Rescued a Ka....

[DreXeL]

Ok, me and the boy went out and gave it a bit of a clean up today. These are the kind of things that were all over the interior, dash etc:

It all came off the plastics dead easy:

Also tackled the stains with some upholstery cleaner, and gave it a hoovering out:

Seat stains are pretty much gone now, I'll go over it again when they've dried though. The carpet/mats need a deeper clean, I'll be borrowing a mate's Vax for that. Still, it's 100x better than it was. Onto the outside, I was going to get hold of some cheap wheeltrims, but I had some silver rattle cans lying about and some primer left over, so I thought 'what the hell', and painted the wheels. So here it is now, body washed and wheels painted, I was going to polish it too but it started raining:

Came up alright I reckon, and I quite like the steelies like that

 

[cheechm]

Looks great both inside and out! You'd probably sell that for quite a bit more than £80 now.

 

[DreXeL]

I think I probably would, but I'm going to resist the temptation to make a quick buck as it's ideal for the boy and a little runaround.

 

[Big-Mac-Please]

Bargain!

 

[Jono8]

My friend used to have one of these. Was like sitting in a tin can!

Can't complain for £80 though.

 

[pingwing]

An amazing use of £80!

 

[Disco Boy]

Horrid little cars but can't really go wrong for £80

My thoughts exactly.

But at least you have one which isn't poverty spec, colour coded bumpers and AC! The wheels look surprisingly good now that you've sprayed them too.

 

[bledd]

Now spray that roof rack on the Defender in black, will look far more badass! Great job on the KA

 

[DreXeL]

Now spray that roof rack on the Defender in black, will look far more badass! Great job on the KA

The rack we more than likely be going black when I do the rest of the Landy when the weather improves

 

[MooMoo444]

Ew, the interior is rammy

edit: looks good after the clean though, good job

 

[Bat]

I reckon it was worth 80 quid purely for the 'WTF' number plate

 

[MooMoo444]

I reckon it was worth 80 quid purely for the 'WTF' number plate

but its not WTF

 

[NathWraith]

god I hate KA's but £80 is worthy

 

[ShiWarrior]

good purchase, i had one of these for a short period of time when my car was being mended

and the handling is epic, actually felt like driving it on rails

 

[Lopéz]

If you apply the principles of conservation of momentum the Ka is great fun to drive. Nice purchase!

 

[GeForce]

£80?! Crazy. I like what you've done with the wheels, clever idea

 

[DreXeL]

Used this a few times to go to work, it's an absolute hoot to drive, like a road legal go kart

Got hold of a working boot solenoid, will install that at the weekend. Will be doing the wishbones next weekend now, but all in all one of the better ways I've ever spent £80

 

[MooMoo444]

It really does look a bargain for £80 now its all cleaned up.

Shows what little gems you can get if you're willing to do a little work on the car.

 

[apeksdiver]

My sister had one, her other half loved driving it as you could really throw it about, a bit like the original mini.

 

[Tesla]

You bought a whole, mostly working car for the same price as a family-saloon tank of petrol.

Fair play.