The (not so) white one
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:22 pm
Just picked this little gem up from a lovely couple who were very attached to it and didn't really want to see it go, they have owned it since around 99 andeven driven it to Corsica.
(The original) Plan was to do a light restoration keeping it as close to stock as possible (then I found all the rust) maybe with a slight few improvements like a decent carb and power steering.
Had to stop for a mid journey pitstop for a few days though, the previous owner complained of a bad vibration at 40mph....we soon found the cause 1 mile down the road, a UJ on the intermediate prop was pretty shot...so was a slow drive back to Nylonadmirals house until the weekend when I go back with a spare prop, also has carb issues (what stock sj carb doesn't
) but apart from that she's really good with hardly any rust at all, even under the sill covers, just a few small repairs needed. Will be a nice change from the usual rust buckets I buy! (Edit.......I should have poked around harder 
)
You can tell it's been very well looked after!!
(The original) Plan was to do a light restoration keeping it as close to stock as possible (then I found all the rust) maybe with a slight few improvements like a decent carb and power steering.
Had to stop for a mid journey pitstop for a few days though, the previous owner complained of a bad vibration at 40mph....we soon found the cause 1 mile down the road, a UJ on the intermediate prop was pretty shot...so was a slow drive back to Nylonadmirals house until the weekend when I go back with a spare prop, also has carb issues (what stock sj carb doesn't
) but apart from that she's really good with hardly any rust at all, even under the sill covers, just a few small repairs needed. Will be a nice change from the usual rust buckets I buy! (Edit.......I should have poked around harder )
You can tell it's been very well looked after!!
work starts on Sunday as soon as I get it back to my workshop