Massbads GX - Up for sale again £2100

  Chris you do make me smile. 

I would just get a new carb on order as that one ain't right IMO

Chris

Don't chuck in the towel now.

We all have down days with our cars.

Mine was the ignominy of having to get Janise to tow me back from the Dormy House car park at Gleneagles and as is the case in those instances it was raining cats and dogs at the time as well.

Now that I can see the end in sight with what needs done I look back fondly with what has been accomplished.


Graham     

funk-star said

  Chris you do make me smile. 

I am glad Mark  

But………its still going  

jellybelly said

I would just get a new carb on order as that one ain't right IMO

You may well be right but I have thrown the towel in I am afraid.

GGIFA said

Chris

Don't chuck in the towel now.

We all have down days with our cars.

Mine was the ignominy of having to get Janise to tow me back from the Dormy House car park at Gleneagles and as is the case in those instances it was raining cats and dogs at the time as well.

Now that I can see the end in sight with what needs done I look back fondly with what has been accomplished.


Graham     

Do you want another car Graham ??

Your not giving up Chris. You need to finish it. It's only nuts and bolts at the end of the day. 

Put it in the garage and come back to it when your less erratic 

How about getting put on a trailer Chris and take it to a garage that can sort it for you? 
I know one not to go to 😈 but there are a lot of good ones out there ?
I gave  up with my cabby and regret it every time I see it 😟

Real shame to give up on it Chris. It seems like you're so close to getting it running. On the upside, if you stick with it, once it's running there'll be nothing left to be wrong with it!  

give the car to bert for a few days and it'll be sorted!!!

ans4r said

give the car to bert for a few days and it'll be sorted!!!

I know but its nearly £600 transport up and back  

Dont give up on it bud. Good advice above. You dont need to use it at the minute, Put the garage door down, and take time out for a few days, you will feel less hostile when you get back to it!  

I felt the same with mine, when i lost my rag with it i was suprised the door car stayed on!    

Chris, come on.  
Stop your winning because your 'Lovin It' really!  
How many Golf MK1's have you owned for goodness sake?

Just take a break for a few days or weeks. It's not a race after all, is it?

The effort you go to on all your cars puts me and most likely many others to shame.  

So first of all, stop being so hard on yourself and secondly the car, give it time my Friend.

It's a little cracker at the end of the day and most of us would give YOUR right arm to own it!    

Just think about how good and proud your going to feel when it's running oh so sweet (I know I would)!  

Thanks boys, I am frustrated as its went backwards.
I need professional help if my mate can't do anything after he's fitted the new condenser and points.
At the very end it will get shipped down to Bert but it's not cheap :-(

Tomorrow I'm sealing my BBS RM's for my Sportline, so this afternoon I cleaned up the scuttle area and grill area and grill. Fitted new Hella headlights and refitted the rear seat.

New and old lights



New light in cleaned area



Dirty rear of grill and spot



Cleaned rear of grill and spot



Dirty vs clean



Spanking clean grill with new Hellas



Clean top if slam panel



New battery impact gun



Cleaned scuttle area and original tray

Massbad69 said

I am scrapping the car now anyway

What are the front wings like?

Also after a non sunroof roof skin…

 

Come on Chris its nearly there!

Yomp said

Massbad69 said

I am scrapping the car now anyway

What are the front wings like?

Also after a non sunroof roof skin…

 

Come on Chris its nearly there!

Nearly there, maybe for your skills :-)

I will get there hopefully :-/

Chris if you can sort one way to get your car transported to Bert's,I can sort you free train tickets down here for you and your lad to pick it back up 👍

Swerve said

Chris if you can sort one way to get your car transported to Bert's,I can sort you free train tickets down here for you and your lad to pick it back up 👍

That's so kind thanks so much :-)

I will keep that in mind if that's what I need to do, as that would save me getting car transport both ways and save on the tickets :-)

I hope I get there with my mate helping, I have a feeling I will need to buy a new Weber that's for the car instead if the Weber that's on it.

I think its also been played with that much over the last while, when the cars had issues from the rusty filler, they haven't noticed it and tried playing with just about everything else prob making all the working things worse when not doing the filler neck !!!

I have a budget for this car and it's not very big and there's a big bill going to come to sort the paint at the end as well :-(

It still is a really solid 44k mile car though so it will be worth it in the end.

Cheers Chris

That's more like it mate 👍👍👍
Just let me know and will sort it out 😀

Looking tidier every day Chris, soon it will be running.

You know you love it