Dilema

[Stu_B]

Sent my car in for MOT today, knew it was gonna fail but not as bad as it has!

4 fail sheets

 

£500-£600 of welding

 

Needs a new screen, brakes locked on during test, no travel in rear suspension (removing the lowering blocks should sort that though)

 

Is it worth it? I could sell it as it is or break it & get more than I paid (got it cheap off a mate) or do I get the work done?!

 

I was planning on selling my daily & using the Anglia so that's £300-£400 towards it I suppose

 

It is a great little car & so much fun to drive but I was only gonna keep it till the end of summer as I want to concentrate on my Cortina over the winter.

[marky4]

get it fixed

[Vista]

Is it the one in your sig?

[Stu_B]

Yeah

 

here's some more details:

 

'66 123e Estate

 

Engine:

1500 Pre-crossflow,

Lotus crank and rods,

Cosworth steel main caps,

lightened, polished and balanced

+40 Power Max pistons,

full race head (port, polish, big valves etc.)

steel rocker shaft and posts,

Kent 244 cam,

duplex timing gear,

Janspeed Anglia manifold,

twin DCOE 40’s.

High capacity high pressure oil pump,

Aldon racing distributor,

fully baffled sump.

 

All studs, bolts etc. are ARP heavy duty.

 

Gearbox:

2000E

 

Suspension

Front – fully adjustable (camber and caster) 2L Capri struts recon’d with HD inserts and new discs, up rated -3" springs.

 

Rear –2" Saloon springs, 2" lowering blocks, upright dampers & anti-tramp bars

 

[Vista]

Sounds good, I would fix it.

[richie_stix]

prefer the cortina personally... break it and rude out the cortina! i think the cortina 'suits' you better, if a car can 'suit' it's owner!

[Stu_B]

I'm going to look at the damage & pick up the fail sheet tomorrow, it may well be up for sale as I'm not sure I want to put any more money into it.

Would make a good project for someone who has storage & can weld.

Will also give me a chance to get on with my cortina... I've barely looked at it since I got these pesky Anglias

[escort21]

Mate thats a lovely little car....definately fix it and then sell it on with an mot and you'll get your money back...but when its done all you'll wanna do it drive it....thats garanteed

[Copey]

get shut and do the cortina!

[bomber1]

fix it then run it with an add in the side window deffo dont break it its a very cool wagon

[Stu_B]

Ok still weighing up my options! I may have to find somewhere else to do the work as the garage owner doesn't want his body man tied up for that long in one car

 

What do y'all think it's worth: without MOT & with MOT?