"The Project"

[Maxxed_Ross]

thanks for all the replies guys.

If I could go back and do it all again, I wouldn't. I had no idea it was going to be this difficult a project. One or two people on here know the true cost of the project, and all of them nearly fell over. To put it generally there's a Lambo Gallardo on Pistonheads just now for less than what I've spent on this.

I'm still undecided as to what to do. I think the point of cutting my losses and running away has long passed by, so it would be a shame not to finish it now - and as a few have said there's no way I would get even half what I have spent on it back again. Saying that I probably won't even when it's finished... but it was never about that. I wanted to save it and finish what MG half started all those years ago.

At any rate it'll be sitting in storage for a while until I make up my mind

[sneekyparrot]

I still don't get why u don't make it road legal and at least then u could have some fun on the roads :-))

[Mark S]

Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

I still don't get why u don't make it road legal and at least then u could have some fun on the roads :-))

+1

[Maxxed_Ross]

It's no VIN numbers or chassis numbers so would be on a Q plate, would be the 5th car in my fleet that I would need to tax, MOT, insure (I dread to think what that alone would cost!), would need an MOT friendly exhaust, tyres with tread on them (again 10" wide tyres would probably be an insane price), there's no wiring loom for the lights other than the headlights and brake lights, no horn, no fuel gauge, it would NEVER get over a speed bump, the 6 pot brakes and racing clutch would be a nightmare to use in traffic or at low speeds, it leaks like a sieve when it rains, the window wiper currently doesn't have anything to control it and since it doesn't have any door locks I would never be able to park it anywhere - if it passed the IVA test which I VERY much doubt it would.


Come to think of it I don't know why I didn't do it either...

[stamford]

Plenty enough reason why not there in that list. Which begs the question, what were you going to do with it, just track days etc?

[sneekyparrot]

Originally Posted by Maxxed_Ross

It's no VIN numbers or chassis numbers so would be on a Q plate, would be the 5th car in my fleet that I would need to tax, MOT, insure (I dread to think what that alone would cost!), would need an MOT friendly exhaust, tyres with tread on them (again 10" wide tyres would probably be an insane price), there's no wiring loom for the lights other than the headlights and brake lights, no horn, no fuel gauge, it would NEVER get over a speed bump, the 6 pot brakes and racing clutch would be a nightmare to use in traffic or at low speeds, it leaks like a sieve when it rains, the window wiper currently doesn't have anything to control it and since it doesn't have any door locks I would never be able to park it anywhere - if it passed the IVA test which I VERY much doubt it would.


Come to think of it I don't know why I didn't do it either...

Ah point well and truly made :-))

[Maxxed_Ross]

quick update

In the end I've decided not to sell it, so I've been nibbling away at little tasks when I have the time.

It's not dead yet, just in hiding for a while



I had started to build up a fund for finishing this off, then someone reversed into the front of our brand new C30 in a car park, then the Defender threw a load of issues at me that ended up costing a small fortune to fix, then the head gasket went on the RB320 (oh the irony!) so that was away being rebuilt for nearly 3 months... then the week I got it back I fired it off the road backwards into the shrubbery and ripped the front end off it.

It's just not been my year for luck with cars!

[maxtherotti]

jeeze if it wasn't for bad luck you would have no luck

[peterzs]

Enough to put anyone off cars for life.

But........think the RB320 looked after you and hope it can be rebuilt.

Glad EX259 is still around, is a money pit but you cant put a value on a "one off", car. Hope the funds will be found to get it up and running in whatever guise.

[p_b82]

glad to hear that even if on a back burner it is still with you

that is a load of rotten luck with the other cars though it has to be said, hope you are done with it now though!