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RCoughtrie
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21st Mar 12 at 23:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

A good friend of mines called stuart who lives across the road has had this little number for a lot of years and spoke about it a lot when i was painting his garage. Basically started life as a brickies van to sell and transport bricks, then went on to be used in a local airport and other owners basically lived a harsh life, gives the car a little character tho

Now I would say stuart is what you would call seriously old school cant be fucked with nor understands what this generation does with cars and thinks its all a load of pish tinkers away in his garage most nights doing odd bits on his bikes and cars and is quite laid back and old in his ways. Loves rough and ready sort of cars with a less modern touch of mechanics.

Just did it as a hobby or to pass the time and wasnt really fussed on having it super clean or done to what others would do, got the car painted up himself in an old leaky garage and polished it for years with just bars of soap and spit he had been losing interest in the car of late and was thinking of selling it as an unfinished project, so in a bid to get him back into told him I would come round and help sort some orange peal paint work and educate him a little then get it on ebay for him, ended up fitting some bits messing around and kinda worked he's sleeping on it tonight.

Anyway heres a few pics, a lot of it is WIP or to be ripped out fixed, painted or repaired
































[Edited on 21-03-2012 by RCoughtrie]
AndyCorsaSport
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21st Mar 12 at 23:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That looks cool as fuck!! Tell him to get it finished
am4nf
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21st Mar 12 at 23:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Thats crazy, looks amazing, stuarts sound
Ben J
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Proper car. Glad he's keeping the engine original ish and not putting a bloody V-Tec in or something like most idiots do.
Gary
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22nd Mar 12 at 08:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

R1 engine?
smcGSI16V
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22nd Mar 12 at 08:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That looks really smart, I would love to have a mini van.

Tell him to get it finished.
Gary
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22nd Mar 12 at 09:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

There's one for sale on ebay for 10k, id be getting that finished!
JordyCarter
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22nd Mar 12 at 10:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Deffo should be finished
RCoughtrie
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Yeah they are worth quite a bit that's another thing he didnt realise being a hermit everything is there to finish it just needs a kick up the arse
Marc
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22nd Mar 12 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Love it
Anty
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22nd Mar 12 at 20:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Needs walnut dash !!!
Archie
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22nd Mar 12 at 21:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That Jess's garage! Thats tidy as fuck.
Jonny.K
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he needs ti finish that hel regret it if he doesnt looks like a little cracker if i had the cash.....
RCoughtrie
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Doesn't look good, think he's going to sell it yeah Archie it is

 
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