New member from Devon

[dysuldalleth]

Hi to all.....

Just a introduction to the forum.......Im a 39 year old from devon, and until today was happily married, that was until I went and bought a £300 driveable wreck and brought it home to the wife this evening.

Picked up a Morris 1000 (1962) off of EB - originally the owner was hoping for around £600 but to be honest there is so much work to be done to her that I managed to get it down to £300.

Lots of bad parts - the chrome has all but gone every where, needs a new N/S door, rust and filler all over, leaky petrol tank, needs a complete N/S sill, rear O/S wheel arch is held on with filler.......and I think those are the good parts!

It has just gone through the mot with a few minor advisories.....so there might be hope. Engine starts on the button though and she drives well.

Problem is, I have a DIY tool box and thats pretty much it.....not sure where or how to start....got to be one job at a time as she is also going to be my daily run about so can't afford to take her off the road.......any one from Newton Abbot around ..lol?

[beero]

Welcome, sounds better than my '62, got any piccies?

[dysuldalleth]

Will take a lot of pics and post them tomorrow.........hope I have not bitten off too much to handle. I have a limited budget as well what with being a mature student and all....have to claim poverty a little bit don't we?

[bmcecosse]

How on earth did it get an MOT like that ???????? Many would want to know the name of this obviously very 'Minor friendly' garage ! I would say leaky petrol tank must be a very important safety item that should be attended to first..... New tanks are very expensive - perhaps some one has a secondhand one going spare ........ ?

[ASL642]

Put a request in the Wanted section of this board. We have a few posters from Devon who may have a spare on lurking.