Alastairp
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- 2005 CLK200 coupe (now gone) 2011 R230 SL350 2014 C220 estate
Its quite a long story really - in fact everything I do seems to become a long story.Hi Alastair. What is stopping you from using your 911SC ?
It started with an ebay purchase of a 1982 911SC which had been lying in a storage unit for 16 years in 2012:
I then embarked on a complete strip down & rebuild (body, paint, interior, engine, transmission, suspension etc), finally getting the car MoT and back on the road on 1st January 2015.
However, I didn't route the wiring for the heated rear screen correctly through the rubber seal and there was a very slight water leak so I didn't get around to installing the rear seats & carpet etc until I changed the seal.
Unfortunately, my wife found a building project at the beginning of 2015 which necessitated moving into a caravan for a short period (which turned into 4.5 years), finally moving into the (still unfinished) house at the very end of 2019 just before COVID struck.
I was not allowed to even look at the red car, let alone do any work on it, until the house was finished. The house remains unfinished due to the arrival of 5 grandsons in the past 6 years.
First registered in 1982, the car is now eligible for Historic Status and would be exempt from tax and MoT, although I believe I need to put an MoT on it before I can apply for Historic Status exemption.