S'mae / Hi

Finally got a car that my wife likes! Our neighbour was about to scrap his pickup, which he'd had from new, and when I said I'd quite like to patch it up and use it for our work - he gave it to us!!

Mind you, the fuel tank leaks and it blew a wheel bearing yesterday but that's just 'character' right? Like its just testing me...

 

Its a 93 MV 1800, by the way and I reckon its better known as a Brat or a Brumby.

 

I'm new here, so not allowed to upload pics yet.

 

Meanwhile, I'll be working out what needs doing and, er, doin' it! Possibly.

Well hello Bratman18, thanks for the quick reply.

As to pics - the little button thingy only looks for a web link, not to my poot, and there's the bit at the bottom that says: 'You may not post attachments'

 

Doesn't bode well for working on the pickup if I can't work out how too upload pics, does it?

Well, there's always cheating...

 

this should be the car, then...

 

and this is my wife mixing cement in a bucket - on the tailgate...

 

and this is the morning after the cement thing - see what happens when you desecrate a pickup!

It actually looks like it is in pretty decent shape body wise. Nice! So what are your plans for it?

 

Well, now then, where to start?

 

I need to learn how to sort out the bodywork. It doesn't look too bad in the pics but there's some rust in the rear wheelarches and a little on the pickup bed and the nearside front wing - that's the one you can't see in any of the pics - is torn and creased. Its been a working car, its lightly battered all over just like fried cod from a fish and chip shop. (I expect that little joke is meaningless outside the UK)

The fuel tank is beyond repair and is the reason it was destined for the scrapyard. I'm considering my options on that one...

 

I'll have to replace the wheel bearing soon and I fancy making a roll bar that I can fit the mountain bikes to. Other than that I'm hoping to get some ideas from the forum.