The Arch Bishop
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I went to our local barbers the other day for a cut and ended up, somehow, with a free MGF.
The barber had bought this car about 4 years ago and hadn't really done any mileage in it, but the other day, the worst happened and it lost its coolant. Thinking the usual K-series issue of head gasket, the top of the engine was stripped to find that, actually, the liners had freed themselves and the engine was pretty much toast. Rather than pay for an expensive fix, he remembered that I had a set of spanners and offered it to me!
So today, a couple of local mechanics delivered this to my driveway;
It's a '97 VVC (145bhp) model with a great deal of the options ticked. Expecting it to be ropey, I've had a good look round and the shell seems exceptionally well preserved with only a small patch of sill rot evident.
It's also British Racing Green so it's going to be repaired. Granted, it will never handle like the Puma, but it is well worth renovating and the styling has aged well.
So, I'm a two hair-dresser car bloke (one of which was owned by a hair dresser)!
In all honesty though, I will be bunging him some money as it's too good for a freebie.
The barber had bought this car about 4 years ago and hadn't really done any mileage in it, but the other day, the worst happened and it lost its coolant. Thinking the usual K-series issue of head gasket, the top of the engine was stripped to find that, actually, the liners had freed themselves and the engine was pretty much toast. Rather than pay for an expensive fix, he remembered that I had a set of spanners and offered it to me!
So today, a couple of local mechanics delivered this to my driveway;
It's a '97 VVC (145bhp) model with a great deal of the options ticked. Expecting it to be ropey, I've had a good look round and the shell seems exceptionally well preserved with only a small patch of sill rot evident.
It's also British Racing Green so it's going to be repaired. Granted, it will never handle like the Puma, but it is well worth renovating and the styling has aged well.
So, I'm a two hair-dresser car bloke (one of which was owned by a hair dresser)!
In all honesty though, I will be bunging him some money as it's too good for a freebie.