Thanks for the welcome & look forward to picking your collective brains.
I think I did the right thing in going for a look at PJS before bidding on it. Paul and team were really accommodating on this and a also assisted in getting the car home.
If anyone is considering bidding on their ads, in my experience they are accurate representations.
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It has quite a bit of service history with it but it had been laid up for some time so I knew it needed recommisioning.
Fortunately I have had a few eclectic classics and kits over the years..
I seem to have swapped series 2 (landy) for series 3 DHC so some kind of progress!
& although I now drive a desk for a living i started out & had many years on the spanners.
Noticed a red coupe on Spyder chassis that sold on the auction site early this week, think someone got a bargain at 15k..given what is out there at the moment.
Wonder if they are on here or will be shortly?
The body and interior are pretty reasonable, the underside & grubby bits in particularly at the rear, a bit less so...
my guess is the nearside rear inner wishbone mounting point was not intended to be oval for instance!
Replacing the slightly bent wishbones became a bit more involved than originally intended..
This also gave the impetus to diagnose the diff pinion leak...again my guess is the nut was supposed to be slightly more than finger tight...
Currently looking at finding some fresher looking bearing carriers as circlip slots, errhh, aren't... plus there is an interesting historical "mod" to retain the N/S damper.
( tube cut down and damper located with a spot weld)
Anyone know if The plus 2 carriers fit The 2 seater?
The joys of rotoflex to come shortly (been here before, first car was an imp sport) but the main thing is I go in the garage and it makes me smile
Mel