red wagon project back to m42 plan

[Jesus325iTouring]

Best I managed was £50 "winnings" when a buyer failed to turn up and collect an old XT500 thumper, they said they were arranging a van after they paid their deposit, never heard from them again

[billyfrost]

Looks like it's on 14s still, did you go for that size for ride purposes or are they are in fact 15s?

Please do us a final shot before it goes Mick...

[magpie]

they are 14's i bought them from a mate so didn't break the bank at £80 2yrs ago , it arrived on steels with wheel trims so they had to go ... only 14's but all good tyres and a full set of centre caps , they look better on the car than £200 in my pocket and the car back on steels and wheel trims

down to the final stages now the bonnet and wings are all flatted and polished , i'll button it up early next week and it'll go for an mot as soon as i can arrange that ready for it's viewing mid sept .










not too shabby eh

[Jesus325iTouring]

Yeah not bad Mick for a garage knock up

[magpie]

Yeah not bad Mick for a garage knock up

says a lot for the 318is built on my drive at home

[Palmer8]

[quote="martauto"]Just dont know what people require these days ?
A few beer tokens why i man ?

Mart.[/quote

It's a mint car which is why I left a deposit but like mick said I originally set out to buy a 2dr and last week I was offered a pretty nice 2dr 18iS so I contacted mick telling him such. I knew he wouldn't have any trouble selling it and I was even still thinking about buying it when i get back from the US if he still has it.

[magpie]

Just dont know what people require these days ?
A few beer tokens why i man ?

Mart.[/quote

It's a mint car which is why I left a deposit but like mick said I originally set out to buy a 2dr and last week I was offered a pretty nice 2dr 18iS so I contacted mick telling him such. I knew he wouldn't have any trouble selling it and I was even still thinking about buying it when i get back from the US if he still has it.

give me a shout mate but i do have another buyer on 12th sept travelling from down essex way and another buyer wanting to leave a deposit if i can store it a bit while he sells one of his cars , rule of thumb is first one to arrive with cash money drives it home

[Palmer8]

No bother mate I understand see what happens when I get back sure it wont hang about haha

[magpie]

happy face best i book an mot then .

[magpie]

passed no problem , polish/wax tomorrow and a final detail and will await it's new custodian .

[billyfrost]

Looks great

[martauto]

Excellent work Mick, bet your sad to let it go?

Mart.

[magpie]

Excellent work Mick, bet your sad to let it go?

Mart.

could do with the space and it would only get parked in the corner of the unit , i hardly use my 318is

[MouseRat]

Hey Mick, Finally got back onto the Zone lol.

Looks every bit as good as you said on the phone, looking forward to driving it 6 hours home on monday night

I actually commented on the first page of this thread in 2016 when I had my old 318iS which is pretty funny

Cheers.

[magpie]

glad you got to see the build thread so you know it's not a rotbox

[magpie]

hard work this polishing malarkey

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happy the way it turned out and never even had to make an advert to sell it .... sold itself this one

[magpie]

gave it a wax today and detailed all the black bits .. the buyer/new owner arrives tomorrow .

here are the final pics and she's ready to go .





































looks like i got my spare time back ..... for now

[billyfrost]

This thread... what better way to advertise the car?

Excellent resto/improvement work Mick

[SiamLars]

This turned out great. Respect!

[magpie]

thanks lads ....^^

well it's away down to Windsor with it's happy new owner
last pics while doing the paperwork
..............

[shedrool83]

Looks spot on .Nice work

[MouseRat]

New owner here...made the 300 Mile trip down south all good...



Couple of bits I'm gonna change/add but that's for my own thread one day when i get round to it. Cheers magpie for building a minter

[martauto]

Good to see this !!

Enjoy

Mart.

[magpie]

nice to see it on the road and glad your loving it mate

[billyfrost]

It's a sad/happy day...

[magpie]

two happy people

[martauto]

You kept that build quiet Mick !

Mart.

[magpie]

You kept that build quiet Mick !

Mart.

a nice little early birthday prezzy to myself , 231bhp 330d

[billyfrost]

Sorry to hear it's an oil burner ;)

[magpie]

Sorry to hear it's an oil burner ;)

[shedrool83]

two happy people

Very nice

[Jesus325iTouring]

two happy people

Real men (Southerners) rock V8's

Fantastic build though Mick, aside from anything else, from a marketing yourself point of view, you can't put a price on this thread

[terryjippo]

Morning Mick,

What's verdict on 330d please? Pondering on one here as family replacement for old E-class that is finally giving up the ghost...


Cheers
T

[magpie]

Morning Mick,

What's verdict on 330d please? Pondering on one here as family replacement for old E-class that is finally giving up the ghost...


Cheers
T

i just read this Terry , the 330d is great it's got bags of grunt and decent on fuel .
it pins you in the seat no problem ,

[STiRRUP]

If anyone’s interested:

This is a new thread of this one

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/21 ... ing-edited