Potential Project Car - Should I?
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I hope not, first plans are to give it a good service and clean up.
Mind your legs on the red hot exhaust when climbing out
Yea, nearly branded myself on it at lunchtime
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Now join the forums here http://southernkitcars.com/ and get out on some runs with us 
It's a great, very active club.
It's a great, very active club.
Now join the forums here http://southernkitcars.com/ and get out on some runs with us
It's a great, very active club.
Awesome thanks, will do!
The drive home on the motorway was raw to say the least, turned off after 15 mins and went the windy B-road way.
What an experience. The noise, acceleration and grip are better than anything I have driven to date. It does have a bit of a stutter around 3-4k rpm which seemed to get worse, I'm thinking the carbs need tweaking or maybe a dodgy HT lead.
Other than that, chuffed to bits!
What an experience. The noise, acceleration and grip are better than anything I have driven to date. It does have a bit of a stutter around 3-4k rpm which seemed to get worse, I'm thinking the carbs need tweaking or maybe a dodgy HT lead.
Other than that, chuffed to bits!
Soldato
Jealous, I'm after something like that and would have happily paid about twice the price!
Soldato
Even if you have to stick a replacement motor in it, it is still a bargain, and yes, they are an experience to drive, welcome to the club
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Bargain! My uncle I lived with while at uni built one with his son. Never got out in that one but have been in other 7 replicas and they are great fun - just watch the back end as one of the ones I knew ended up going backwards through a hedge and embedding itself into a tree.
To be honest I haven't pushed it that hard in the bends yet until I've given it a good going over, but thanks for the heads up.
The guy at work I bought it from dropped off some doors, a roof and a rain cover for it today as well which is a bonus
I'll try and get a video of it running this weekend and see if I can can capture the weird stuttering.
The guy at work I bought it from dropped off some doors, a roof and a rain cover for it today as well which is a bonus
I'll try and get a video of it running this weekend and see if I can can capture the weird stuttering.
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It wasn't in case something was mechanically wrong - just a general point about driving these kind of cars. Generally involving driving hard, corners and lifting off at the wrong time (or right footing it too early at the other side of bend!)
Is it really a personal plate or is it simply an age related plate (i.e. the donor car was on a Y plate)?
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The issue with personalised plates is that they might never sell and its a faff to have to transfer between vehicles and pay for the plate to be on retention. I tried to sell one separately that was on my second Spitfire, but it never did sell, so I just left it on the vehicle, much less hassle. Didn't affect the sell price either.
The value of the plate has no bearing on the value of the vehicle. Best to just sell the plate with the vehicle.
Kind regards,
David
The value of the plate has no bearing on the value of the vehicle. Best to just sell the plate with the vehicle.
Kind regards,
David
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