Mike, Very sorry to hear of your problems with Carly. I know just where you are - this is exactly what happened to Carly's identical sister Daffy, about a year and a half ago. Heartbreaking.
One idea I toyed with was a Hurricane body: http://www.caburn.demon.co.uk/Contents/CaburnEngineering/Hurricane/ This is a fibre-glass body tub and bonnet that is pretty much a straight swap for the existing (rotted!) body you have - bolts straight down to the chassis, and your existing interior gets stuck back in. To my mind, not quite as pretty as the original body, but still a classic long-nosed two-seater small sports car look - and no more rust problems! The downside, of course, is cost - if you can't afford to fix Carly's existing body, you can't afford the Hurricane body (which is about 3 grand). The general rule is that you never get back the money you put into these cars, and I suspect that would apply to fixing Carly up to sell her. It might pay off, but (at least without seeing some fairly good quotes on the cost) I'd probably not go that route. I ended up with no real option but to sell Daffy as an MOT failure. I got #300, but you may be luckier since there is more demand for Spits down your way than in Aberdeenshire! Also a front trunnion failed on the way back from the MOT, so Daffy looked in a sorry state which won't have helped her saleability. Putting her away to deal with in a few years depends on where you put her. As I remember (unless your situation has changed) you don't have anywhere at your home, and you had to pay to use a garage that was a several minutes away. Paying garage rent month after month to house a car you don't know when you will fix seems like throwing money away to me. If you have somewhere DRY you can store her that doesn't cost you anything, this may be a more feasible option. (I'm lucky enough to have such a space, which a couple of weeks ago I filled with Nancy, an MG BGT that I'm bringing back to life!). Yep, I hate to say this, but none of your options look good! I would get as solid a quote as you can for the remedial work required to get her through MOT. If you genuinely believe you could sell her for at least #800 more than that cost, fix her up and sell her. Otherwise cut your losses and sell her as is. I can well understand your reluctance to split her to components. But, if you sell her as an MOT failure, that's exactly what the buyer will probably do anyway, so there's no point being sentimental about it. If you lack the time, space, or enthusiasm to do that, fair enough. Given how much I made eBay-ing the various bits of Daffy that her buyer didn't take, I now regret not doing that with all of her. Richard Gosling This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding. *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
