Car 6 the Blue 2.9

I was looking for a powerplant and drivetrain for the project sapphire... Not hard but just keeping an eye out...

Then out of the blue I got a phonecall from my m8 Neil in Glasgow, there was a G Reg 2.9 4x4 with short tax and test up his way..

He gave me the number, I gave the guy a call and we aranged to go up and see it one evening..

The trip up was not uneventful, my m8 Mark was driving his MK2 16V golf and arround Beatock we hit something on the road, as did about 6 other cars. We were all pulled up on the hard shoulder, Hazzards on, inspecting for damage. All we could see on marks car was that the front splitter was more split than it had been.. We think it was a Tyre or something else relativly soft.

Anyway, we made our way up the rest of the way unhindered. We met up with Neil ( our guide and protector ) and went to find the car.

It was on a Dark foggy road near the Clyde, deserted and quite scary. The guy turned up through the gloom... If it was not for Neil ( BIG BLOKE ) we would have been a little worried by the situation.

A quick test drive up and down the road confirmed everythig worked ok, i handed over £120 and set off in tho the night. I had a coffe and a sandwich at Neils mums and then made the 100 mile Trip back home, parked up and had a nice bottle of wine.. My first trip in a 2.9 XR 4x4 COOOL!!!

That was the last time the car would ever see the road ( well as a complet car that is.. )

After a few weeks it was drivven into the garage, it was stripped out and then cut up.

The cutting up was a little difficult, I was using a cheap reciprocating saw from B&Q.. Which kept on breaking, so I kept on exchanging it.. Eventualy the mettal work was all in bite size chunks, loaded onto a trailer and taken to the scrap man.

The engine eventualy went in the Blue twincam car, the wheels were sold for £80 tax returned for £13, metal made £2 and other odds and sods totted up to well over the £120 spent.

The only bits still in my posetion is the drive train and brakeing system...

So that was that. It serverd it's purpose sort of.... And cost nothing.