Forevermore Project - Dylan's Golder Wonder

[vaderboyo]

New saffy, new project

Collected today from South Wales, the 370 mile trip home was a complete pleasure (got the train down which took best part of 5 hours lol)



I've included pics under the Wanted section, so rather than repeat those I will take some nice HDR pics over the weekend after she's had a proper clean.

All went to plan on the way home, PhilV70R had suggested that I keep an eye out for a few things, after checking oil and water levels and filling her up to the top with super unleaded, quickly got to this mpg



peaked at 37.6, worst was 32mpg, with speeds between 60 and 78 mph....with the odd blip to test the s and e modes on the auto box.....all well, and not bad for 205k engine. Power delivery seems fine to me, but Phil can be the judge of that when he visits this weekend

Suspension fine, feels nice and tight, no pulling to any direction when braking. Loads of receipts for work done over the last 12,000 miles, has been SORN a bit over the past 6 years.

So, few things that I've noticed will need attention.

Body work not far off being mint - credit to the previous owner/s. Inside very similar, just slightest wear and tear on the base of the front seats.

Rear wiper, water jet and demister dont work - doesnt bother me.
Sunroof dead - doesnt bother me.
Front drivers side tyre has slow puncture - fancy replacing both front ones asap anyway with something more grippy.

To conclude on day 1 - best drive Ive had in a car since a very long time, faultless on the way home, dont care what needs doing to her its an amazing collectable car which will continue to be looked after by the dark side of the force :-)

Know I'm absolutely knackered so off to my pit.

ttfn

[M-R-P]

Congrats on the new motor mate, she'll do you proud

[PHIL V70R]

be over soon mate c ya then......

[T5frankie]

Good luck crap colour though LOL

[MoleT-5R]

nice car mate, bet the trip back was great with some nice roads to check out your new purchase

[V70 Graham]

Looks like you've fallen on your feet, now don't sell this one lol.

[stribo]

Looking good.

[vaderboyo]

cheers all....definately won't be selling this one Graham lol

Now done my first 500 miles, full tank of petrol resulted in 460 motorway miles - OK averaging 62mph but all the same amazing.

It's so original and clean for the milleage its done - unbelievable - spare wheel looks like its hardly been used.

The only thing I can see that will need rennovating or changing interior wise is the steering wheel....but I'm being picky lol

Cant wait for the weekend

[iancho]

Sounds like you finally found a good one!

[The Flying Moose]

Looks well mate, certainly one of the better high mileage cars. Just goes to show if cared for properly they do still run as they should.

[vaderboyo]

Ive had her 6 days and done 750 miles....not had a chance to wash or polish her yet which I'm gutted about - anyway grabbed some quick pics tonight, thought Id show you a local view...

- sorry Ive got no idea how to make my pics bigger



Ive trauled through the service history and invoices that came with this golder wonder - its had tonnes of money spent on it over recent years, its obviously been well cared for.

There are a few issues I will need to sort out which are as follows:

Small leakage from power steering system
Sunroof inop
Rear wiper inop
Driver side fog lamp cracked
Headlamps are utter rubbish
Handbrake needs adjusting

Thats about it, none of the above are pressing, but I will sort them out over the coming weeks and months.

More pressing is the need for a full service and cambelt/water pump change.

Ive got no worries re the health of the engine or the turbo...no blue smoke and returns this kind of mpg



OK so was driving at 55mph on cruize control, but I wasnt un a hurry and I know Ive got 240bhp (ish) on tap if I need it. I'm not going to put the engine under any pressure until Ive done the belts and service.

Looking through the history, between 2004 and 2006 she did 80k - was serviced every 12 weeks! then when she hit 160k the miles came down to 10k per annum. Has been sorned 2012 - then looks like a not inconsiderable amount was spent to put her through the MOT...and then 4 days later yours truly gets his grubby fingers on her.

Body wise there are only small imperfections which would only be noticed once your attention was drawn to them....or if you washed the car by hand - agian these will be sorted in time.

On the inside, the only thing missing is the rear load cover, previous owners forgot to include it when they part ext her for a newer car, then ended up flogging it on gumtree......so hunt for another black one is on.

Also, Id like to replace the trim on the tail pipe - not sure if this is an easy job? or it might benefit from a rub down with wire wool?

More pics to come once weather improved :-)

[PHIL V70R]

looking good sir....hope 2 c you soon mate

[vaderboyo]

Ive been busy doing this and that to the Golden Wonder :-)

Painted the grill and lower grills, also sprayed the horns in the same colour, save me having to move them.



Makes it look much fresher



Touched up the alloys, just a temp job until I get them refurbed, and painted the callipers satin black.



Started to rennovate the seats - not that there's much wear, and started to clean the engine bay.

Smitten...

[iancho]

That grill looks much smarter and the wheels look nice too... Your doing a good job mate! Nice tidy motor

[V70 Graham]

Looking good, but wern't 'Golden Wonder' a type of crisp lol

[kfc]

Looks very nice bud, i love to see mpg numbers like that? enjoy yourself.

[vaderboyo]

That grill looks much smarter and the wheels look nice too... Your doing a good job mate! Nice tidy motor

cheers, quite a way to go before it gets to your cars standard :-) ...I casnt stop looking at it out the window lol

[PHIL V70R]

lol your as bad as me mate...

[vaderboyo]

Slight change to the front, couldnt get used to the chrome which I didnt paint over on the grill...to an hour later and got to this



Carried on cleaning and touching up where needed.

The heat shield in the centre of the exhaust had to come off today, it had rusted and the mounting holes had rusted awat, the noise it made on occassions was flpn annoying lol...will help power to weight ratio lol

[vaderboyo]

hmmm...dunno still debating about this one...