karmen cabby

This is our 88 Karmen, we use it a lot in the summer but it needs the body work looking at, and the interior is way past its best. the car in general has been really reliable. But if it fails its mot on Tuesday i think ill get too it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as this would be my first.

 

What's your plans dean600rr ?

i am thinking about a full rebuild  back to standard.  

dean600rr said

i am thinking about a full rebuild  back to standard.  

Nice one!

It doesn't look so bad. How did it go with the MOT?

Big fat fail! noting massive mind. dash lights (which i had forgot about) loose battery and hand brake efficiency. Oh and a loose wire with took a whole 30 seconds to fix!

Doesn't sound too bad!

Should be sorted in a couple of hours.  

Paint up the rusty components in the engine bay, biggest things look like the fan shroud and the rocker cover. Both easy to remove, sand back and paint up with a spray can.

A good clean up of the body work will work wonders. Might even be worth a professional valet maybe? You'll be amazed at the difference.

get youself some of this to treat any rusty areas  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VACTAN-RUST-CONVERTER-AND-PRIMER-1LITRE-RUST-TREATMENT-/121025597300?hash=item1c2db00f74:m:mYYpZUgj75pkU5IhpgzgyUQ
works really well and transforms rust back to useable metal. It's ready for priming and painting then.

Is the interior the original one? Never seen one like that before. It looks very nice.

Before we had the new roof put on it leaked and the carpet has shrunk, but ill defo clean and paint the engine.