Three Thousand Five
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Afternoon all... hope nobody minds but I thought I'd post a few smudges of my newly acquired Solihull 'bruiser', which has replaced dear old 'Degsy', my P6 3500 Auto...
'ELC 941J' was ordered from the off in all over Zircon Blue with Buckskin interior and reg'd for the road on 1st September 1970 - it's second owner took it off the road in 1990 and there it sat in his dusty woodworking shed until September 2010 when owner number three got it running again (briefly) in the seven months he kept it, before passing it on to owner number four who promptly stripped and rebuilt it, putting it back on the road in the first half of last year. I bought it from him two weeks ago and have been going round it ever since finishing off little cosmetic jobs here and there... although 95% restored it's not mint but is very, very nice, much better than my previous P5B Coupe inside, outside and underneath. It's been done just as it should be but isn't over restored (it'll be used as much as possible!). I took it down to London at the weekend for a 'Sweeney Forum' gathering and grabbed some photos of it at Lots Road and Battersea Power Stations...
Looking forward to visiting as many shows as possible in it this year - jobs to do include fitting a Kenlowe fan (it warmed up rather a lot in London traffic last Sunday!), a CD player tucked away under the dash somewhere and tidying up a few marks in the paintwork here and there. It was fitted with a period radio / cassette player at one point but there's now a blanking plate in the dash. I've ordered a new set of number plates for it already - the front one in particular is pretty tatty in the flesh and lets the car down somewhat. People keep telling me ''don't put black and silver plates on it'' but the ones I've ordered are the reflective engraved acrylic type which were often fitted to posh motors from about '68 onwards - I've got no-end of period photos of P5Bs, Jensen Interceptors, Jags, Astons, Rollers etc wearing these so I'm happy with that choice. The originals will go nicely on my new garage wall!
Nidge :wink:
'ELC 941J' was ordered from the off in all over Zircon Blue with Buckskin interior and reg'd for the road on 1st September 1970 - it's second owner took it off the road in 1990 and there it sat in his dusty woodworking shed until September 2010 when owner number three got it running again (briefly) in the seven months he kept it, before passing it on to owner number four who promptly stripped and rebuilt it, putting it back on the road in the first half of last year. I bought it from him two weeks ago and have been going round it ever since finishing off little cosmetic jobs here and there... although 95% restored it's not mint but is very, very nice, much better than my previous P5B Coupe inside, outside and underneath. It's been done just as it should be but isn't over restored (it'll be used as much as possible!). I took it down to London at the weekend for a 'Sweeney Forum' gathering and grabbed some photos of it at Lots Road and Battersea Power Stations...
Looking forward to visiting as many shows as possible in it this year - jobs to do include fitting a Kenlowe fan (it warmed up rather a lot in London traffic last Sunday!), a CD player tucked away under the dash somewhere and tidying up a few marks in the paintwork here and there. It was fitted with a period radio / cassette player at one point but there's now a blanking plate in the dash. I've ordered a new set of number plates for it already - the front one in particular is pretty tatty in the flesh and lets the car down somewhat. People keep telling me ''don't put black and silver plates on it'' but the ones I've ordered are the reflective engraved acrylic type which were often fitted to posh motors from about '68 onwards - I've got no-end of period photos of P5Bs, Jensen Interceptors, Jags, Astons, Rollers etc wearing these so I'm happy with that choice. The originals will go nicely on my new garage wall!
Nidge :wink: