Washed the Williams.....Finally

[Coops Mk1]

Bought 0199 back in october i think it was last year, since then its been my daily and hasn't seen a wash in the last 5 months

So with the cold finally breaking and the rain/snow stopping I decided to get off my arse and actually break out the bucket and sponge

As you can see in the first few pictures, living and parking on a hill where Tarmac quarry lorries go up and down all day and night isn't exactly indicative to a clean motor, it was frankly a disgrace!!

anyway heres the fruits of my last few hours of labour! still need to vac it out then come spring i'll probably crack out the clay bar and meguires 3 step polish as well, seal it back up again as although theres one dodgy arch, the paintwork and wheels isn't too bad

Cheers

Ben

Filthy............

Scrub-a-dub and its a happy time yeys!!!

 

[ABOO]

Looks lush when clean mate. 5 months though, hang your head!!!

Also need to remove some of the Magic tree forest you've got there.,

 

[leeds_182]

My my, that was dirty!

Looks mint, I love the wheels.

 

[Gally]

Is it not rusting yet?

Looks good.

 

[Coops Mk1]

the passenger arch is okay, but right at the back where it meets the rear light cluster its just starting to go, drivers arch is a mess really, dodgy repair god knows when so its full of filler, wrong shape and blistered on the crap respray paint on it. also has a small amount of rust coming through on the lip of the arch. sills are solid but beginning to surface rust. rest is fine, bottom of doors and boot lid are mint, as are most of the other ususal traps on a mk1 so overall pretty happy with it!

the magic tree forest has followed me across my last 3 cars, it shall only grow, no deforestation here :lol:

as for the not washing, what can i say, i'm lazy and usually when i have a spare minute to wash a car i wash the turbo!

 

[BREMBO]

Love willy's!

That looks mint

 

[DannoTheGreat]

sweet

 

[ali-ham]

I thot my car was bad!! lol!! looks cracking now, love williams clio's , def my next buy. Looks in great condition!!

 

[Davis]

came up mint that has!

 

[Coops Mk1]

cheers for the comments guys, its by no means immacualte and looking like in need of some mechanical attention this year but all in all not too bad

plans include:

- fit the set of 4 parada spec 2's sat in the shed
- fit 'new' alternator and actually new aux belt
- fit megane or laguna jc5 gearbox and mk 2 clio top gearbox mount
- refit front bumper and get fog lights working
- refit all missing splash shields from wheel arches
- correct painted parts on front end by returning to grey plastics

 

[Marky_]

Ace! Will be fantastic if you get it the same standard as your valver.

 

[TomS]

Scrubs up nicely - looks wicked!

 

[Jamie]

I thought you were going to flog this on?

You've photographed it well.

 

[maynard]

That was one dirty car! Looks so much better clean

 

[Coops Mk1]

I thought you were going to flog this on?

You've photographed it well.

all depends on how it behaves and how much it costs me to run over next six months leading up to its mot matey

i cleaned it tho and fell in love again, damn mark ones getting under my skin!!!!llol

 

[Leeshez]

It looks better.

 

[danjf]

looks absolutly gorgeous clean mate, real good example

 

[SteveS Cup]

They still look fantastic! Really nice car mate!

 

[Jonny1*2]

p**n!!!!! Very nice mate :approve:

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Looks nice mate! good detail and that would look amazing.

 

[Ash87]

looks lovely when cleaned up

 

[Coops Mk1]

thanks everyone for the comments, but photos hide a thousand paint based crimes! its no where near as mint as the pics make it look!

 

[Dave..]

Ah that's what you were doing the other day!

No more Bens dirty willy comments for me :dapprove:

 

[lbrench]

looks awesome mate

 

[Coops Mk1]

sorry Dave lad, didnt mean to ruin your fun ;-)

wasnt doing that when you boys came down the hill mate no, was tinkering with the turbo that day

 

[Dave..]

ooooh i picked up something about blowing welds on the intake manifold?

You chose a good day to do it all though, surprised you didnt get sunburn

 

[sideways danny]

not bad. Needs cams. Really dirty ones

 

[Sipha]

Always always wanted a Williams when I had my Valver... Still jealous

Looks great mate

 

[Coops Mk1]

haha too right daniel san, i was thinkin other day how easy wud be to swap some sweat cams and pullies in there, changed tappets other week and was a piece of piss!:lol:

wasn't blowing welds, it stripped a thread and needed a new gasket due to possible air leak and crap state of the gasket under investigation

 

[Christopher]

Very nice!

 

[Whiteley]

Good work, I trust it's filthy again already?

I'd had enough of a Mk1 daily after 5 months!

 

[Coops Mk1]

too right it is, rained to day so lasted all of what, 18 hours clean! got a trip to the cinema out of it last night, forgot how much attention a clean willy recieves.....ahem

been running a mk1 daily for years now, cant get enough of the rattly old love ;-)

 

[Craig.M]

now that really was dirty, lol, quite a difference after as well.

weecraig1508

 

[Beef-Mc]

Like it.

 

[sideways danny]

been running a mk1 daily for years now, cant get enough of the rattly old love ;-)

LIES!!!!!! polo bummer

 

[Coops Mk1]

on and off running one then smart arse ;-) ran a polo for 3 months inbetween whilst breaking last williams

 

[CabinFever]

Everytime i see one of these, i find myself trawling the classifieds after!

Very nice!

 

[Addz]

Mmm I'd love a willy as a dailey, may come and borrow yours now I know where you live!

 

[ABOO]

I know you say pics don't tell the true condition of the car, but still threads like this make me wonder whether to look for a willy rather than a phs 1:S

 

[Coops Mk1]

swap you for the vee add mate ;-)

aboo, do it, you know you want to and tbh phase 1 mark 2s are getting old enough now to need the same amount of attention to run as a well looked after williams. but a decent williams will still command more money