Re: Revival of a free car
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:45 am
Anyway going on with revival stories I liked ferguson tractors - I also had any vehicle I didn't own cover aged 16 on my 50cc moped policy.
Queue to £50 purchase of a fergy that had littered a hedgerow for about 10 years about 5 miles from base, a couple of hours spent cleaning points and getting the engine turning saw it burst into life on about 3 cylinders and it made the dash back down the road as fast as possible (12mph).
Another fergy came along, this time from the cricket club where it had languished after being vandalized, a big battery and a can of ether saw that one running, the drive home was more interesting with the loader stuck in the down position and little in the way of brakes, it was faster than the petrol though hitting almost 15mph.
The most epic was a lwb Land Rover that was dragged out of a field after sitting for years and driven home through the centre of Leeds then motorway back, thank god we didn't get stopped or have to tow it as there wasn't anything solid enough to fasten a rope to. I genuinely shudder at the thought of that although I did have 3rd party insurance in place.
Queue to £50 purchase of a fergy that had littered a hedgerow for about 10 years about 5 miles from base, a couple of hours spent cleaning points and getting the engine turning saw it burst into life on about 3 cylinders and it made the dash back down the road as fast as possible (12mph).
Another fergy came along, this time from the cricket club where it had languished after being vandalized, a big battery and a can of ether saw that one running, the drive home was more interesting with the loader stuck in the down position and little in the way of brakes, it was faster than the petrol though hitting almost 15mph.
The most epic was a lwb Land Rover that was dragged out of a field after sitting for years and driven home through the centre of Leeds then motorway back, thank god we didn't get stopped or have to tow it as there wasn't anything solid enough to fasten a rope to. I genuinely shudder at the thought of that although I did have 3rd party insurance in place.