Williams geek please.

[Akky]

Hi all

I,ve got a willy 1 (112) and need a few questions answering.

Was the spare wheel a gold speedline?
What colour is the original headliner and was it different to any other mk1?

Cheers
Andy

 

[MartinR]

iirc the spare was not a gold speedline it was a steel wheel but looked similar to the speedline. as for the headlining it shared the same bland grey coloured one as the lower spec clios

 

[.Stevo.C.]

The spare wheel is a steel one which is kind of similar to the alloys as for the headlining it's the same colour of grey as the dash.

 

[terryc101]

Same steel spare as the valvers but wider iirc

 

[Dan519]

williams headlining was the same colour as any other, but no sunroof

 

[Akky]

Cheers guys. Knew I could count on you.

 

[Yanoo]

Williams spare wheel is steel, looks like the Valver steelie but it's 7" wide and black. Headliner is light grey.

 

[Stefan.]

pics? love williams

 

[Mcaff]

heres a couple pictures of your car before you owned it, my mate tommy had it before you.. he wasnt responsible for the sunroof btw.

 

[midge]

Sunroof in a williams 1 = fail.

 

[2 live]

lol^^^^^^^^ thats just a valver innit

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Poor Williams.

 

[Daz.]

I would NEVER buy a willy 1 with a sunroof - Eurgh!

 

[16v_paddy]

Is it actually a williams though? The number on the ID plate under the bonnet will reveal the truth

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Or the plate on the dash.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

It must have been a " Maroon " Williams then :S

 

[2 live]

Is it actually a williams though? The number on the ID plate under the bonnet will reveal the truth

aye best way to tell ......unless its been rung

Or the plate on the dash.

dashes are easily removed and retro fit into another car. can even buy the plaques off some unscrupulous sellers/owners of cars. mr barrington has sold a few iirc.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Yeah read a few things over on Williamsclio about him selling stuff like that.

 

[2 live]

It must have been a " Maroon " Williams then :S

oooooo .......controversial ..... not no.112 is it??? seems to be theres 2 of these???

 

[Fred@BTM]

the front track doesn't look right in that shot or is that just me?

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Yeah the wheel sits in like a valver track in that pic.

 

[MartinR]

^^^good point does'nt fill the arch right nor does the rear

 

[.Stevo.C.]

The rears tend to sit in the arch anyway well mine does lol.

 

[Stu.]

It is a williams! the number I.D matches up. If you see the sunroof its not a renault one, It is infact an after market jobby fitted around the time it was new. (I knew the last owner btw. P.S My ph1 in the pics too )

Edit: Notice in the 2nd pic how far back the sunroof sits.

 

[edde]

Even if the DVAL says its a 2.0 there enough hybrids out there.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Even if the DVAL says its a 2.0 there enough hybrids out there.

I aint gotta clue about Williams Edde , just seems weird why its a 2 litre but was Maroon and being banded about as a Williams . Maybe even the current owner doesn't have a clue ?? Maybe it is just a hybrid ?

 

[Mcaff]

Everything checked out as a Williams when previous owner bought it. Sunroof is a webasto (sp) and sits much further back than say a valves etc. It has been lowerd though in that pic don't think it had standard suspension (not sure if springs and shocks or just springs.)

 

[Steven103]

But that still doesn't explain why it's maroon...?

This isn't nasty CS I'm sure everyone commenting in this thread does want it to turn out to be a Williams for the sake of the owner.

 

[midge]

It is a genuine williams, i remember when Tommy bought it as i called him an idiot for buying a williams with a sunroof.
In regards to the 'enquiry' thing, dvla made so many **** ups on the williams registrations its unbelievable, most of the williams 1's are registered as 5 doors.

I hope the new owner didnt pay to much for the williams with the sunroof.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

My Williams reg doesn't exist on most data bases for some reason.

 

[BREMBO]

Would love a Williams.

I know of a Williams 2 with one owner from new unfortunetly rotting away in a garage but he was wanting too much £ as it is certainly a project, but a good one.

 

[2 live]

It is a genuine williams, i remember when Tommy bought it as i called him an idiot for buying a williams with a sunroof.
In regards to the 'enquiry' thing, dvla made so many **** ups on the williams registrations its unbelievable, most of the williams 1's are registered as 5 doors.

I hope the new owner didnt pay to much for the williams with the sunroof.

1 of mine is a 5dr, the other a 3 dr. both 1st registered on same day, 74 chassis no.s apart, but 108 no.s diff on the plaque.....go figure.

 

[wag1]

That would worry me tbh

Looks likevalver track too mate

 

[gozziee]

the front track doesn't look right in that shot or is that just me?

does look a little narrow

 

[Bob Leathem]

The reason this car is the way looks is because it has been repaired by infinicar in the past. Using some valver parts, hence the grey bump strips and probably the valver track.

 

[Bob Leathem]

Just to add i have very old pics of it with Williams track, taken from before he repaired it.

 

[Bob Leathem]

Was that geeky enough for you?

 

[midge]

Infinicar - old school.

 

[Daz.]

So that'll be the first thing I'd be doing then, new front track and suspension all round

 

[midge]

So this has valver track onit? Feel sorry for the new owner if it doe, sounds like his been done up.