How Many 1st Gens Still Running?

CHC (RIP) · July 28, 2010, 02:49:48 PM

Hi David, you\'re right all in all JAZ has done really well - as I have always said there have been necessary areas but also more tlc in a lot of others. I\'m very pleased the way the old girl is coming along and hopefully in 4 - 6 weeks time she\'ll be ready for MOT time :eek. No worries about the pic - glad it can be of use. Cliff

ps. Remember me saying that I used to have yellow 1st Gen S1 Savanah import from Japan, photo attached and also another of JAZ with tailgate supported with timber until the struts were repaired.

myatt1972 · July 28, 2010, 09:59:23 PM

Loving that yellow SA, great.
Keith...

captainbizzaro · July 28, 2010, 10:40:19 PM

Liam I went to RXMotors today to pick up a brake calliper and he has a series 3 up on his ramp at the moment that he "found" in his top shed (love that place) which I\'d guess he is prepping to sell. And it\'s white.

On my christmas list is a big shed that FB\'s magically morph from.

CHC (RIP) · July 29, 2010, 07:40:17 AM

Already got one ........ it\'s called eBay. Cliff
:Giggle:Giggle

CHC (RIP) · July 29, 2010, 07:45:03 AM

Quote from: myatt1972;707406Loving that yellow SA, great.
Keith...

Morning Keith. Going back more years than I care to remember there weren\'t many brightly coloured cars round so it really did stand out from the crowd and a real head turner. My brother had a Triumph Stag @ the time and each time we met up he always wanted to drive her - felt great knowing a V8 fanatic was drooling over the Wankel powered beast. Love it.

Chatting with David Nock recently it turns out that a subsequent owner turned her RED and she disappeared from the records and has faded into history..... hmm wonder whether she finished up in the \'Top Shed\' @ RXMotors.
Cliff
:wave

syebba · July 30, 2010, 08:11:36 AM

White Fb\'s look clean & fresh.
Amazing how well they hide their rust.

CHC (RIP) · July 30, 2010, 08:59:46 AM

Don\'t know whether this is true or not but many years ago I was told that a white vehicle had at least 7 coats of paint whereas darker/primary/metallic colours only had 3 coats. If this is true it could explain why they tend to be more forgiving and don\'t show rust until it tends to be too late - by which time it has become quite a serious issue.

This happened with me when I bought JAZ on eBay - looked fine on the screen, looked reasonable even close up but if you hit it quite hard it sounded like a packet of crisps so I thought oops, break out the MIG set.

Moral of the story - just because it\'s white and looks okay, doesn\'t mean it is. Cliff

A7RXY · July 30, 2010, 09:02:12 PM

Did anyone see if the dark green series 3 sold on ebay ?

A7RXY · July 30, 2010, 09:05:25 PM

Quote from: Ian65;706767B446 TRH on ebay in Somerset...

long mot.

.

This one ...................

captainbizzaro · July 30, 2010, 09:07:17 PM

It ended at Â£671.01 Reserve not Met

A7RXY · July 30, 2010, 09:08:48 PM

Thanks Tim

Dibs

Ian65 · July 30, 2010, 09:15:08 PM

Quote from: captainbizzaro;707920It ended at Â£671.01 Reserve not Met

Â£850 reserve wasn\'t it?

captainbizzaro · July 30, 2010, 09:18:00 PM

I\'m not sure Ian-that sounds a fair reserve though am surprised it didn\'t sell

Ian65 · July 31, 2010, 02:48:39 PM

Quote from: Ian65;706539Blue S2 on ebay in Cheltenham

long mot...

.

it made Â£640, reserve not met

A7RXY · July 31, 2010, 05:30:31 PM

Thats good I\'m glad people have stopped giving these cars away, I hope they stick to their guns and don\'t break them.