Post by peeteeb on Dec 11, 2020 21:26:20 GMT 1
Hello everyone,just had a fit of madness and bought myself a mk2 special.more a crazy than creepy Coupe( for anybody who remembers the wacky races then I’m now sporting the number 2 on my Transit Hearse!!- I picked it up in Lisbon on a very rainy afternoon, the wipers didn’t work but worse the de mist fan doesn’t either!. After some poking about in the fuse box I managed to get the wipers to go( not that there was much in the way of rubber touching the screen!) and set off in to Lisbon rush hour shortly to loose the drivers side mirror....dohh.This was a four hour adventure I embarked on,the old girl didn’t throw any more surprises my way but the combination of wiping the condensation every minute and correcting the play in the steering was like rubbing your tummy and patting the head at the same time!.So the dawning of a new day saw me have a decent look at what I’d actually got...I had a friend buy it for me due to COVID nonsense( he neglected to point out the wipers and rusty crossmembers,least of all the fact that the rear door didn’t open and getting it open was a battle to say the least... credit card and trusty swissarmy knife sorted it,( but this is another story!). I have some work to do!.starting with ,where the !?£& is the pre heat switch,knob or whatever!.i tried holding the kill knob out thinking it might be but alas no!.so chasing 40 year old wires is going to be entertaining!.so no horn,wiper squirting,battery light comes on when you apply the brakes( shorting wir3 on chassis?),and no fuel or temperature gauge readings! But the inside lights work!!.i absolutely love it!
so I will get some pictures posted for your amusement when it stops raining!
all the best
pee b
so I will get some pictures posted for your amusement when it stops raining!
all the best
pee b