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You want to have a look at the American site http://www.bigcoupe.com which has all the information you could probable need and is an excellent resource.

The car has slim profile bumpers that are full chrome and they do run from wheelarch to wheelarch front and rear....so I think she might be the series 2...built end May 82, reg 31.12.82.  I still can't get over how clean mine is under the bonnet...you can eat your dinner off the engine and surrounding metalwork....even the coolant bottle is spotless.  She is coming with a huge file of receipts from all the work carried out over the years.

 

She is all paid for now, collecting her 20th April then straight in for full service and MOT.

 

The other car is still for sale at £1450, however she isn't as good looking as mine, she has had a bad repaint...runs everywhere...major fanstrikes against back of radiator and lots of filler...and someone has painted the bright chrome black matt.

Thanx for your help on this, much appreciated 

She should be on the road by mid May.  I am really looking forward to having her and getting the best out of her once I have restored the chrome and sorted the leather out inside where she has been standing for so long and is growing mould...

 

Heres to a great summer, me finx 

I don't have a digital camera at the mo, but as soon as i do, I will sort out some pix for u to see 

Once I collect the car on the 20th April, I'll let you know the vin number, it'll be fascinating to find out about the car.  Many thanks. 

One query....

 

The front and rear bumpers have suffered while in storage and small patches of the chrome have peeled away....

 

Would you suggest I either find replacement bumpers or have then rechromed or use chrome finish paint to restore them?

Anyone any idea how much it costs to get bumpers rechromed?

I shudder to think how much a new replacement would be!

Goldryder wrote: The front and rear bumpers have suffered while in storage and small patches of the chrome have peeled away....

Is it possible to see whether the corrosion has actually started to eat into the base metal underneath?

If it has, then you're looking at new bumper trims. You need to contact Andy Howlett at Motormec (01502) 500590 for an up to date price on each of the six main trims as follows:

N/s/front
O/s/front
Front centre section

n/s/rear
o/s/rear
rear centre section

If the rubber trim has gone, then that's also expensive to replace (I remember being quote £95 for that alone in 2002)

-yeah,  me too, I was after one for a long time before I got one too, and I have not been disappointed; mind you spares don't come cheap or easy sometimes......

hope the job's a good'un

have fun

cheers

 

Horsetan wrote: Brucey wrote: .....mind you spares don't come cheap or easy sometimes...... ...cue Chief Inspector Dreyfus-style hysteria: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA mmm hmm hmm mmm *wink* *wink*

You really like to encourage those on the fence, don't you?