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Post by 4th Gen Doug » Sat May 05, 2018 10:50 am

The time has come, unfortunately the old girl has to go.
After a failed restoration attempt following a head gasket failure, I am forced to face the fact that she is too far gone to save, so I'll be taking some pics today to post up a massive garage clearance.
I'll be posting all the stuff that is already off the car/was going to be fitted - including bnib stuff like belts, filters, pumps etc, right up to a bnib air conditioning kit/system (to have be fitted by a dealer originally)
Later - in a week or 2 I'll start to remove more goodies and posting those up too - again, loads of gems like fully restored & poly-bushed all round suspension (barely used - only had her a week after restoring the suspension before the HG went :( ), half mast antenna, wind deflectors etc..
I'm really sad to see her go, but hopefully she'll help all of you guys out.
If I don't put a post up in the parts thread tonight, it'll be up tomorrow.
I'd like to thank you all for all the help and patients you have shown me while I tried to sort her out.
Cheers Guys
Doug

++ UPDATE ++
Links to my sales threads below:
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Post by mart609 » Sat May 05, 2018 11:00 am

you could just buy a new engine for like £300 and do a straight swap

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Post by 4th Gen Doug » Sat May 05, 2018 11:09 am

I already have a donor engine - a 2.3 as well! Unfortunately as bad luck would have it I also discovered some serious rust issues along both sills. :(

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Post by wurlycorner » Sat May 05, 2018 12:39 pm

Ah this is a real shame Doug, so sorry to hear that.
Where about are you again? Probably interested in some of the stuff.

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Post by 4th Gen Doug » Sat May 05, 2018 12:40 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Ah this is a real shame Doug, so sorry to hear that.
Where about are you again? Probably interested in some of the stuff.
I'm in Bournemouth buddy - BH11

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Post by vanzep » Sat May 05, 2018 1:42 pm

Sad news Doug as youve put a fair bit of effort into the ludes :cry:
im having to consider the same with my BB4 which is due an MOT next month...

i know someone who is looking for front&rear polybushed lcas - so would be interested in them :)
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Post by firstlude » Sat May 05, 2018 7:11 pm

seems your 4th gen is like my project one keeps wonting more and more :) just keep it do like i am sink lots of money into it 4th gens are getting rare now , not sure if this is the right place to call dibs but would like the wind deflectors please ,
success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm :D :D

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Post by 4th Gen Doug » Sat May 05, 2018 7:27 pm

firstlude wrote:seems your 4th gen is like my project one keeps wonting more and more :) just keep it do like i am sink lots of money into it 4th gens are getting rare now , not sure if this is the right place to call dibs but would like the wind deflectors please ,
NP buddy, I'll set them aside when I take them off.

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Post by 4th Gen Doug » Sat May 05, 2018 7:28 pm

vanzep wrote:Sad news Doug as youve put a fair bit of effort into the ludes :cry:
im having to consider the same with my BB4 which is due an MOT next month...

i know someone who is looking for front&rear polybushed lcas - so would be interested in them :)
Thanks buddy, I'll set them aside and let you know when I take them off.

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