Following this thread.
Picked her up last night!
Clio 172 Cup by Tom Cash, on Flickr
Clio 172 Cup by Tom Cash, on Flickr
She's borderline a minter!
Did a full HPI check, no write offs, no finance or anything else worth worrying about.
December 2003 registered, 59k, full service history, belts done, MOT, TAX, etc.
The bodywork has the mandatory scratches and imperfections, but nothing £100-£200 and a dent removal guy couldn't fix!
The inside is in great condition too.
After a 2 hour drive home with the windows down and up, there wasn't any knocking, squeaking, grinding - nothing. I would almost say, it's less faulty than my 197!
Once back in Wolverhampton me and Chris (in his 182) went for a blast down some smaller A roads and there was no issues at all. Handles well, brakes well and had no issues keeping up with the 182. Even destroyed a Fiesta ST that fancied its chances - just like you'd expect.
It's awesome! Love it through and through and I can't wait to begin work on it.
The plan is roughly as follows:
Stage 1: Restoration
- Remove stickers
- Give a really good clean
- Maybe debadge
- Wet sand lights
- Satin black grilles
- 172 stickers back on door pillars
- Take it to a garage to get a once over and address any issues there.
- Restore exterior paintwork/dents.
- Get wheels refurbished in silver with Mondial blue diamonds.
- Get it detailed.
Stage 2: Performance mods
- New tyres (not sure what, yet)
- Bilstein coilovers
- Piper or Yozza Stealth
- Filter and remap
- Maybe an ARB
Stage 3: Stripping/Track Prep
- Remove most of the interior parts without function, bar the dash
- Bucket seats (unsure as to whether to get fixed or not)
- Racing wheel (already purchased a Sabelt one)
- Cage and harnesses
- Interior respray
There's no doubt a few things I've not thought about there, but I will when it comes. That's just a rough outline.
Watch this space!
Picked her up last night!
Clio 172 Cup by Tom Cash, on Flickr
Clio 172 Cup by Tom Cash, on Flickr
She's borderline a minter!
Did a full HPI check, no write offs, no finance or anything else worth worrying about.
December 2003 registered, 59k, full service history, belts done, MOT, TAX, etc.
The bodywork has the mandatory scratches and imperfections, but nothing £100-£200 and a dent removal guy couldn't fix!
The inside is in great condition too.
After a 2 hour drive home with the windows down and up, there wasn't any knocking, squeaking, grinding - nothing. I would almost say, it's less faulty than my 197!
Once back in Wolverhampton me and Chris (in his 182) went for a blast down some smaller A roads and there was no issues at all. Handles well, brakes well and had no issues keeping up with the 182. Even destroyed a Fiesta ST that fancied its chances - just like you'd expect.
It's awesome! Love it through and through and I can't wait to begin work on it.
The plan is roughly as follows:
Stage 1: Restoration
- Remove stickers
- Give a really good clean
- Maybe debadge
- Wet sand lights
- Satin black grilles
- 172 stickers back on door pillars
- Take it to a garage to get a once over and address any issues there.
- Restore exterior paintwork/dents.
- Get wheels refurbished in silver with Mondial blue diamonds.
- Get it detailed.
Stage 2: Performance mods
- New tyres (not sure what, yet)
- Bilstein coilovers
- Piper or Yozza Stealth
- Filter and remap
- Maybe an ARB
Stage 3: Stripping/Track Prep
- Remove most of the interior parts without function, bar the dash
- Bucket seats (unsure as to whether to get fixed or not)
- Racing wheel (already purchased a Sabelt one)
- Cage and harnesses
- Interior respray
There's no doubt a few things I've not thought about there, but I will when it comes. That's just a rough outline.
Watch this space!
