Where abouts are you I have a feeling I might have seen one at MX-5 Restorations in Ilkeston, no idea if it was serviceable or for sale ā¦
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Thanks Art!
Iām near to Stamford in Lincolnshire.
We have family in Nottingham so that isnāt too painful.
Iāll try and get in touch with them tomorrow.
Thank you for the heads up 
Andrew
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Hey mate havenāt been on in a while, hope youāre well, AN ULTIMA?! 
I was passanger in an ultima gtr a few years ago and what an absolute machine it was (until it broke a few laps later) you know you have style and class when itās a nightmare to get in and out of but not because youāve butchered it 
What terrible things did you do to your delivery driver!
Youāve had far more progress than I have in the last while, good to see! (not the accidents but you get it)
The greater good!
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Hey all.
Happy Easter!
My car has at last seen the light of day.
Clearly it is not running well. When this happened last time it was due to my battery being low on voltage (which it is again), so I am hoping for the same this time.
It has moved back to my house and is currently sitting outside whilst I work out how best to store it and what options are available.
So the list of things to do (which somehow is almost longer than when I purchased the car 3 years ago!!) is (in no particular order):
Mechanical
- Find source of rough running
- Bracket for Drip tank
- Bracket for Fuel regulator
- Finishing dressing new door (all locks, handles, window mechanism etc)
- Check for vacuum leak
- Wheel alignment
Bodywork
- Wrap Rear P/S Quarter
- Wrap Rear D/S Quarter
- Get Windscreen replaced
- Wrap Front bumper
- Wrap Rear bumper
Interior
- Fit glovebox
- Fit heater
- Fit air-con delete
- Fit pedal covers
- Finish re-upholstering seats
- Fix radiator to car properly
- Affix numberplates
- Finish Carpet
Misc
- Tidy Wires in Engine Bay
- Tidy Wiring in dashboard
- Tidy wires in cockpit
Joyous happy happy thing
- MOT
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Thatās a long list! Donāt worry about the MOT, by the time youāre done, itāll be exempt!
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haha yes, I was thinking that!
Hello all.
I bring you the sad news that I am going to sell my car.
I know this will come as a shock and will not even be believable to some of you but due to the situation with my storage changing and health issues, I can no longer see a way through all the work and finishing the car.
If anyone is genuinely interested in buying it as it is, then feel free to get in touch via PM.
I may try and get a few more bits finished if I can find the motivation (and weather) so in the meantime iām not going to list a For Sale thread.
Thanks to all of you for the constant encouragement and interest, it has been great and at times humbling.
Iām sorry I could not see it through to the end.
Kind Regards,
Andrew
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Oh wow! Really sorry to hear this Andrew.
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Thanks I think its been on the cards for a while really subconsciously which is why I havenāt been achieving too much recently.
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Such a shameā¦
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Yes, it is a shame. The worst thing is iām going to still have to try and get it more finished in order to be able to sell it. Not a fun scenario.
Thanks for all the posts Andrew - Iāve enjoyed reading them.
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Thank you Thatās kind. Iām hoping to stay in the fold and get a MK4 to replace my Rocketeer and 911, so there may be another Readers Rides of mine - but maybe a little less adventurous! 
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Well, I still havenāt tried to sell it and it is NOW RUNNING ON 6 CYLINDERS.
Iām still really unsure what to do; iāve put SO much work in to it.
Iām worried that if I change my mind, everyone will think that my above post was a look at me type post!
It really wasnāt and actually itās a good reminder to all of you (and to me) of really really thinking through things like this before you do them. Life changes pretty quickly and before you know it what was once a good (alright, maybe less bad) idea has become a bit of a nightmare. In my case, all of the engine and electrical issues combined with losing my storage and the constant financial and mental hit of a) the car and b) life made the whole thing a bit of a drain that I just wanted out of sight and out of mind.
Anyway, to finish on a much more positive note - has anyone had any success asking a wrapping company to wrap individual body panels, not just a whole car?
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Hope you manage to find a way to hang on to the car now it is warmer, running and getting closer to completion.
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Hey everyone, I trust you are enjoying the summer weatherā¦ohā¦!
Iāve been working my way through my - ever decreasingly - long list of things that need completing, so here is a little update.
Wrapping
As I have mentioned before, bodywork prep is as important for wrapping as it is for painting. I havenāt done loads more, because getting the paint in to a wrappable state takes longer than the actual wrapping. However, the windscreen surround has now been completed. Aside from a couple of dodgy bits (which I havenāt pictured deliberately!), it looks quite good.
I also did the filler cap (small victories! :D)
Interior
I have at last finished reupholstering my seats, and I am pretty happy with them. Not perfect (the leather needs tightening around some of the curves), but good and like with everything else, I wanted to have a go at doing it myself. At this stage I didnāt add the heated filaments but I may revisit this in the future.
Iāve swapped out the old door cards for some diamond quilted numbers which look pretty good and things are coming together with the interior.
My MOMO Heritage California steering wheel is up for sale as iām chunky and itās just a bit too big for me to comfily fit behind the wheel. Itās currently up for sale on the Bay of e, but if anyone is interested, drop me a message.
Hope you are all doing well!
Andrew
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Hello everyone!
Since my last update summer has eventually sort of arrived, hurrah!
Hope you are all enjoying lots of top down motoring fun.
Because the weather has been pretty changeable, I havenāt really been able to do any more wrapping. Iām trying to ignore the fact Iām running out of summer and only half my car is wrapped!
On that note, I decided to buy myself some carbon fibre so I donāt have to wrap that bit!
Obviously, me being me, I decided to take my entire rear bumper assembly apart and clean it before installing the new rear panelā¦and also me being me cleaning dirt in to wire brushing rust, rust converting, painting, yada yada yada.
Before cleaning
During Cleaning
After cleaning/and a bit of re-painting
I swear by Bilt Hamber products so I used Hydrate-80 to give the rear bumper bracket a new lease of life.
Rusty Bracket
Protected bracket
Primered bracket
Painted Bracket
Hopefully now, that will last longer than me!
This is just a mock up of the rear carbon fibre bits. The spolier covers up a dodgy bit of wrapping!
So, progress. You could argue that what Iāve done is take more things OFF my car but what this whole process proves is that to do it āproperlyā, sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards!
Anyway, I hope you are all well
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Today is bumpers and rear quarter day!
My partner and our 3 children are in New York for the week, so iām really hoping a) for some good weather and b) to get lots of things ticked off the list.
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Crikey, iām rubbish at updating this.
I havenāt set fire to myself or the car yet, youāll be pleased to hear!
Since the last update I decided to tackle the filler on the rear P/S wheel arch.
I sanded down all the cracked stuff that had been put on by a previous owner.
Then set about applying thin layers of filler until I got the filler proud of where the bodywork āshouldā be.
I then used a combination of DA sander, sanding block and a sand paper paper covered pencil (for the crease line) to try and get it looking rightā¦an exhausting process!
Once that was done, I used some filler primer (to fill any minor imperfections) and covered it in some paint ready for sanding.
My future-parents-in-law are letting me use their garage for hte next couple of weeks so I can finish the wrapping indoors which is good timing with snow potentillay on the way!