Steve Thomas
True Classic
I am setting out to restore my collection of project X1/9s and I expect/plan this to take five years. I have five. Three are 1978, one is 1979 and the fifth is 1982. All are Australian delivered cars. I have owned one of the 78s since 1992. I bought it, loved it, commuted across Brisbane in it [about 600k per week] for a year and then it dropped hydraulic fluid all over the pedals one afternoon... I put it aside and life happened. Having retired in December 2022, I started looking through my accumulated projects and loose ends and browsing through for sale ads. Pure luck, Fate or whatever - a group of four projects [cars and a pile of parts] as a single lot came up for sale in a rural area. It took me a whole 30 seconds to decide to take the opportunity and buy the lot sight unseen. AUD 5k. The bloke selling them had plans to build two track cars and had bought the four with that in mind. His plans changed, hence the sale.
I picked up the first of these today - 1982. Was being modified into a Prototipo copy for use in the Targa Tasmania by a prior owner and then abandoned. Has the rear eng bulkhead removed and is a rolling shell, otherwise disassembled.
I will pick up the next one next week
I picked up the first of these today - 1982. Was being modified into a Prototipo copy for use in the Targa Tasmania by a prior owner and then abandoned. Has the rear eng bulkhead removed and is a rolling shell, otherwise disassembled.
I will pick up the next one next week