WReXless now chirpy cheap Jeep, Nein11 & Ghia

[paulplom]

What a pisser.
I think that cable thing might be the bonnet pull.
Is the bonnet carbon fibre?

[Broccoli]

What a pisser.
I think that cable thing might be the bonnet pull.
Is the bonnet carbon fibre?

Unfortunately yes (to the carbon fibre as well as the pisser!)

Oh well, I enjoy a good project. (Even the unexpected ones - arse burgers!!!)

[brandersnatch]

Some* work to be done there. Can you get the previous owner duffed up or something?

[Scruffy Bodger]

That really sucks. Had they used all old photos on the ad then?

[DodgeRover]

Those holes behind the spots look like they were for bonnet pins.

[Broccoli]

All the photos I was sent were 10 footers at least. In the same way no-one could see it in my first pics. No comment from the seller.
I could tell the rear bumper was slightly low and that a strip of paint was missing along the edge of the engine lid/ rear quarter, looking like it had rubbed.
Oh well, you live and you learn! I’m over it now.
I have spent $35k more wisely in the past though…
Nothing I can do but suck it up and get to enjoying a new project(!)
I’ve wanted an early car for maybe 10 years now, so I have the chance to make it what I like (and throw good money after bad )

[LynehamHerc]

Given the way prices seem to have gone up for these you may have paid too much now but probably not if you'd bought it in a year or two. So you've gained a year or so to get it on the road.

This might not make sense as I'm using Man Maths. I have to use it with my family about my cars but, surprisingly, they think that it's a load of bollocks.

[paulplom]

I'm left alone when it comes to my cars. She never mentions how much they cost or what I'm spending. I never ask her how much she spends on fucking shoes and bags. It's got to be more than what I *invest in my vehicles.

[Broccoli]

Ha ha ha. Thanks for the kind words!
It’s just one of those things. Getting upset about it, won’t make things any better - the opposite if anything!

I’m going to see if I can get a summer of fun out of it and then pull it to pieces and get a respray etc to my ideal car.
It’s meant to be a keeper, so I’ll just be bringing forward some attention to make it the car I’ve been dreaming of.

Still would have been nicer if I didn’t have to, but them’s the breaks!

[Arthur Foxhake]

Nah, fuck that enjoying it first shit!
Attack it with a wire wheel and a CAT, (Eddie TheRainman will buy you one) pull it to bits, put it in storage, then buy another one even worse.
Standard practice round here.