......if you were on the verge of getting your Coupe back, after 18 months away, restored to a better-than-new condition?

Just wondered.

not as much as nearly waiting a year for it to have 400bhp under the bonnet

Not very.... just another car...

You'll take it out and get it covered in bird poopy and road dust, then get some stone dinks in the bonnet, maybe curb an alloy. Or maybe the turbo will start smoking when you go out in it and get stuck in traffic and it'll overheat and you'll think aahhh welcome home

Bet you take it really slow to start with

Get some pics up

cappo, congrats, post some photos!

mine is off the road end of month for a bit of a overhall on the bodywork side of things.
dent master is up here tomorrow to pull all my nasty dents out!

Get the pics up pronto!

Pics coming soon......

Must have pics...preferably before during and after

I'd be excited

I've had mine for maybe 3weeks now and haven't driven or even heard it running properly yet (Hopefully by this weekend) but from the other comments this sounds like a different kettle of fish.

I'm only new here so details please????

To be honest if I had the money to have 18months worth of work carried out to make my coop better than new I'm not sure I'd be driving a coop. Maybe i've just been disheartened by the fccuk up that sprayed my car. Though if I get the best possible outcome from the court case and get my car fully resprayed at his expense I'll be as excited as a minibus full of nuns on a day trip to lourdes.

if you see coupe ownership as a hobby, its not that expensive in reality....

Probably not that excited after spendng 10 months driving sideways in a 400bhp car.......

I'd probably wake up and look at my coupe on the drive, slowly rotting, and walk to my ancient 106

I want your sort of reality. Which drug is best?

i take lots of opioids (yes im safe to drive) stupid arthritis

If i had lots of money like that id still have a coop

Cant wait to see this =)

I hope you have all the pictures from bare shell to better then new!

Just need to dry store it now.

Tom

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I agree. It's obviously the burgundy metallic owners who feel the force most strongly

Am I allowed to say " not very"?

18 months? Er....

Tom, nice warm dry lined garage ready and waiting

Perhaps lots of people are jumping to conclusions about amounts of money spent when they don't know the details.....and in any case, I envisage tottering out to the Coupe on a sunny Sunday when I'm 75, so work it out on that basis and money ceases to be the overriding factor.

And I knew Hedges were green, but......

You'll flog it.

Doh! I'd forgotten all about that!

Happy Birthday Cappo!


Hope you enjoy your drive this Sunday

Pah, all these spoil-sports on the forum! cappo, I'd be really excited!! Biggest dilemma would be where to go for my first drive - you've got to show it off somewhere!

PICS???

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Yup I third that!

I would be very excited and hopefully one day I will have the money to do this
pics pics pics!!!

Haven't got any post-rebuild pics yet but they'll be up soon!

Suppose I'll have to sign up for JimO's Jamboree now!

OK, well one day if/when I get time, I'll try to do a story board on the work done. In the meantime, the car is painted, mopped, the interior has been replaced, the glass has been replaced, and it's rolling again, albeit not on it's own wheels as we don't want those marked while it's moving around.

MOT next Tuesday, which will be done with a spare front end fitted to avoid ramp damage to lips, etc, followed by aircon regas, geometry setup, fit the final front end, and then odds & sods to finish off. Target is next weekend.

In the meantime, here's a pic of the rear, which is fully finished. This was taken after it had been rolled outside for a wash, but not dried or polished, and on a dull day too. I *think* the quality of the work shines through.....

Enjoy....

You had better buster

"To be honest if I had the money to have 18months worth of work carried out to make my coop better than new I'm not sure I'd be driving a coop"

Lol, it's a tricky one this, I think. It's all relative. I'm the worst person in the world for changing my mind about what car I want. When I got my Lexus, it was all I wanted and I was going to keep it forever, but 6 months in, all I could think was, I could've got a mint, modified Supra for the same money. But as long as my coop doesn't let me down (in any major way), I'll be keeping it a long time. It's different. Round my way, Preza's are ten a penny, fast yes, noisy and that, yes but not original. I see more 911's than Coops. And a car is just a car really. Unless you're really vain, would a £200,000 motor make you a better person? Nobody else would think so as they ran a key down the side. Maybe I'm getting too deep.

Enjoy your new motor, mate, when I have the time and the money (and a spare car...), I may do the same thing with mine. Who knows?

Very nice Mr Cappo, very nice indeed

Now, unless I'm very much mistaken that is a classic Carlt paint job?


(You can tell because he always leave that wee bit of overspray as his signature....... )

No, I asked him to put that there, and a bit more on the front too - in years to come a signature CarlT paintjob will add thousands to the value.