Saved from the scrapyard, an old friend returns......

[T.J.]

I am still amazed nobody else beat me to this. There is no way this car should have been heading anywhere near the crusher. So my valver was sold and a looong trip around the country was made.

Can you tell what it is yet?

[theo2468]

1.7 turbo project, love this car!!

[Speedy88]

It's that or the old superman valver? Either way, both amazing cars!

[Evoman]

Yes, its the 1.7 turbo. One of the first cars to get me interested in 300s!

[Chris_C]

It's Trundle, that Andy_P converted to a valver then had a few different owners and became the tubby I believe.

Good save

[T.J.]

We have a winner!! 'tis indeed Trundle and now in my hands

I'll do the usual photo blog/blog/build/debodge soon. Lots to do, but should be fun

[Speedy88]

haha! You're becoming the "un-fucker" of cars on here

[T.J.]

Lol, looks that way.

Mind you , the last one was unfucking on an epic scale. This isn't bodged, just unfinished.
So far I've only found one mod i'd like to redo, there may be more.. who knows

[jon-ovlov]

great news. Will be a good project. Something you like about red cars TJ?

[T.J.]

lol, not particularly.. maybe they like me

[volvosneverdie]

haha! You're becoming the "un-fucker" of cars on here

Putty back-Righter of Win.

Hooray for project finishers.

[T.J.]

Edit to mention a bad start to this project..
After leaving for home we stopped at the chippy and to check the straps on the trailer. Then I heard a hissing... Back tyres going down. So we bought some repair foam thinking it'd get us back. Nope, soon after there was a plume of smoke in the rear view mirror and we limped it to the nearest kwik fit. The removed tyre looked like this:


Not the best start lol, anyways 1 new tyre and all fixed again (luckily the rim wasn't damaged)

So, time to get underway I guess

Not much in the way of progress atm, mostly due to other projects taking priority. But I now have 3 things I'm not happy with.
They are:
1. The front end - some brain dead chump was left with an intercooler and the words "fit this". When it didn't fit, did they A) call the owner and explain, or B) whip out the angle grinder? Yep, you guessed it

Mind you, I have a plan that will make this look ok

2. The cars too low. I like low, but the wheels have a low offset too so that means taking chunks out of the tyres.

These are 3" lowering blocks. Anyone wanna swap with me for some 2" blocks?


3. This fuel pump was apparently ok for the F7P engine. I don't think it's right for any efi motor, so I'll be replumbing the car for an in tank pump. Anyone wants to buy this pump, shout

[volvosneverdie]

Dude.
You threw a black cat through a mirror or summat?
Youve had some bad old luck with 300 purchasing.
Good on you for keeping the faith.

Those tyres scare me.

I would not have the balls to rock something rubbing to that extent.

You just filling that intercooler up with.... a big intercooler dude?

[Paula]

Hi TJ,

Thank you so much for your pm and you have made my weekend knowing that Trundle 2 is going to be saved from a fate worse than death ....

I see that you are in Bedford which is not so far away and I hope that I can get to see her when you have finished the car.

I loved that car and she was totally reliable until the bloke that I sold it to wrecked the engine.

I hope the Pioneer speakers are still there, they used to shake the car when I went up to London clubbing ...

Long live Trundle 2

Take care and thanks again

Paula

[Paula]

Here are fotos of her when Andy collected it three years ago....

http://s375.photobucket.com/albums/oo19 ... 20Ham%207/

and more:

http://s375.photobucket.com/albums/oo19 ... PaulaHam4/