Went to look at a 96 in Teeside today, 1973 in yellow - one little old lady owner (now deceased) + current keeper. Current keeper has asked for some help finding a good home for it. What a find! I just wish I had the cash...

Car has covered only 17,000 miles from new, and there is a stack of old MOTs showing in some cases barely a mile covered in 12 months.

It is totally original - and in excellent condition. It's always been garaged, and the green seats have always been under covers - so are original and utterly mint. All carpets & door cards are also mint.

Bodywork is beautiful, it has a few scratches here & there as you'd expect on a 32 year old car, but no dents that I could find. It's had a few bits of welding done over the years, mainly patches to sills, and has a couple of minor areas that will need patching as follows:

[*]Hole in LH sill in centre of rear jacking point.


[*]Minor corrosion around rear shocker mounts and at the top of one rear inner wing - about the size of a £2 coin in each case so nothing to worry about.

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It's had a leaking battery at some time so below the battery tray, the N/S suspension turret has a lot of surface rust. No more - it's solid as a rock, just a bit scruffy. Undersealing on both sills could do with some attention, it's a bit thin in places, but at least you can see exactly what it's like underneath.

Engine started on 2nd turn, auto choke works OK - neeed a bit of help to tick over for the first couple of minutes but then ran fine, and the engine is as sweet as any V4 you'll find. It has a stainless exhaust which looks almost new.

Wheels have been painted in hammerite and would benefit from a blast & repainting in something more appropriate. All hub caps are mint, no dents or scrapes. Other brightwork - grille, bumpers etc is all mint, even the silver strips in the windscreen rubbers are in excelent condition.

I've advised the seller not to get any of this work done before selling, as I think it is the sort of car that will sell better with full knowledge of what needs to be done rather than wondering what is covered up.





More photos here

If anyone is looking for a seriously good 96, then please PM me and I will pass on the contact details.
Expect to pay good money for such a good car though...

Just remembered another thing - all locks are on a single key except the locking fuel cap, a real rarity for V4s these days!

Yep I checked that car out too - lovely find, but rather more than I can afford to spend at the moment... It did have a few patches underneath, but all properly done. Still had the original factory undercoat and what rust was visable on the sills appeared mostly surface. Some battery leakage evident round the tray area so a little rust was present there too.

Anyway I'm short of garage space - and that car really deserves to be.

Ooooh, that's lovely.

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Ooooh, that's lovely.

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Certainly is!

I'd go so far as to say the bodywork is better than ours, shell is almost as good, interior is as good.

It's not a concourse car, though it could be, it's just amazingly well preserved and well cared for.

Same colour as my second 96 too...another I never managed to get on the road & eventually scrapped