Taken off the road in 1996 and stored inside
Restored in 2001 – full respray, polybushed throughout, new Magnex stainless exhaust, Acoustic rear shelf with cd changer and head unit. Alloys refurbished with 4 new tyres.
Back on the road 2001-03 and 2005-07 then spent a couple of years outdoors before going into storage undercover which is where it is now
The car drove fine into storage with no issues but will now obviously need to be fully recommissioned. Power steering belt was removed as one of the steel pipes was leaking.
There is some light rusting here and there and the offside cill will need a repair but generally a very solid shell with no major issues. I’ve not looked underneath but has never been welded in my ownership and wouldn’t expect anything major.”
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