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Here’s a few.
The coupe,was bought as a spares donor for my long term daily driver,but those ‘80’s early ‘90’s cars were so well built,hardly anything was used,in fact the seat and handbrake,went in the fork lift .
The camper was one of our french/Spanish trips.
The coupe,was bought as a spares donor for my long term daily driver,but those ‘80’s early ‘90’s cars were so well built,hardly anything was used,in fact the seat and handbrake,went in the fork lift .
The camper was one of our french/Spanish trips.
Is it a Gilbern? Nice.
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great history on the series I picked up a door a few days back from a chap on eBay he has his dads S3 and is planning on giving it to his son
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Gilbern?
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Yes indeed. A mk 3 Invader… this one has has had a “Specialised Engines” Stage 2 transplant at some time in its past.
In some ways, it wasn’t my best ever buy although I’d been half looking for one for sometime having had a mk 2 during my university days. I bought it about 15 years ago, unseen, from a guy in Norwich. “New MoT”, I thought, “ how bad can it be?”
We went up by train and drove it home to Cornwall. . Some trip!! Anything over 40 and it was overheating, severe earthing issues showed up as soon as it got darker and started to rain …. no wipers, washers, heaters on one of those drizzly mucky nights. Not fully charging so headlights were getting progressively dimmer, no indicators… Seat back collapsed about half way so was wedging myself up against the side window I had to keep open to lean out to see anything!! A very very long night indeed!… I had anticipated 100 plus all the way back on the motorway .. like No Chance.
Got home intact though. Next day started looking at what I’d got, only to find huge chunks of the side chassis rails rusted away and the main rear crossmember missing completely.
Tried challenging both the seller and the garage which did the MoT, but it quickly spiralled into threats of serious physical harm against us so I just let it drop.
Anyway, at the time I did a full body off strip down, not for the faint hearted, and rebuilt the chassis which is now A1.
A lot of things happened in life at that time and since ( including amassing a barn full of other projects ) and the car had sat there like that ever since.
This year though, I have been having a ruthless clear out of projects I will never get to and am beginning to find some free space in barns and sheds. The plan is to actually get some of this stuff completed, the Gilbern being a high priority after a bike I have apart and a classic David Brown tractor which is also in pieces for a nut and bolt level restoration
In some ways, it wasn’t my best ever buy although I’d been half looking for one for sometime having had a mk 2 during my university days. I bought it about 15 years ago, unseen, from a guy in Norwich. “New MoT”, I thought, “ how bad can it be?”
We went up by train and drove it home to Cornwall. . Some trip!! Anything over 40 and it was overheating, severe earthing issues showed up as soon as it got darker and started to rain …. no wipers, washers, heaters on one of those drizzly mucky nights. Not fully charging so headlights were getting progressively dimmer, no indicators… Seat back collapsed about half way so was wedging myself up against the side window I had to keep open to lean out to see anything!! A very very long night indeed!… I had anticipated 100 plus all the way back on the motorway .. like No Chance.
Got home intact though. Next day started looking at what I’d got, only to find huge chunks of the side chassis rails rusted away and the main rear crossmember missing completely.
Tried challenging both the seller and the garage which did the MoT, but it quickly spiralled into threats of serious physical harm against us so I just let it drop.
Anyway, at the time I did a full body off strip down, not for the faint hearted, and rebuilt the chassis which is now A1.
A lot of things happened in life at that time and since ( including amassing a barn full of other projects ) and the car had sat there like that ever since.
This year though, I have been having a ruthless clear out of projects I will never get to and am beginning to find some free space in barns and sheds. The plan is to actually get some of this stuff completed, the Gilbern being a high priority after a bike I have apart and a classic David Brown tractor which is also in pieces for a nut and bolt level restoration
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A Gilbern! Cheeky
Would probably be a chunk more now. Values have inflated but the desciptions have deflated, 2014 "complete rust bucket" = 2021 "for restoration"
