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Did 7 years on my 172 ph1, cambelt and aux belt. Cambelt was fine when i took it off, aux belt was cracked to buggery though.

Another year another MOT, passed first time, advisory on the brakes slightly binding which is to be expected as it hasn’t been driven since July. Only done 291 miles since it’s last MOT.

Keeping this one for sure.

Done about 150 miles in it now, cracking little thing, really love the front of the phase 1s

You’ll always gunna pay more buying from a dealer, you’ll have a warranty on it etc though. 2.5k isn’t to bad.

Wish I took a before picture now!! You’ll laugh but this is what I used. Wet wipes to get all the crud and grease off. Sprayed and wiped down with wd40 to clear any remaining grease Washed down with fairy liquid and a paint brush Dressed with auto smart dash dandy and buffed up with a clean...

It’s nice to have yes, but with the age of these things now it’s all about buying on condition. Take a look at my ph1 thread, I got that from a breakers yard with just the registration document. I managed to track down the service history, around 75% of it just buying looking at the MOT...

Cleaned out the door shuts today, long boring process.

Stunning!

You’ll miss this car, one of my biggest regrets was selling my 172 cup, was factory fresh by the time I had finished with it, like yours.

Always liked these.

ahhh I see, proper bargain still!! 👍

£15 and it came with the dryer, that’s crazy cheap!!!!

Get the wheels powder coated Paint rear beam Thats the main bits done then. In time I’ll replace the lower arms, steering arms, track rod ends and probably all the cv boots, nothing wrong with them all just old.

Taxed the ph1 today, first proper outing since I got it last year. Cracking drive, engine is super strong throughout the Rev range, gearbox is perfect. Im sure the phase 1s were built better than the phase 2s, virtually no rattles etc. Really pleased with this little car :)

Gave in and painted some bits and bobs today in the engine bay. The day I got the car And now

Was up for £30, made a best offer of £20 delivered as I didn’t actually need it and he accepted 🤣 looks like new old stock from the other items he had for sale.

I picked up this off eBay as a spare for future, only £20 brand new and even has the dryer fitted as well.

Wish I never sold my 172 cup, one of my favourite cars. Paid £800 for it in 2015, spent £500 on it and many man hours. Sold it mid 2016 with 120k for nearly £2,500, was properly mint too.

There was some rust behind the door cards, nothing to extreme, pretty solid though, all been treated now, skirts have also been off etc.

Wheel arches liners off so everything can be properly cleaned, I won’t bore you with every wheel arch, here’s one of the rears.

Colour match on them wheels to the center caps 😂

Stick a note on the window, see if they’ll sell it!! location?

lol I’m not really sure which bit you’re on about? Screen shot it but u can assure you all the nuts, bolts, caps etc are original. Hope and pray the nuts un do I suppose, I’ve been spraying mine down regularly in the hope they’ll come out.

you talking about these?

They are OEM, wire wheeled them and then spayed them all black 👍 the heat shields clips are also original, cleaned them up, painted green from factory.

Lives in the garage anyhow, if it does go missing I know where to come knocking 😜

Yeah, proper weirdo!