View Full Version : Celestial Blue ZS180 saloon
Supermike
24-01-16, 09:38 PM
Hey guys thought I would post a pic of the MG. Needs a bottom end/engine and after advertising on eBay for breaking the kind MG enthusiasts have convinced me not to break this car and to restore it
Stunning colour! What interior do you have?
Supermike
24-01-16, 09:55 PM
The interior is half leather with grey suede like centre on the seats and door panels
Stephen
24-01-16, 10:20 PM
Hi Mike!
Glad to see you have joined up :), I'm the Monogram Aurora owner.
Stephen
Welcome to the forum... I'd love a monogram, but will stick with my Le-Mans ZS for now (until I get around to respraying it)
I love that colour!
Mike, be careful with a used motor, the early ones had coil packs and leads, the later ones pencil type coil packs.
The ZT and freelander had different sumps.
The ZS had a change of dipstick and the way it fixed in the sump at some point.
Ideally you want to have the replacement engine leak down tested first, it to have no or little gunk in the inlet and when you drop the sump for it to look like its been serviced regular.
Full service history with a motor is a nice touch, but very rare.
If your not in a rush, I have 3 motors that I need to do a leak down test on, two of the 3 have good history (1 was serviced every year/10k with evidence, I nearly sold this to scott briddlecombe with the bio green zs, glad he backed out!!), I will be selecting the best one as a base for a race car, but the other if good will moved on.
Good Luck with the car.
stamford
25-01-16, 09:07 AM
Glad you are repairing it, looks stunning in that colour.
Supermike
25-01-16, 10:10 AM
Hi Stephen. Thanks for all your words of wisdom greatly appreciated and glad to see so many enthusiasts inhere who I can turn to for advice or even moral support. Hi Mark, thanks for the offer of the engine I have another few offers and also being looking at a complete donor car with low mileage. I was even considering a full rebuild of my current engine but that all depends on what I find when I get it stripped down to be honest
peterzs
25-01-16, 01:04 PM
good news, too many getting broken.
Specially such a great colour one
:wizard::wizard::wizard:
Dan1971
25-01-16, 01:40 PM
Stunning colour. Haven't seen a mk2 in it so I'm really glad you're not breaking it. Missed the ebay advert - my Mrs will be overjoyed - it'd be outside now most likely !
Warm welcome to the forum.
talkingcars
25-01-16, 05:05 PM
The interior is half leather with grey suede like centre on the seats and door panels
That'll be gunsmoke alcantara.
Which door cards does it have, do they have a painted strip at the top?
Supermike
26-01-16, 02:49 PM
Stunning colour. Haven't seen a mk2 in it so I'm really glad you're not breaking it. Missed the ebay advert - my Mrs will be overjoyed - it'd be outside now most likely !
Haha, glad I have kept you out of trouble.
Warm welcome to the forum.
That'll be gunsmoke alcantara.
Which door cards does it have, do they have a painted strip at the top?
No painted strip. Just the same colour as the middle strip of the seats. I'll need to get some more pictures up
Supermike
26-01-16, 02:50 PM
I seem to be not very good at trying to quote multiple replies
Lukeus101
26-01-16, 03:00 PM
Mike, if you ever sell it please let me know. You just need to name your price :D
Dan1971
26-01-16, 03:04 PM
I seem to be not very good at trying to quote multiple replies
Been on here for years and still have no idea how to do it ... ;)
talkingcars
26-01-16, 04:18 PM
I seem to be not very good at trying to quote multiple replies
It involves copying and pasting.
I seem to be not very good at trying to quote multiple repliesBeen on here for years and still have no idea how to do it ... ;)
TBH it's quicker to reply to each message separately.
Lovely looking, hope the repairs go well!
To multi quote, press the + button next to the quote button for each post you would like to quote and then on the final post press the + and 'quote' buttons which should give the desired result :)
I seem to be not very good at trying to quote multiple replies
Been on here for years and still have no idea how to do it ... ;)
It involves copying and pasting.
TBH it's quicker to reply to each message separately.
Why not click the multi quote icon on each post you want to quote, then reply om the final one? (like i did for this post)
M17TT180
27-01-16, 06:52 AM
Hi Mike, yes you did create quite a buzz on the facebook groups! I believe yours is one of 3 mk2's in celestial one being made in 2004 and two on 2005. There are also a handful of mk1. Have you looked up your build data on the info website?
Dan1971
27-01-16, 10:46 AM
Lovely looking, hope the repairs go well!
To multi quote, press the + button next to the quote button for each post you would like to quote and then on the final post press the + and 'quote' buttons which should give the desired result :)
I had never spotted those icons before ...
Why not click the multi quote icon on each post you want to quote, then reply om the final one? (like i did for this post)
I can do it ... I can do it ... yey! .....Cheers fellas :thumbsup: (Simple things) Post count will go down now though ... :hmm:
Supermike
27-01-16, 11:21 AM
Mike, if you ever sell it please let me know. You just need to name your price :D
Hi Lukeus. Don't think I will ever sell but if I do I'll be sure to post it here first.
Been on here for years and still have no idea how to do it ... ;)
I think I'm.getting the hang of it now...... Maybe. Lol
It involves copying and pasting.
TBH it's quicker to reply to each message separately.
Ah Ha I'm getting better need to remember to post my reply after the "quote box"
Lovely looking, hope the repairs go well!
To multi quote, press the + button next to the quote button for each post you would like to quote and then on the final post press the + and 'quote' buttons which should give the desired result :)
More than just advice with cars. Advice on how to use a forum too, extremely helpful. I think I'm liking this multi quote thing.
Why not click the multi quote icon on each post you want to quote, then reply om the final one? (like i did for this post)
Hope all is still going well with the multi quote.....
Hi Mike, yes you did create quite a buzz on the facebook groups! I believe yours is one of 3 mk2's in celestial one being made in 2004 and two on 2005. There are also a handful of mk1. Have you looked up your build data on the info website?
Good to know it's almost one of a kind. No I haven't looked up the build data purely because I don't know how to TBH.
I had never spotted those icons before ...
I can do it ... I can do it ... yey! .....Cheers fellas :thumbsup: (Simple things) Post count will go down now though ... :hmm:
Dan, I'm in the same boat as you never even seen them until it was mentioned. Weather is still crap here in Scotland. Will try and get more pictures when and if it stops raining
M17TT180
27-01-16, 01:40 PM
http://www.mg-rover.info/get_info.htm
Go to the link above, enter your VIN (excluding the first SAR), then click the two boxes, then write Longbridge in the box below and finally enter what is displayed in the image.
:)
talkingcars
27-01-16, 03:53 PM
Why not click the multi quote icon on each post you want to quote, then reply om the final one? (like i did for this post)
I didn't know how it worked, but now I do.
Lovely looking, hope the repairs go well!
To multi quote, press the + button next to the quote button for each post you would like to quote and then on the final post press the + and 'quote' buttons which should give the desired result :)
I had never spotted those icons before ...
I can do it ... I can do it ... yey! .....Cheers fellas :thumbsup: (Simple things) Post count will go down now though ... :hmm:
Never too late to learn new tricks, I'm talking about me and not you Dan!
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