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With the help of a member on here, I was directed to a lad on T5D5 who was planning on a gripper conversion to his R, months of chat, a few calls, and the transfer of funds...

Thanks mate.

Ettienne, thanks for your reply, it appears you know your stuff.

The two boxes you mention are both readily available, if you don't mind, and if you can find the time, would you be able to let me...

It appears that finding a manual gearbox for my '70R is like trying to find a vegetarian shark!
I'm off to sea for a month, if nothing turns up in the next four weeks looks like I may have to offer...

Thanks, don't have one for sale do you ;)

It was damaged by what looks like a large bolder hitting it at speed, punching a hole into the casing, and the box dumping it fluids.

How do I find out what box it has? Is it likely to be the M59?

Thread update!

After over a year of trying to buy my old car back, I final towed her home tonight! What a sorry state she looks! If only the lad would have let me have it last year!

Anyway back...

Thanks Wayne,

If i could have some details of the box he has on offer, (miles/Price/location) then I can work out quite easily if it's going to be cost effective to buy back my old R or not.

I...

Thanks for the replies guys, fantastic help.

Its a front wheel drive, I'm currently at work (offshore West Africa) but this has been of huge assistance, i'll look around for these M56 type boxes,...

Hi fellow VPCUK members,

I've been absent for a while, probably over two years actually, due in part to selling my Saffy, but the good news is I may buy it back!

The trouble now, the guy I sold...

Your car has to be what everybody else thinks thier car is, I've just been looking at your pics thinking, yeah mine looks like that, but in fact, no, no it so doesn't! Credit to you loon ;-)

I'm surprised they managed to get the tints off at the side of the road, maybe I should have just hung around the local 50 station, took me hours to remove the front tints on mine, which were legal,...

I used a steam furniture cleaning gun, and a stiff toothbrush to clean & bring the suede up on the steering wheel of my car, take your time, don't let the suede get too wet, pat dry with a clean...

Ouch, glad your all ok.

V70R FWD.
117K
Manual
Saffron
Im the 4th Owner.

The Exhausts,

Single exit on the passenger side dictates this is a front wheel drive car only, drivers side exit= four wheel drive, Twin could be anything.

Front wheel drive cars have around...

Looking good there, what was going on with the interior that you had to strip it out? And I thought I had a work in progress! End result looks cracking, well done!

Ive posted pic's of my Saffron R with the rears tinted, they were on when I bought it, personally I did not like the look, and have gone back to originals, but it will give you an idea of how the...

My Saffron-R is R351LSF, my Wife and daughters call it 'GINGER'!!!Mmmmm