Well here it is - my second BA and this time its an Estoril (or Estriol as it said in the ad).
Bit of a back story but suffice to say it's clearly been placed in a hedge with enough vigor to break a wheel stud and munch an alloy beyond repair.
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Dents in the most unexpected of places
I think the carpet shows the remnant of someone stomach contents, probably from that same event. Anyway the lad who sold it to me was very honest about it's condition, and since this one is more likely to pass its next MOT than my Noble Green one, the fun begins (Really do prefer the green though)
Someone has been gnawing at the steering wheel, so there's going to be fun replacing that! Is it really just a matter of disconnecting the battery to make sure the airbag doesn't go off when I disconnect it? And anybody have a stock steering wheel I can buy off them?
It's nice to finally have a vent-blower I can adjust; the knob fell off in the green on even after I glued it back on.
Also, working central locking - now there's a luxury!
Drivers window is sticky but should be an easy fix once I strip the door card off and take a look.
And of course the windscreen is delaminating along both side edges
The front brake disks needed doing since one has clearly had a short but intense relationship with the allow wheel as it left the car. Just over £30 for both disk and pads! That's another reason these machines are such fun to play with.
How do you bash BOTH sides? Well I can tell you that I once destroyed the drivers-side headlight and the nearside tail-lights on a hire car when I discovered some black ice on a motorway in Ireland, but that's another story.
Not sure about the sticky-back-platic number plate.
I think the word 'lairy' was invented to describe the interior of this very car: an unbelievably bad stereo system whose main attraction is being able to choose any colour for the display, plus a bunch of LEDs just for the hallibut. My kids think they're really cool so maybe they'll stay for a bit
Kenwood CD changer in the boot though (pitty it's not currently working). Pull-up aerial is not surprising.
Someone didn't know you slide the rear lights cluster SIDEWAYS to remove it - a bulb was blown and I suspect someone's gone a-looking for a mysterious bolt they thought was holding the cluster in place. Oh dear, time for some glue.
The complete rear section of exhaust was removed because he preferred the sound it made. The idea was that since its got a 'cat there shouldn't be any problem come MOT time. I agree the exhaust note is much better without the rear section, but I'll be bolting the part back on (he left it in the boot). Think I can hear a blow from near the front too, which could be hard to fix. Hoping an exhaust bandage will do it. And apparently this is meant to be holding part of the exhaust to the car, but I can't spot where.
Well I'm not sure where he sourced his tyres, but it has pretty much every variation of size you could try on those rims! He threw in a set of 16" Mazda wheels with no tread left.
I'll probably shoe those for daily use. Would like to see how 16" feels on this though (currently on 15" on green one)
Bus-seat post-Ford interior with wear-weary drivers seat. Hey great - I can look for a pre-Ford interior to replace it and everything will be much nicer inside. Anyone got seats for sale?
Engine has a bit of a mis-fire despite decent spark plugs and evident new HT leads. The guy reckoned it was the coil-pack, but I don't think we have one of those do we?
And now the the hens tooth of all unicorns, I'd love to fit a tow-bar. If anyone has one or knows a scrapper with one, then I'm after it. I don't mind stripping it off any BA that might be sporting an unused towbar. I note the tow-bar posts saying to be careful to get he complete part including beefy replacement metal.
