New Pocket Rocket??

Hi,

Before you all ask let me explain. "Pocket Rocket" I hear you say. Well the E34 535i Sport has gone to a new owner and been replaced by an E30 318is. This is what I call a Pocket Rocket. Pocket because its easy on your wallet (well that's the theory, it hasn't exactly started out that way with a few new parts required) Rocket because it has got some go for a 1.8 engine.

After a pick up from the south of England from a less than honest seller (one of Del Boys relatives) and a mix of magic and luck it arrived back in the North East. With a clutch that could only be operated by an acrobat and a cooling system losing more water than a marathon runner in July I can only say we made it. Many thanks to Mike for his help.

What have I bought I hear you say. Waking up on a Monday morning and looking out the window and faced with a BMW that had seen more abuse than Zimbabwe's population. Pinky, pot marked, scratched and dented my wallet was already shedding a few tears.

Two weeks later and a few quid lighter I ignored the Kiddy Kit (sorry Dale) and went straight for the essentials, clutch master cylinder, water pump, radiator, some trim and a host of bits and pieces. Within a very short space of time I was on first name terms with the guys at euro car parts and Fawdingtons were taking some many calls from me I was given my own parts hotline.

On the one half decent day in April I thought lets get this pink bodywork back to red. With a strategy as complex as the one to restructure Jordan's ti*s and with contracted help again from Mike (Thanks) out come the T Cut, cloths and a range of polishes. We were off!!

The bodywork had been butchered by Animal off the Muppet Show with what I assume to be a machine polisher. In one place it had been polished so hard it was through to the metal. (The polish had been applied with a bucket by someone with very short arms.

Anyway enough of this complaining.

The effort went in and soon we could see red. With more elbow grease needed to clean it up than a crap Kebab house in Blyth by the end of the day it was red (well mostly).

Well thats it for now but I will keep you updated over the next few months.