Another Largo

[Head Womble]

I was thinking stone hits it makes a hole, water gets in and you have no why I getting it out.

Making a rust machine?

Maybe it's been wrapped to hide the fact it's a rust bucket.

[Tony]

All sound, the sliding door needed a little work but I've got all the photos of the prep work done pre-wrapping.

Going to go inspect it in more detail Thursday evening then flatbed back up here Friday.

[Julian]

Tony, you seem to have morphed overnight from a spit and sawdust 4X4 owner to a last chance trendy boy racer ... what's happening?

[Head Womble]

Mid life crisis.

[Julian]

Mid life crisis.

That's what I thought.  Next it will be a thick gold chain with medallion.

[Head Womble]

Mid life crisis.

That's what I thought.  Next it will be a thick gold chain with medallion.

That's a drug dealer Julian, keep up mate.

[Tony]

Tony, you seem to have morphed overnight from a spit and sawdust 4X4 owner to a last chance trendy boy racer ... what's happening?

I haven't fitted the methanol injection kit yet.  Might have to allow for some space next to the subs.

No, this one is because ever since I bought mine, my friends keep eyeing it up.  One has already gone out and bought a 4x4 version of it and another friend is very interested in this one if we fix it up.  It's all good fun when it's not your daily drive you're working on, and the missus is willing with the spanners too so we'll work on it together (she's previously helped with pump in/out on the Delica, radiators and the like).

[kamaangir]

All jokes aside I like it! Its unique which cannot be said of most cars on the road. Besides who cares, you like it you buy it and drive it. How much are these going for these days?

[Tony]

All jokes aside I like it! Its unique which cannot be said of most cars on the road. Besides who cares, you like it you buy it and drive it. How much are these going for these days?

It's very hard to price them but it seems to be about £2-3k for a reasonable one.

Much though it is very eye catching I can't justify replacing our current one which only has 40k miles on the clock...  the green one is up at 80k.
I'm not sure the missus will let me keep both

Current issue is how to get a non-runner up my sloping driveway.  We have a chunky concrete retaining wall at the upper end, how much tension do you think a 10mm anchor bolt with eye would take if I used it as a winch point?

[kamaangir]

What you need is a calibrated test weight of known rolling resistance... I know you can use your largo, if it pulls ok then you can use it to pull the green up your drive! hahaha

I would use a snatch block and bolts bigger than 10mm. Or get some mates/bio buddies around to push it up!

Failing that do what I do and only take on non running projects that you can push on your own like 100cc scooters!

[Tony]

That's a good idea, I'll test it with the working one first, make sure it can hold it in reverse down the drive then I'll know if it can take pulling one up.

[kamaangir]

What you doing up this late on a school night? This is now the territory of the confirmed night owls like me and chunder!

[Tony]

Brain too busy.  I should sleep...

[greasemonkey]

I've been looking at wrap prices. Looks like a reasonable option against a full respray, and a lot quicker and less hassle.
There is the advantage that if you come to sell, at least on a nnew vehicle, you can just pull it off, and have like new paint underneath. Well worth the money.
Doing panels yourself looks reasonable, plenty on Ebay.

Can you bulldoze the dead car up your drive?
Just get a solid bar, mount it at the back of the dead one, and to the front of the live one. Make sure it's well mounted though. Dont want it popping out and going through something important.

[Tony]

Definitely an option, though I'm looking at the pins through my solid bar and thinking that they are the only thing between me and two broken Largos.  At least with towing if something fails, the car behind just slows down...