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Did you ever get to the bottom of the engine cutting out ? I'm sure it must have been something silly !
Shouldn't cost much to notify your insurers of a change of vehicle, normally around £25 unless you are upgrading to a higher performance, more expensive car.
Did you ever get to the bottom of the engine cutting out ? I'm sure it must have been something silly !
It wasn't cutting out, just going into a sort of limp mode. With hindsight, I'm certain that one of the CD175's pistons was sticking. The purchaser had read the blog, so it was a warts and all sale. A man of his calibre shouldn't find sorting it a problem
Lucky@LeMans wrote:
Shouldn't cost much to notify your insurers of a change of vehicle, normally around £25 unless you are upgrading to a higher performance, more expensive car.
It's a cheaper car with lower performance. Insurance brokers are latter day robber barons/highwaymen.
I would contest any excessive fee for a change of vehicle under those circumstances. Who are you with at the moment ? Name and shame them !!
If ever I have to transfer an insurance and I don't get a discount on the charges, I always tell the agent not to bother sending me a renewal notice at the end of the term.
Adrian Flux. I've been with them since '86, but had a ten year break from '99 to '09 during which time I only rode bikes. When I finally cracked and got a normal car in '17 (a Micra), they said my Kit Car no claims (aggregate 21 years) weren't applicable and I had to start again, despite having had only one claim ('92 rear-ender in an Escort MkII) in over 50 years!
I simply can't be fagged with jobsworths "Company policy, blah blah blah" and would rather stump up than have to jump through hoops.
As was the case with the A352, I decided that yet another winter under a cover out in the damp wouldn't do this spiffing machine any favours, so I've passed her on. In stark contrast to my previous experience with Car and Classic's website (umpteen timewasters re. the 'D-Type'), I posted the Lotus advert at 1500 and it was sold within the hour! Result!
She now lives in The New Forest under the stewardship of "a lifelong Lotus Seven enthusiast".
This appeared on Ebay overnight. Ten day listing, should fetch a good few quid. After declining the Sherpa based project I still have the A352 and Lotus sales funds burning a hole in my pocket. I've been toying with going back to two wheels but this looks eminently do-able. I know I've done the 'D-Type' thing already but I miss the old girl and have my period plate on retention.
Please, somebody on here buy it to save me from myself...
An interesting project ! The advert quotes just a few weekends work to complete it so you could have it on the road by the end of lock down !
Trouble is with TVR's is they usually end up off the road due to a rusty chassis so that needs to be factored in. Will that body really fit over the chassis, I thought they were quite wide cars ?
I have never seen a TVR 260/280 that had a rust free chassis.
Having owned a late 260i, the outriggers and rear suspension
tubing braces were almost corroded through. Removal of the body and close inspection will show that repairs will be needed.
Powder coated chassis tubes are not the cure all as they will rust from the inside out as well.
Surely it can't be a Xkss and a D Type ? I thought they were visually quite different ?
Jaguar had 16 D-Types left which weren't selling as racing cars, so they put windscreens on them, removed the cockpit divider, gave them soft tops, and advertised them as road cars. That GRP body has the divider, it can just be seen in one picture, so it could be built as either. Scottie built his A352 as an XKSS in this thread.
Reading the rotting frame tubes comments above, I'll be giving it a miss. Thanks guys .
Jaguar had 16 D-Types left which weren't selling as racing cars, so they put windscreens on them, removed the cockpit divider, gave them soft tops, and advertised them as road cars. That GRP body has the divider, it can just be seen in one picture, so it could be built as either. Scottie built his A352 as an XKSS in this thread.
Guess who needs to read the Haynes D Type book he got for xmas
I still have the A352 and Lotus sales funds burning a hole in my pocket.
Regards, Mick
Having viewed on line hundreds of kits/classics/projects without the slightest stirring of enthusiasm for any of them, I decided to blow some funds in a different retro-machinery direction and purchased a flight in this, something I've dreamed of for ages.
There were four basic options, of which I chose (at extra expense) the Biggin Hill to Beachy Head and return which meant 40+ minutes in the air. An impossibly great experience, well worth the hole blown in my wallet. A goody bag with an embroidered patch, car sticker, reprinted WWII Spitfire pilot's notes and money off voucher for another flight was included, together with this certificate which will hang alongside my 'Antarctic Plunge' one for maximum bragging rights, should I ever have a visitor .
If I can work out how, I'll post the over my shoulder Go-Pro footage also included.
Can't beat flying in a "proper" aeroplane, the Spitfire must have a once in a lifetime experience ! Last thing I went up in with a flying experience was Chipmonk about 40 years ago, modern planes are like going on a bus !
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