New Turbo II hitting the forum

[Arnie_O]

Well I suppose its time I owned up and posted an opening bread in here.
Having bought (in conjunction with Mr Froggy my Dad) that beautiful Turbo II from "Old Power" I am sure many of you see for sale.
I have Wanted a Turbo II or ages and been looking. But this one popped up and we where in the area at the right time.

Was a lot of Car for the money.

Below pictures are taken from the original for sale thread







It\'s been off the road for over a year but is in great condition that said we have since discovered its not exactly perfect (yet)
But the spec really sold it to me.

I will get some more pictures up once its clean again.

It\'s been for Its MOT Something that it passed (cough) we managed to cook the rear passenger brake pad and caliper on he way there as it seems to have locked on... Let her cool down and carry own to th test station.
Passed but later found out we developed a Brake fluid leak.

Will update on how the adventures gone so far and I obviously have a few questions... I am told Prof is the man with the answers.

Anyway for now jut want to say hi to a section o the forum I have probably passed over till now... (Well apart from Lenny Carlof... What a top bloke)

[grinder]

Welcome to the 2nd gen section

It does look stunning

And yeah , Prof knows his stuff .. although have the stuff he says goes well over my head

[the hat]

That\'s a tidy car you have there it\'s amazing how much the front lip changes the look if the car

[fil_auto]

Looks great. You\'ve a very nice collection of rotaries now

[TiddlesRX7]

I really wanted this car when I saw it forsale on the forum. Glad its gone to a good home. Oh and its the best colour too!

Ade

[clive]

Really pleased that this has stayed within the club as not only Aston gets to enjoy it but we all do by seeing this great looking car at events :Thumbsup!.

[GregR3]

Oooooh nice one Aston! I\'m glad to see people enjoying FC Turbos, we both seem to be collecting Rotary cars

[Arnie_O]

Thanks for the greetings guys...Grinder your reputation proceeds you... Not sure how as I am sure you have not spent a penny on marketing of said reputation.

Well It\'s been an interesting week
Took the car for its MOT and one of the rear calipers had locked on... So when we pulled up off the A12 and see smoke bellowing out the back I feared the worst.
It seemed to sort itself out though, after letting it cool then driving slowly to the test station.

It did cook the crap out the paint and the yellow stuff pads (that will be going once they are shot) now look more like Mustard Stuff


Test went well. Guy at the station said it was the best condition one he had seen on his ramp (all good)

Anyway sometime after the brake test it sprung a leak (did not know at the time) got a text from the guy to call him... So called him back once home and he said he found a pool of brake fluid on the floor...

He suggested that the cooked caliper may have damaged a seal.
So ordered some seals from Bigg Red (thanks to Lenny Carloff for the heads up) and time to get on refurbing.

Gred we currently got two FD\'s my 8 and the S5 FC

[grinder]

im really glad that someone bought the car to be honest

Like Ade , I would have fancied this car , I was even thinking of buying it and then selling my other 2 , it just came available at the wrong time for me

So my loss and your gain

I think you need to get it on a rolling road and then you can upset us lot even more with a print out ! LOL

[TiddlesRX7]

Sprint track at RS10? I\'d love to see it in action Aston

Ade

[Brett]

Spot on!  We need some videos too

[Arnie_O]

A few repairs have been undergone but will fill you in on those later

Video will be done sometime soon

[Arnie_O]

So heres the cooked caliper and the Mustard stuff brake pads

[L18M]

i cant see pics :\'(

[Arnie_O]

Hmm not sure why buddy...