davidgv1

It’s been a long time since I posted on here, so a well done for the pass.
My F went in for a test yesterday at Mobile Mechanics in Derby and came through with a pass and no advisories, whilst I was there, I had a full Schultz underbody treatment costing £200.00, it looks beautiful.
The bad news is, my wife wants to get rid of it!

Just had a clean MOT pass today from Kayleigh at MG Rover mobile mechanics in Derby. This young lady really knows what she is doing

Nice one.
My car went in today, and thankfully a pass with no advisories!

However, the engineer did see a dry coolant stream, possibly from the water pump. The cam belt is due for change so I will get it checked out in a couple of weeks.

Hi, pretty much a bone of contention here and a big decision.
I took the car to a few places for quotations, some turned up their noses due to the age of the car others were prepared to relish the opportunity.
so, 
One company, £2000.00 plus vat, including paint
Another company, £1800.00 plus vat, including paint
Another company, £720.00, less paint, Paint shop was £160.00
Fred in the shed £350.00 all in.  But the shed was dire and no paint booth.

The other decision was to scrap it as the car is probably worth £ 600.00-£1500.00 tops. However, had from new and just 51K miles on the clock, so decided to plumb for option 3. 
Some of you will say that the cost was not worth it, but to me the car is priceless, and while I can afford these set backs, I will keep it on the road.
The sills are still good, the closure panels have been renewed with thicker gauge metal and solid, and the paint job, down to the quarter panel is spot on.
so, I wonder what the next problem will be? Only time will tell.
By the way, the mud flaps will not go back on!

Thought that I would update you all on the carpet saga!
A set of carpets from Rimmers, £204.00 plus delivery, Pretty expensive, so I decided on a repair before making the move.
I carefully cut out the hole to the size of the sample. To the rear side of the original carpet I hot glued a piece of cloth fabric, ensuring that it covered the cut out by about an inch all round.
Then, I hot glued in the carpet sample piece. Not exactly perfect, but pretty good.
Judge for yourselves!

So, picked up the car this morning and it looks a decent job. However, the body shop only used about the first 3 inch of the panel due to not being happy with the fit of the repair panel. The old closure panel was ground out and removed, and the new closure panel welded in. Everything treated, painted and wax oiled. No traces of the tin worm left in the sill.
will the crap traps go on?
don’t think so!