Well this is my first foray into the world of hittin switches
My usual automotive nirvana is...well...anything with an engine really. I have two Rover P5's, a couple of vauxhall viva's, a ford capri i'm currently prepping for strip action, a saab 9000, a saab 900 (turning slowly into trackday car) and a focus that was my daily until i picked up my saab 9000 - the focus has now sat mostly unused for a fair while. Just sold my slammed (4 inch drop all round) two tone volvo 240 estate.
Anyhoo on with the reason i'm here - my new pride n joy. It's a 420 SE Benz on air and big ass lorinsers and i love it to bits. There are a couple of issues with it - either a grumbly front cv or a partially seized caliper - and a wrecked rear nearside hub where one of the wheels was only attached with two bolts - which promptly snapped (still trying to figure out how the hell that happened) so looking for a replacement rear hub so i can get the old beast mobile again.
Anyhoo the important bit - some pics
The rear install - there should be a bigass nitro bottle right at the back of the boot (closest to the camera) - but PO had to take it out due to BOC charges.
The car is pretty neat, but I wanna make it perfek. There are a load of niggly little bits to do on it - the offside front wing I am suspecting is made up of p38 (the line of it against the wheel isn't consistent), the front bumper was just rattle cann'ed to make it bodycoloured - which looks sh1te. There are three or four rust bubbles in a couple of places over the bodywork, and a couple of bits o rust in the rear boot channels. So I will get the local friendly bodyshop place onto it to make it look minty before the shows.
Whilst I get on with sorting out the blue puffs coming out of the exhausts - hoping that's just some worn stem seals. Either way i'll whip the heads off after the retro rides awards and see whats what.
So yeah - thassit. I'll keep the thread updated with any progress.
Will get some better pics, and acshun shots when it's a) mobile b) I get hold of a decent camera and c) I get a nitro bottle for it.
