'Bonny' has had a Valet (by me)

[JamesT5]

So my first job on 'Bonny' as the new owner was the give the car a damn good clean. To be fair, it was filthy and if I'm honest probably isn't even finished yet but it looks substantially better than it did 10 hours prior to finishing the job. The leather will need some leather paint at some point with the exception of the drivers seat which needs replacing if I want it to look half decent (the current one looks like a dog has chewed it). The alloys are from a Ford Mondeo and are tatty anyway so at some point I'll be changing them but they'll do for now.

So I got to work cleaning the inside and outside and it's not been easy. It was caked in a thick layer of dirt which has taken a lot of shifting but it's been well worth it.

Here' a collection of photos showing various before and after shots, mainly on the inside.......

(p.s. I also washed the cone filter which was about as black as I've ever sen one).

[stephenevans99]

Looking good already mate..... That Pedro is a bleedin mucky sod.

[Dangerous Dave]

Good work, always nice to get stuck in

Wasn't the damage to the glovebox from having a gearbox sat there?

[p fandango]

Wasn't the damage to the glovebox from having a gearbox sat there?

i hadn't took the satnav out the glovebox before putting the gearbox in either which someone found rather funny

[V70 Graham]

I remember seeing the gearbox in there.

Cars looking a lot better now it's had a clean.

[JamesT5]

The car does look a lot better now, I'll pop some more photos up shortly.

I found the o/s front Tyre was going down rather quickly, turned out to be a leaky valve which I've had replaced today and it's fine now, all leak checked by some pro's down the road. Ultimately these Ford wheels will have to go and as soon as possible.

[volvokid]

And I thought mine was bad haha, good job at what you have done.

[abdul]

nice job

[p fandango]

And I thought mine was bad haha

tbh she was bought simply to get me to work & back cheaply, which she did well. She also had her uses when it came to picking up bits for BT & the local tip run




theirs a JamesT5R in there as well somewhere lol

[Jamest5r]

Yep I fitted in the back there as well loads of room

[M-R-P]

Jim, you'd fit in the glovebox. Twig.

[Jamest5r]

Jim, you'd fit in the glovebox. Twig.

Your only jealous of my physiche

[JamesT5]

More photos taken earlier today.....

[p fandango]

where's the D gone off the grill lol

[JamesT5]

By the way, I chucked out a few coke cans and soft drinks bottles, serviettes and McDonalds related stuff from under the back seats. Also, the car didn't cost me £300, it cost me £299 because there was about a quid in change under the seats and in the compartments.

On a side note, I found out why the A/C doesn't work today - there's a leak in the system. The back tail gate skin has now been riveted back on using OE clips from the Main Stealers.....











T5 and D5 together after a wash and wipe.....





p.s..... I should really sort out the wonky number plate (I know....)

[p fandango]

you ventured under the seats, brave man

[JamesT5]

where's the D gone off the grill lol

I thought it looked tacky and pretentious. I still have it, do you want it back...?

[JamesT5]

you ventured under the seats, brave man

Not a coke can or piece of polystyrene in sight now.

[p fandango]

I thought it looked tacky and pretentious. I still have it, do you want it back...?

it was done as a joke as someone (no names Mr Evans) put a very tacky R badge on the grill of his tractor

[JamesT5]

it was done as a joke as someone (no names Mr Evans) put a very tacky R badge on the grill of his tractor

No, you see Steve has a genuine D5-R, didn't you know that....?