HELLO MIDAS CLUB/MEMBERS
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:23 pmHi Midas Club !
Am delighted to advise that I’m joining you (and have a car – yes, a Midas, too !)
See previous new joiner Maphut’s “hello” on the new joiners forum a short while back. T’was he who got me into this !
We work at the same place and when he turned up at work in this charming little yellow sports car and me being an ex vehicle development engineer (had a nice Marcos 3L too ages back) , I was intrigued. Have to say, was really taken with the car and Maphut naturally encouraged my interest leading ultimately to him pointing me to the Mk 3 convertible recently offered by Steve Crowley (Essex) for sale – bought and brought home the other day.
Background to the car : apparently bought by Steve from Pastiche (Rotherham) in 1991 as a works part-built kit. Steve since did a lot of work to get it to its present state before he had to mothball the project in his garage where it remained untouched until circumstances required him to sell it. It’s all pretty complete mechanically with lots of new or rebuilt parts/assemblies, lots of body work has been completed but some detail (windows/door panels etc need completing).
Just got it home last Saturday (4/8 with Maphut’s kind help and welcome company) and to date have spent time getting the bonnet, boot lid and hard top safely out of harm’s way – plus made an inventory of everything that Steve kindly provided to go with the car. There are some significant items still to source : seats, seat belts, decent wheels (and tyres) , soft top and tonneau. Probably lots of smaller stuff (but it’s detail bits I think). Have to say that am delighted with the car: body is immaculate, finished in a glorious strong Ford red (I just love the colour, always have liked red cars). Other (first) impressions about the rest are that Steve has done a nice job of putting it all together mechanically – but I may need to go back to him to consult on some of the harness as this looked a bit of a challenge when I first saw it.
Ok : today, first real effort on the car : cleared the interior of lots of loose bits, hovered it all out – and polished the body ( I know, it’s just me!). Most of the instrument binnacle and dash trim was pretty tatty now with the foam base having hardened to dust so stripped most of that area out and started to look at the wiring/harness/electrics etc. Looks like I have a fair job to get this up to a good, safe standard and may well ask for advice/guidance from you folk (Maphut has already said what a helpful and welcoming group you all are). Found working with the doors fitted a bit restrictive in our not wide garage so these are off as is the roll bar – now the interior is much easier to access and work in – just as well as it looks like I’ll be spending a fair bit of time in there !
Looking forward very much to talking with and meeting you before too long – must go now, garage and jobs call. Cheers
Allan
Am delighted to advise that I’m joining you (and have a car – yes, a Midas, too !)
See previous new joiner Maphut’s “hello” on the new joiners forum a short while back. T’was he who got me into this !
We work at the same place and when he turned up at work in this charming little yellow sports car and me being an ex vehicle development engineer (had a nice Marcos 3L too ages back) , I was intrigued. Have to say, was really taken with the car and Maphut naturally encouraged my interest leading ultimately to him pointing me to the Mk 3 convertible recently offered by Steve Crowley (Essex) for sale – bought and brought home the other day.
Background to the car : apparently bought by Steve from Pastiche (Rotherham) in 1991 as a works part-built kit. Steve since did a lot of work to get it to its present state before he had to mothball the project in his garage where it remained untouched until circumstances required him to sell it. It’s all pretty complete mechanically with lots of new or rebuilt parts/assemblies, lots of body work has been completed but some detail (windows/door panels etc need completing).
Just got it home last Saturday (4/8 with Maphut’s kind help and welcome company) and to date have spent time getting the bonnet, boot lid and hard top safely out of harm’s way – plus made an inventory of everything that Steve kindly provided to go with the car. There are some significant items still to source : seats, seat belts, decent wheels (and tyres) , soft top and tonneau. Probably lots of smaller stuff (but it’s detail bits I think). Have to say that am delighted with the car: body is immaculate, finished in a glorious strong Ford red (I just love the colour, always have liked red cars). Other (first) impressions about the rest are that Steve has done a nice job of putting it all together mechanically – but I may need to go back to him to consult on some of the harness as this looked a bit of a challenge when I first saw it.
Ok : today, first real effort on the car : cleared the interior of lots of loose bits, hovered it all out – and polished the body ( I know, it’s just me!). Most of the instrument binnacle and dash trim was pretty tatty now with the foam base having hardened to dust so stripped most of that area out and started to look at the wiring/harness/electrics etc. Looks like I have a fair job to get this up to a good, safe standard and may well ask for advice/guidance from you folk (Maphut has already said what a helpful and welcoming group you all are). Found working with the doors fitted a bit restrictive in our not wide garage so these are off as is the roll bar – now the interior is much easier to access and work in – just as well as it looks like I’ll be spending a fair bit of time in there !
Looking forward very much to talking with and meeting you before too long – must go now, garage and jobs call. Cheers
Allan
