Wedg1e
They call me Mr. Bodge-angles
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I had an X-reg. (1982) Estelle 105S in orange (actually Vermilion), bought it from the family of the old guy who'd had it from new. He'd done 7500 miles in 9 years and the rear doors were stuck to the rubbers because they'd never been opened. It was Ziebarted (like Waxoyl for you youngsters!), garaged all its life and was absolutely immaculate. I paid £250 for it (in 1989).
A couple of years later I chopped it in for a 44000-mile Rapid 136 coupe in black with the essential alloys, sunroof, 4-pot calipers, grille with driving lamps etc..
At the time I was working in auto security so it had a dog's-danglies alarm/immobiliser, £1200 Pioneer stereo (didn't cost me that of course), central locking... and it never got touched. We towed a trailer-tent to the Lakes, Scotland and Wales with it without any problems.
When I changed jobs and had to buy a bigger car to carry field service stuff I gave the wife the Rapid and it rapidly went to rat-****. It was hit twice, she reversed it into a wall, local kids ran up and down over it and it was broken into 4 times. Eventually we sold it to a neighbour's father who failed to pay parking fines and didn't tax it, guess where all the summonses came because he hadn't notified change of ownership
I liked that car
A couple of years later I chopped it in for a 44000-mile Rapid 136 coupe in black with the essential alloys, sunroof, 4-pot calipers, grille with driving lamps etc..
At the time I was working in auto security so it had a dog's-danglies alarm/immobiliser, £1200 Pioneer stereo (didn't cost me that of course), central locking... and it never got touched. We towed a trailer-tent to the Lakes, Scotland and Wales with it without any problems.
When I changed jobs and had to buy a bigger car to carry field service stuff I gave the wife the Rapid and it rapidly went to rat-****. It was hit twice, she reversed it into a wall, local kids ran up and down over it and it was broken into 4 times. Eventually we sold it to a neighbour's father who failed to pay parking fines and didn't tax it, guess where all the summonses came because he hadn't notified change of ownership
I liked that car