Actually the girlfriend found it on e-bay and we won it for just £10!





I'm now thinking of all the possible ways of doing it up as there are some minor structural bits to attend to then it's fancy pants time

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you lucky BastRRd

£10!!!!

jeez, what's wrong with it??

I'm trying to make a complete list but initially the crossbeam that the lights and radiator bolts to is a little bent, there are some very minor rust spots and the radiator has a crack in the plastic top bit.

So far that's all I've found apart from some cosmetic stuff.

tenner, lol mint!!!

looks in pretty good nick, though for a tenner u aint gonna go far wrong lol

is she carb or injection mate?
also have a good nose an poke around under her just to see if all is in order.
but for £10 mate, BARGINN!!!
is she black or dark gray?
looks black to me, good choice you won wisely

It's a carb model



I've not gotten dirty under it yet and seeing as it's going to snow over the next couple of days I don't think I will be



My dad polished it up for me while I was cleaning the interior and it's a glorious black colour

good choice in color mate!
if all is in order whats ur first port of call in the modding section?

personaly i say lower an put 17" shoes on her
little mods but huge impact!

oh an i might have a spare GT spoiler up for grabs soon

Spoiler Mmmmmmm (starts digging in the upholstery for loose change)

I think the new boots might be a little expensive at the moment but I like your style

hehe i like my style too
no rush yet, i need to get a new spoiler first

How much were you thinking of selling the GT spoiler for?

The only reason I'm asking is I need to save up the cash for it

Just managed to log into here again after losing the links and passwords having done an OS re-install twice since moving to Cornwall. I Noticed that 2 of the original 3 picture links had died because I used Imageshack back then, having used Photobucket for quite a while now I thought I should upload the old pictures to the new account before adding the links in here

Sorry if this is considered Necro Posting but I couldn't help myself I did however update the title to make it more like the current posting guidelines so please don't crucify me for this post

How's she going now mate? You still got her?

Definitely a good thread resurrection, BG for a tenner? Can't argue with that

Yep HE's still going strong, since we got him we've had to swap out the Rad, Rear Springs, Exhaust Back Box, the Cam/power steering/alternator Belts and all the brake pipes but the next big job on the horizon is to replace the Water Pump Gasket as it's leaking from the side of the housing.

We still haven't done anything to the body though and the sea air is making the roof hatch start to rust and we can't have that so this year we'll be fixing the rust issues before they get too big!

Thought it was about time I updated the forum with some NEW pictures of the car so here goes...



Ours is the one in the middle and a nice arty shot with Yesterdays Super-Moon in the sky!




I promise I'll do some better shots of the car when we've had a chance to clean and de-rust it more, as it stands it looks a bit like a breaker

werth a tenner just to take to japfest track it and blow it to bits... would be a shame tried buying a gti and wanted 900 quid for it didnt have the cash have fun with her

NICE a**e!

good to see you back on bored and the old man is still going strong

Oh yes he's still limping along at a much nicer 35mpg on average

I should stop driving the BigAss like my larger engined cars and maybe I too could get that mpg!

maz petrol is there to burn i say

I hate to say it Morgiboy but there's a saying about Berkshire people that goes like this, "Berkshire people born and bread, strong in the arm and thick in the head" :P If your wasting fuel in the recession at the really stupid prices that are about now than it might just be true what they say

Yeah Mazz, stop being a one woman Global Disaster and try lifting your foot up a bit :P

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Gilby just failed his MOT with some pretty serious welding and the door locks / C-Locking doesn't work properly, plus one of the wheels has a flat tire so it's sat on the spare now I've got my eyes on a couple of BG's for sale on here so we'll see if I can't at least keep the spirit of the £10 car going for a few more years by using the parts I'll get off of him to keep our next BG on the road!

The really annoying thing is I just fitted a good sunroof and a new water pump a month before the MOT was due because the old water pump (original as it happens) finally broke at the spindle and clattered to a screeching halt right before my eyes as I was looking to see where the water was leaking from!