Some of you already know this car from my introduction thread here or from the recent Eastern region meet on Sunday.
Anyway, She's a 1990 CD auto with Rome velour interior, finished in colour code 87L which is Rembrandt silver I believe.
She's barely broken in with only 38,200 miles on the clock. Only one previous owner, a man called Gordon Jackson, who bought the car when it was on display at the showroom at Renny's Vauxhall in Tonbridge Wells. Gordon recently gave up driving at the age of 96! So the car was put up for sale in the Friday ad where my Dad saw it and the rest is history.
Despite the low mileage, she does have her bad points:
However, generally she has held up pretty well for a pre-facelift in terms of rust:
Rather interestingly, it has colour coded soundproofing like my Diplomat, though our CD manual has the usual black stuff:
She is a bit of a minter if I say so myself. From the interior you could be fooled into thinking it's never been used. All the switches feel new, the seats are still very firm and supportive, she drives like a dream, the suspension feels so tight and responsive and best of all no water leaks.
Anyway, a parcel arrived for me today from Dan (Chip Pan Dan), thanks again for this
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So I instantly went about fitting the aerial.
Before:
After:
I also managed to refit the headlamp rubbers properly:
More pictures to follow, in the meantime, enjoy this short clip of the headlamp wipers in action!
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