Post by mikey405 on Apr 8, 2012 13:05:57 GMT
Hey all.
Since I've decided not to carry on with my poor old blue-royale Austin 3-Litre (due to a new 3-Litre having been purchased), I thought I ought to put it up for sale as a restoration project.
The car is pretty solid although it does need welding between the floor and the "uprights" inside the cabin, also a few bits and bobs on the floor at the back and the bottoms of the rear wheel arches. The rear skirt could do with sorting out too. One of the hydrolastic pipes has burst and needs replacing. The downpipe from the manifold to the rest of the exhaust is broken so the exhaust is pretty raucous.
All the seats and carpets have been removed (last week) so that the welding can be sorted. (Before I decided not to continue with it.)
The 4 doors are immaculate (although one hasn't been primered and has some light surface rust). The driver's side wing was a brand new old stock one and the passenger side wing was a good second-hand wing. The carpets (and extra floor-mats) were bought new from Coverdale carpets and were the top ones available. The car comes with a set of brand new outer sills (both sides) and a pair of Maxi wheel-arch repair kits (no use on their own for the 3 Litre, but can be cut to get the curved section between the bottom of the wheel arch and the end of the sill). The car also has a period Webasto sun roof which is fantastic for long journeys in the summer. The car also comes with all manner of spare odds-and-ends like a spare dashboard and a spare wiring-loom, 500 hub-caps (or so it seems) and various electrical fittings etc. The engine has just under 100,000 miles on the clock and purrs like a cat. The automatic gearbox is fine and works very well.
I guess I'd like 300 quid for the old girl and it can be collected from Exmouth whenever is convenient. (I work in Solihull but I can arrange for somebody to come down from North Devon to open the garage.) The car will be in North Devon (Dowland) until Saturday the 14th of April.
Although the old girl looks in a bit of a sorry state at the moment, it wouldn't take a huge amount of work to get her back on the road again. The main bits are the welding, the hydrolastic pipe and putting the interior back together again.
Thanks all.
Kind regards.
From Mike.
Since I've decided not to carry on with my poor old blue-royale Austin 3-Litre (due to a new 3-Litre having been purchased), I thought I ought to put it up for sale as a restoration project.
The car is pretty solid although it does need welding between the floor and the "uprights" inside the cabin, also a few bits and bobs on the floor at the back and the bottoms of the rear wheel arches. The rear skirt could do with sorting out too. One of the hydrolastic pipes has burst and needs replacing. The downpipe from the manifold to the rest of the exhaust is broken so the exhaust is pretty raucous.
All the seats and carpets have been removed (last week) so that the welding can be sorted. (Before I decided not to continue with it.)
The 4 doors are immaculate (although one hasn't been primered and has some light surface rust). The driver's side wing was a brand new old stock one and the passenger side wing was a good second-hand wing. The carpets (and extra floor-mats) were bought new from Coverdale carpets and were the top ones available. The car comes with a set of brand new outer sills (both sides) and a pair of Maxi wheel-arch repair kits (no use on their own for the 3 Litre, but can be cut to get the curved section between the bottom of the wheel arch and the end of the sill). The car also has a period Webasto sun roof which is fantastic for long journeys in the summer. The car also comes with all manner of spare odds-and-ends like a spare dashboard and a spare wiring-loom, 500 hub-caps (or so it seems) and various electrical fittings etc. The engine has just under 100,000 miles on the clock and purrs like a cat. The automatic gearbox is fine and works very well.
I guess I'd like 300 quid for the old girl and it can be collected from Exmouth whenever is convenient. (I work in Solihull but I can arrange for somebody to come down from North Devon to open the garage.) The car will be in North Devon (Dowland) until Saturday the 14th of April.
Although the old girl looks in a bit of a sorry state at the moment, it wouldn't take a huge amount of work to get her back on the road again. The main bits are the welding, the hydrolastic pipe and putting the interior back together again.
Thanks all.
Kind regards.
From Mike.
Having said that, I'm quite sure that MisterSocks and the other potential owners would have sorted her out equally well.