Barn find 1300e

[mrcheese]

Though you guys would like to see this barn find i got last year!

I use a mk1 4dr every day and this guy waved me over and said he had a mk1 in his garage he wanted out of the way. The story was that an old boy had the car pretty much from new ( there were reciepts in the car from the mid seventies) and parked in up in his garage in 1986 ( tax disc in the window) and left it there. He died in around 1998 and his family sold the house to the guy who pulled me over with the 1300e stuck in the garage. The new house owner had no interest in cars especially old ones and said he hadn't looked at it more than twice in all the years he's lived there. I bought it for £250, pumped up the tyres, freed the brakes and dragged it out with my escort. Had it low loaded to my mums and the next day by changing the carbs and fitting a battery and blowing through the fuel lines had it running! (though the brakes were real dodgy)

I was going to strip it for parts for my other mk1 4dr but ironically the body on it was far better than the one is was driving around in! So i sold it to a mate who promptly did some welding and replaced all the brakes and mot'd her. He's used it since mid last year but has now sold it on.

And finally the next day now running, a clean up, and some decent wheels!

So remember theres stuff still out there!

[ste j mk1]

nice find, i wish i could come across one!

[banarama]

looks like a good money spinner to me . well done my friend .theres proberbly plenty more out there but where

[In The Pit]

I love hearing stories like this. Well done to the house owner for finding an enthusiast to pass the car onto many people would have just phoned a scrap yard.

[marky4]

a great find

[bod]

yep very true NICE FIND

driving your old ford about has its advantages i got flashed from behind by a vectra last year thought it was a unmarked old bill so pulled over guy got out and come over and with much delight said i had one of these!!

 

my first thoughts were you pulled me over to tell me that

after talking for a bit he said he broke it up and kept all the bits think you can guess the rest

[mark reed ford]

Nice motor i like the 1300E, they are a rare sight these days