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BMW E36 M3 Evolution GTii Journal

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    Posted: 16 May 2014 at 4:13pm
Hi all,

Recently purchased this GT2





She is in pretty good shape and only plan to do a few cosmetic bits to it.

First things first, removed the caps on the headlights so they can dry out

Thanks

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Hi all, no the car has had no history issue. It is currently not on the registra for the GT cars through the choice of the previous owner. Nothing untoward about the car just not sure I want to make the details public that is all.

I did have a M3 Saloon many years ago and went to a Exeter meet. Most prob met some of you at this. I did also own a M3 Evo Convertible Estoril blue/Black leather.

Sold my Escort Cosworth and bought this car (eventually)

A couple more snaps of it tucked away for the winter


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Originally posted by MazM3 MazM3 wrote:

What made you give up the cossie and go back to the M3?Why did you choose this over a regular evo?


The cossie was a great car, VERY fast but with bigish power comes problems and I got fed-up with it. The closest person who knew what they was doing with the engine was around 100 miles away so a massive issue if it needed something cosworth related.

For some years now I have always said the E36 M3/Evo/GT would rise in value so decided to put my money where my mouth was and purchased this. I have always liked the M3's and previously owned a Convertible Evo and 3.0 M3 saloon so the next step was a Coupe. Not too many about at the moment and I only really like black leather. This was offered to me by a friend so took the opportunity to own a Imola.

I have sat down with the service history tonight and found the car had a brand new Vanos fitted in 2007 and a clutch at 97,000. I have sorted the history into order. Only thing I do not have is the leather booklet the service book and manuals go in... Anyone got one they do not want?




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UPDATE:

Today I started on the paintwork. Years of bad weather and poor cleaning had taken its toll so decided to using Megs cutting compound to try take out some of the swirl and grim on the paintwork.

This is a 75/25 shot of the roof during. The right hand side has not been touched.


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I did noticed halfway through cleaning the car I was putting too much on and found it hard to take off again, this shows in these photos


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I ended up using a fresh clean cloth to remove the extra, not perfect but should be fine once the polish and wax has been applied

This is a before and after of the rear spoiler. Like I said, nowhere near perfect but certainly an improvement. BMW paint is bloody hard!

Before


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After


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So this is what the car looked like after using the compound all over the bodywork


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I decided to tackle the inside next as my hands were hurting!

This is the seat before


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After using Glipton leather cleaner and conditioner


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Drivers seat


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Back seat


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I also went over the steering wheel, not happy with this so will look to replace or get the leather renewed at some point


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Hoovered


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Cleaned the exhaust using wet and dry and some Autosol metal cleaner


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A couple things I want to do

Sort this


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Any ideas?

Radio screen is mixing pixels


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Anyone know if this is a standard BMW head unit or are they different for the HK setup?

And need to tackle the engine.


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I will hopefully tackle it again tomorrow, might have another go with the cutting compound and look into some polish.

I will upload a little video I made walking around the car, nothing special but good to see in a different light

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After yesterday my right hand was practically useless!

I had to go back to the car to move it over in the garage and decided to make a small start on the engine bay.

This is what it started off like


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After


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While I was cleaning this part, I noticed the bolts with the washers on was not very tight? I gave them a tweak up


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I am guessing this is just a cover of some sorts?

I also managed to break this :(


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I am guessing this is the pump for the washer jets? anyone got a working one they do not need? Mine has broken when trying to remove the water pipe


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I took the coil cover off to try clean it up and found 6 BMW coils which was nice


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This one also shows the top of the engine and the mess it is in.

This is the coil cover after a bit of a clean and put back on, also scrubbed the black crackle paint near this cover to see if it would come off, came off the engine part but not the removable coil cover, will need to get this sprayed


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That is all I managed today, need to let my hands recover now. Did not manage to clean the arches out but I can do that in the garage.

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this arrived in the post today at a bargain price
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OK so started on the other side of the engine bay today

Removed some parts and started with this


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Ended up looking like this


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My bonnet sound proof was filthy so had a stiff blush and went over it, not amazing but certainly better and lots of crap came out of it too

Before


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Next up I removed a few bits


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Was the standard kind of grime

Before


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After


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I cleaned up everything before putting it all back together

Ended up looking like this


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I have not replaced the screws as they have been painted, waiting for them to dry before fitting, if they look pants I will go buy all new.

List of parts I am replacing


Front fog lights

Side rear window seals (bottom) both sides

Steering wheel either new or leather sorted

Might get the drivers side bolster reconditioned but its in pretty decent shape already so not urgent

New washer fluid pump as I broke that one

New clips for the side kit (one is broken but will replace all as they are cheap)

Coil cover repainted, spoken to my paint guy who is sorting this.

Scratch on the passage side which will need paint

Future jobs:

Clean the arches out

Clean the back of the wheels

Clean and degrees the actual engine

Inspection 2 service

Possibly take the front splitter off and the GT side splitter parts and re-paint. Is this satin black?

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Cheers mate. Mine need some paint so might just get them sprayed satin black and put back on, will tidy the front end up.

Well what can I say, payday happened ha.

I have just purchased

New fog lights
New front M Sport bumper grill
New drivers side wing mirror motor

Also added to my cleaning kit

3 x Purple Monster drying and polishing towels
1 x Dodo juice shampoo
1 x detailing brush
2 x Wax/Polish Megs applicator pads
1 x Megs Polish
1 x Megs Yellow Wax #26
1 x Wash mit

I have not bought any APC yet as most of the areas I would use that on I have cleaned with elbow grease but will get some next month or when I want to go over these areas again.

I have still got to tackle the arches but thinking about getting some protection on the paint as I have not touched it since I compounded it. Fingers crossed if the weather is good and this lot turns up I will have a busy weekend
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Looking out the window this morning looked perfect for polishing... until I went outside! How bloody cold! Anyway, I manned up and went for it

Got to the car, moved everything so I could get her out and it would not start! Flat battery, so pushed it out and got the battery on charge


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So I start by wetting the car down


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Two buckets setup and using Dodo Juice Lemon zest


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Washed the car down with my new Mit


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Washed her down with plenty of water


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Used my new Purple monster drying towel which at first I thought looked pathetic but it really did work well, bloody cold hands though


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Dried off


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Next up was some polish, you will have to turn your head haha. I went with megs as I found them to be good in the pasted. Also using a Megs applicator pad


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Putting it on


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Another brand new Purple monster drying towel to remove the polish


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Removed


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Next up, the wax. When I opened the pot I thought it was all dried out and ruined but I was wrong. This stuff is really good! So easy to put on and take off. Again, put this on with an application pad


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And you guessed it, another Purple monster towel to remove the wax


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So like always with this country, it started raining! Lucky for me I seen it getting dark and removed the wax, put the battery back on and put her back in the garage just in time before it got wet


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A couple drops of rain got on her


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And a couple photos after the wax


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This photo shows the same spot on the rear spoiler that I took a before and after of earlier in the journal showing the difference between the compound. As you can see with the layers of polish and wax it has filled most of the swirls, not perfect by no means but not bad for my hands and elbow grease


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Bloody cat trying to sneak in


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Also had ago at cleaning the vanos

Before


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After


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The biggest let down for the paintwork is sadly some vandalism!!! I would love to of known who did it (This was not done in my ownership)

Front wing


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Door


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Rear quarter


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Yeah! Not happy about it but never mind hey. Got a guy I know who will hopefully cure this and the coil cover under the bonnet. Also have one dent that needs to come out as well.

That is it for now. I have left the battery on charge and need to clean the glass as it is minging ha

Cheers

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New fog lights arrived today :-)

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Well I learnt something new today which changes my plans. The stitching on the GT2s steering wheel matches the paint code. So buying a like new replacement from another M3 is out of the window. Looks like I will be getting this one restored

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Logbook arrived today which was nice


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I am the 6th person to owner her :)


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I had some more paperwork to go in the history so sorted this out


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And some bits I have purchased so got them in order


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My bargain leather folder with all the books in

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This also arrived for the drivers side wing mirror... Can anyone tell me if the motors are the same throughout the E36 range? or does the M3 mirror have a different motor?


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Also bought one of these to do the arches with and any little odds and sods, always handy to have


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And this to give me more light in the garage at nights. The weather is really bad this end so getting the car out is not an option. Hoping to get the wheels off tomorrow and clean the arches but will have to do this in the garage


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UPDATE:

Today I started on the arches, this was what it looked like


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Not good


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And this bit surprised me. The car has been sat in a dry warm well ventilated garage for a week since I cleaned her and this was still soaking wet! What a rubbish design, perfect place for dirt and stuff to build up and hold water


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After a scrub. Not gone over the top with these as I just wanted to clear any pockets of dirt that holds water


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And the trap.


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I did actually get it all out but didn't take a photo of it :(


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While in this area I notice this on the hub


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It also has the //M logo matching the break calipers etc... seems strange, anyone know what it means?


Also noticed she will need new brake pads on the front soon


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This is how much crap came out from the arch


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So next up was the wheel. Now one thing you have to remember with this car, it has original none refurbished wheels so excuse the little dings and dents etc. Apparently when you get these wheels refurbished they only last around 1 year until they start going milky etc.

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Next up was putting the wheel back on. It was a bugger to get off so dug out my copper grease


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I put a very small amount on the hub just to make it a little easier to remove the wheel at a later date


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And on the bolts themselves


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Its all about the small things ha

So wheel back on without the arch lining as I had to remove the front bumper but had to move the car out to do so


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So next up was removing the bumper. I had a look around on forums etc and found a video on Youtube which showed the process. Great, followed, it came off. But!!! you can do this without removing the bolts under the arch linings

These


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If you just undo the 4 bolts under the trim on the bumper it will slip straight out of these guides. Made the job more hassle than it had to be and I have to now try and line the bumper up good again

So bumper off


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I am delving into this car and not finding any rust which is great news. Not even a bit of surface rust behind the bumper

Removed the bumper to replace this which is broken


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After a few minutes looking it became apparent its a easy job made easier by removing the bumper

Old and new


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Fitted into the bumper


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Fitted back on the car with the new fog lights (Bumper still needs adjustment)


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I have cleaned the passenger side arch as well and put the arch lining back in

I have put some silicon stuff on the black to soak in and make it look a little darker... This stuff obviously will soak in, looks very glossy at the moment


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And that is it, car was put back on four wheels, put back in and left. Not sure when I will next be with the car as I have a kitchen being fitted and need to do some jigging of the house. So might not see her until next month.

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So I have not seen the car for a good month. Been told by my mate she is under some dust and has a flat battery. I purchased these from BMW to tidy the rear side window seals up



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Went to see the car today.

This is what I was greeted with, looks OK from this far away



But when you get up close you can see the dust and fibres





So I did a couple things in preparation for tomorrow (if the weather is right) First things first, I removed the battery and put on charge as she was dead again.

Next up was replacing the drivers side front wheel arch.... As the car would not start and I couldn't be arsed to move it out I jacked it up but found I could not get it right up to remove the wheel so fitted the arch lining with the wheel on. It was prob as easy to do with the wheel on as off



And next up was some much needed fuel. This is the first fuel I have put into the car. And when did it cost the best part of £8 to fill a 5 litre fuel can!!!



I also did some research on this, it would cost a few pence off £80 to fill a E36 M3 fuel tank, and only 30p per litre is not tax!!! Robbing b*st*rds this country!!! The cheapest place to buy fuel would cost me under 50p for a tank of fuel! Rant over

I am trying to hunt down a new set of these as well...



Or can I just get the rubber bits on the sides as the main kick plate is in good condition?

I plan on getting her started tomorrow, out and cleaned down. I also plan on putting her on the road at the end of the month and use it on some dry days but will have to see how that goes
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WHAT A DAY!!!!

Today is the first time I have properly seen the car. I had all intentions of getting it out the garage and cleaning her down and getting back on track with the car.

So I removed the front splitter and GT corner splitters



Good to see genuine BMW items as well

After this I went to Halfords, got some satin black paint and returned to the car, put the battery on and decided to check the fluids before I started. I popped the bonnet and my heart sank! Jaw hit the floor.













I had a good look around and although was unlucky, must of been one of the luckiest people going... No electrics had been touched!!!! Just the pipe going to the washer jets and the washer bottle!

I did have views of just offloading the car. Such a kick in the nuts. after double checking everything, hovering the engine bay out and having a fire extinguisher to hand I turned her over and she fired fine. No issues with any electrics and the damage was not too bad

So I cracked on with taking the bits off the car and looking for replacement parts

Removed some bits





So I started with re-spraying the front splitters





Got the car out and started to wet her down. I am impressed with the wax I used. The water just fell off the car.



I jacked the rear up and cleaned the back arches out while cleaning her

And then my little helper turned up in her matching coat :)



Already a better driver than me.

I then got this one to work... bloody thing. Turned out it was just stuck



And some of her cleaned up and ready to go back in the garage



















And a couple my mate took with some setting on his camera



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Today I tackled the drivers side wing mirror motor which was not working. I have purchased a working motor




Found the motor cables were loses. Put back on and it now works fine






Next up I wanted to remove the rear wheels and clean the backs out








I made sure the bolts had copper grease on





Next up was to remove the clips that hold the sunvisor in place.





Completely fell a part once removed. Got some others turning up next week to replace








And a little video from behind the old girl getting a gentle rev




https://youtu.be/H6m21T7KlYM


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great article, you cant buy the rubber ends for the kick plates separate, you have to buy the complete article, not cheap, around £45 to £50 each .
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Went to see the car today.


Fitted these








Went to start but battery was dead. Put that on charge and checked the battery tray





Looks good to me.


Somehow managed to find a broken (brand new fog light) which appeared since my last visit to the car





And a couple snaps of her in the garage











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Get on eBay and find yourself an Optimate trickle charger which will ensure your battery is kept in fine fettle and ready to go when you want it :-)
 
Great article, good photos and lets see this at Gaydon Show & Shine or even the concours on the Saturday.
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The kick plates are now £81 plus vat, a massive price increase since I bought mine a couple of years ago, BMW know how to charge for parts, no wonder there profits are through the roof Ouch Do you know what chewed under your bonnet ?
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Cheere guys. I do need a trickle charger. I will disconnect the battery for now.

it was a mouse.. nesting in the garage next door :-( not been back since. Got some poison out for him. It looked worse than it was. Bought all the bits to replace now just got to find time ha
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Great project you have there.... Good write up too.... Smile
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Thank you. Planning on getting her on the road end of this month
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I have been promising myself for a few momths now about putting her on the road. Just signed up to get her insured for the road :-) End of this momth she will be taxed and bought out to play.

£314 a year!!

Happy days
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I finally got the old girl on the road.

One tax disk, the last one this car will have due to the changes by DVLA



She started first time which was nice, drove her back to mine and had a look around the car. Everything looked in shape

A couple snaps of our BMWs before I cleaned the GT







And some after a clean and a drive. These photos are at Haynes Motor Museum just up the road from me. Spent a fortune tarting this place up, looks really good













And a couple videos of her being driven. Nothing crazy just getting her used to the road again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8L6oBuH94&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j40_wNrT2rc&feature=youtu.be

I can also report back the car drove spot on! Think I have a very slight sticking caliper but could not hear it by the end of my 25 mile trip. Seems to pull as you would expect, handles well and no knocks or bangs.

Got a few looks and some numpty in a Toyota Corolla with a dump valve try it on. I just laughed at the fool. All in all... a good day :)
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Big update!


Its dirty hahaha





And I bought a air freshener




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Excellent looking car! Also had a mouse decide to think my engine bay was a buffet!

I echo what Steve said about entering concours, might even give Dave a run for his money!

Keep the great pics coming!

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You never know Paul Wink Its looking good, great write up.
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