in the near future.
And this is the car.
After a month of searching for one, I eventually found the top spec manual hydraulic tappet estate I wanted. However, it was 600 miles away in Northern Ireland.
SO. up at 3AM, off to Stansted by half 3, there for 5am. Boarded the cattle carrier and headed off on a mission.
I got there, the owner was a fantastic chap.
He put a fresh MOT on the car, a new air freshener, fitted an Alpine iPod headunit for me and even said to stop on the test drive so he could put the radio aerial adapter in so I'd have radio. He'd filled the car with every single spare he had too which included:
An M90 gearbox
Gear linkages
Gearknob
Arm rest
An intercooler
A radiator
Brand new radiator hoses
Brand new Auxillary belts
Brand new fuel pump belt
960 bumpers
Rear mounts for the bumpers
Powered tow bar
Reconditioned turbo
4 extra Wheels and tyres
Extra spare wheel
Starter motor
Brand new oil filter
Chiltons Volvo manual, and rare Volvo diesel specific Greenbook troubleshooting manual
Aluminium roof rack
And many other bits I've forgotten. All for less than £1000 including my travel costs. Amazing value for money cars these old Bricks, and very rare with a diesel.
Made it to the port with enough time to snap a photo at the port before stopping at my boyfriends house in Birmingham, where I proceeded to make a huge mess changing the oil.
Photo from the other day at Ramair headquarters in Wiltshire. Dat lens flare.
So the reason for the diesel? Well, these engines run quite well on veg oil. My local kebab van gets through loads of the stuff and I get it at about 10p a litre. It's legal, cheap, and smells awesome.
This means I can almost completely avoid the fuel pumps, except possibly in very cold weather, and recycle waste oil as a carbon neutral fuel.
How curse word responsible do I sound?
Future plans are possibly air suspension, but most likely a very good set of coilovers, quicksteer correctors, adjustable panhard and torque rods, and some adapters for the nice wheels in the shed.
I'll also be fitting a fuel heating system for the colder months, and a loud pipe for the full rolling coal experience. The fuel has already be turned up to smoke screen levels, and the boost will be upped in the near future!
Updates to come in the near future.