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Old Jul 2nd, 2013, 18:35   #1
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well , it looks ratty , but is suprsingly solid , and will pass an mot without too much work .

well not the sort of cutting the roof of work that steve is doing.....
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Which country did you manage to drag that back from?

Why di 242's always seem to weather rather badly please say its staying Swedish Racing Brown though!
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swapped for an engine....

its better underneath than my 93 estate.....
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Lucky *******!
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its causing a few issues at the minute at home !!!!!

i was told to scrap it by the wife.....
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I fully agree with your wife,,,,, I will come and pick it up if you like,Outrageouse having that rusty old car in the drive.

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Well done mate it looks like you need to start a project thread very soon.
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its causing a few issues at the minute at home !!!!!

i was told to scrap it by the wife.....


scrap the wife I say lol
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Excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing this progress!!

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Nice one ! thought I,d gone a long way Yorkshire to Kent, but you gone that bit further, excellent, good luck with bringing it back to life .
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Haha, I only cut the roof off mine because im mad

Good luck with the project, whats the plans?

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