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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Guinney1971 on 01 January 2012, 16:37:43
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Hi all,
well I finally picked up Morticia yesterday, she's not pristine by any stretch of the imagination, and I've got plenty to do, but here's some photos, and I'm busy compiling a shopping list of things I want to replace and upgrade. I'd like to have her fully sorted before we take her on holiday to the Dordogne in France in June :)
Spec is a 2000/W facelift 2.0 16v GLS Auto Estate, the service book says she's 'Black 2' in colour (solid black). I've got plans, including upgrading the interior, new grille and *whispers* eyebrows, refurbing the wheels, tidying the bodywork and giving it a service. I've made a shopping list already of parts I want :)
Anyway, if you take off the value of the road tax, its effectively cost me £550, and I know there are some Elite's on the bay not getting bids at half that money, but at least this car has the benefit of LPG, which is why I wanted it.
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Phone kit needs to come out (I've got a bluetooth Parrot kit to go in it)
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Broken front mudflaps
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All the alloys need refurbishing
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Bonnet needs a machine polish
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Comments (clean ones) welcome!
Claire
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Needs a little work on the outside to get it looking nice, but nothing excessive.
You could always cheat and simply replace the door mirrors, wheels, black trim for the wood look if you wanted.
You could always use the De Loren (background) to go back to get the parts brand new ;D
Are you going to keep it standard or go for the Mv6 look?
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A little costly perhaps. However, the reduced cost of LPG should soon claw some of that back.... :y :y
Is that a Vel Satis parked next to it in picture one?
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agreed, having seen how cheap Omega's are, I'm glad I didnt pay the original £795 asking price!! However, I've got plenty of trade contacts who can help me make it look nice for not too much money, however the LPG conversion will help the car redeem itself cost wise.
I'm planning on keeping it for at least 2-3 years whilst its needed as a 'family wagon', and then I'll replace it with either another Omega or I'll get another convertible :)
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Ooh what a nice shiny front bumper :'(
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Looks good , about the same condition i got mine ...vx scabs here and there "why do they do that" ;D
Looks like you will be needing a bigger drive :y
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Is that a Vel Satis parked next to it in picture one?
nope, its our Renault-Matra Avantime 3.0 V6 Privilege auto (LPG). Owned it since new (Nov 2002). Beautiful to drive, and it was great for cruising round France last year.
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good bargain :y
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Is that a Vel Satis parked next to it in picture one?
nope, its our Renault-Matra Avantime 3.0 V6 Privilege auto (LPG). Owned it since new (Nov 2002). Beautiful to drive, and it was great for cruising round France last year.
Ah yes.....that's the fella. Even today it looks like it has just come off the drawing board.
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Always good lo see another gls on board. Will make a very nice estate when you have done the jobs listed, especially being black.
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The list of those small things to repair is always there.. Reminds me of mine when I bought her. Make her tidy and shiny again :y Lpg is nice advantage
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thanks all for the words of encouragement, I was a bit disheartened tbh when I got her, as there's more to do on it then there was on my 18yr old Astra Convertible that preceded it, but like you say, they are all little bits here and there, and they dont actually stop the car working, so its all stuff I can do as and when time and funds allow.
cheers all !! :-*
Claire
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thanks all for the words of encouragement, I was a bit disheartened tbh when I got her, as there's more to do on it then there was on my 18yr old Astra Convertible that preceded it, but like you say, they are all little bits here and there, and they dont actually stop the car working, so its all stuff I can do as and when time and funds allow.
cheers all !! :-*
Claire
Every Omega I have seen with that style wheel has needed them refurbed. Mine had the same wheels when I bought it but I changed them when the tyres wore out. Keith B
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Oh my god is that a delorean you have. :o :o
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Oh my god is that a delorean you have. :o :o
I was wondering that too....3rd pic on the left?
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I wouldn't be disheartened. That's a lovely motor and I love that interior colouring.
Yes, a few things to do but good stuff if you have trade contacts!
Aside from the cosmetics, have you ensured the engine is good? Cambelt replaced/need replacing? Serviced?
All in all looks good. Well done! :y
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It's not in as good condition as I envisioned it when you said it was an ex funeral car, but then as you say - only really small stuff to deal with and I know that you and yr hubby can deal with all of it with ease.
And yes guys that's a DeLorean it the background.
Claires collection of cars is a thing to be envied!
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Oh my god is that a delorean you have. :o :o
I was wondering that too....3rd pic on the left?
we've got 2 - his and hers you could say, mine has the baby seat in it for our daughter :)
I bought mine off Ebay in 2002, it was in San Diego and being sold as 'spares or repairs', I got it for £2600 plus shipping, taxes, etc., so it owed me £4100 to my door, I've been restoring it over the last 9 years with help from friends in the DeLorean Owners Club UK, and she's currently insured for £18k :)
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ayup Murph, didnt know you were on here too *waves*
Webby, the servicing isnt quite the FSH that the seller claimed, its FVSH up to 51k, then the next stamp in the book is at 91k, again at a Vauxhall dealer, were it had a full service including cambelt. That was done about 2 years ago, so hopefully it wont need a cambelt for a couple more years. Engine is clean, with no obvious leaky or oily bits to worry about, the MOT is due mid March, so I'll put it in for MOT well before then and see what Neil's verdict is....... :-\
As you'll see from my forum sig, we have a slightly eclectic collection of cars......
Claire
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we take her on holiday to the Dordogne in France in June :)
Spooky, so am I
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we take her on holiday to the Dordogne in France in June :)
Spooky, so am I
lol, really! we're staying at a Eurocamp site, but we're stopping off on the way there and back for one night at the site in the Loire that we stayed at in 2011.
We've got a 3 bed mobile home booked, I think we're staying in Salignac.
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we take her on holiday to the Dordogne in France in June :)
Spooky, so am I
Even more spooky, so are we :o
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im sure your miggy will be lovely once you get cracking :y. any chance you could post some pics of the de lorean?
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no problemo, here's some before and after shots of mine:
Tilbury Docks, 17 Oct 2002
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October 2002
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Feb 2008 after the bodywork resto and dashboard recovered:
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August 2011 - Crich Tramway village (doing publicity for their 'Time Travel Day' with the DeLorean Owners Club UK)
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This is my other half's De on wedding duty, its pretty much in the same condition he bought it in from New York in 2005
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we do quite a lot of weddings, school proms, etc, with the cars if anyone's interested ;)
Claire
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Fantastic work, must get a lot of looks driving them!
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really nice work :y congrats
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we take her on holiday to the Dordogne in France in June :)
Spooky, so am I
lol, really! we're staying at a Eurocamp site, but we're stopping off on the way there and back for one night at the site in the Loire that we stayed at in 2011.
We've got a 3 bed mobile home booked, I think we're staying in Salignac.
Used to do those French Life sites every summer, but haven't been to Southern France for about 5 years now.
We're going with friends, rented what can only be described as a very large farmhouse.
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sounds good mate, I think if there was more of us going, then a farmhouse would be the way to go for us, but as there's only me, Phill, Kez and my mum, a 3 bed moby on a park is enough for us.
Funnily enough, 11 days in June, is cheaper then the 5 days we had last Aug/Sept! Just shows how much holiday firms rack up the prices in the school holidays.......
And yes, the De's get alot of attention, theres no such thing as a 'quick trip' to the shops or the petrol station lol
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sounds good mate, I think if there was more of us going, then a farmhouse would be the way to go for us, but as there's only me, Phill, Kez and my mum, a 3 bed moby on a park is enough for us.
Funnily enough, 11 days in June, is cheaper then the 5 days we had last Aug/Sept! Just shows how much holiday firms rack up the prices in the school holidays.......
Agreed, we always used to go with friends, and would have a mobile home (or cottage, as they called them, as they were made to look more like chalets) per couple. Always a great laugh :y. Except the year when the MV6 had to come home a week later on a lorry :-[
We've got a large farmhouse this time, as it's one of the gang's 25th anniversary, so a lot of their family wanted to come, so its about 15 of us :o
Not sure what cars we are going in yet - most of them are flying, but Paul and I would prefer to drive. If he takes his Morgan, we'll take 2 cars, else we may just take 1 car between us.
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very nice cars, i wanted an estate but couldnt find a nice one and the 2.2 i went and seen didnt run properly.
quick question, what is a toyota sera??, might be a stupid question but never heard of that before
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very nice cars, i wanted an estate but couldnt find a nice one and the 2.2 i went and seen didnt run properly.
quick question, what is a toyota sera??, might be a stupid question but never heard of that before
Its a Jap import with butterfly doors (we're into cars with funny doors.....)
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http://www.fab1.net/sera.jpg
all these pics were taken a few years ago, it came off the road in 1997 for a few jobs to be done, hopefully this year its going back on the road complete with an LPG conversion :)
Cheers,
Claire
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I once had to squeeze into the back of one of those - at nigh on 6ft tall it wasnt easy or comfortable, but for all that I really liked the car.
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lol, we've been 4 up in the Sera before now, when it had a bodged exhaust on it, took out every ruddy cats eye in the process lol
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I sincerely hope the two rear seat passengers very very small and/or tolerant! ;D
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I once had to squeeze into the back of one of those - at nigh on 6ft tall it wasnt easy or comfortable, but for all that I really liked the car.
How tall??? How many inches is 'nigh on' Day? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Now see here's the thing.... if I reply honestly my missus might see the deception. :P
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Of course, of course! ;D
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PMSL you guys!!! ;D
I was one of the rear seat passengers on the evening in question, and the other rear seat passenger is (still) about 5'8" lol
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here's a nice pic of Morticia I took today during a visit to Newark - here she is posing outside the castle - and its amazing how cars always look clean in photos! lol
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Claire
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Oi, she's wearing MY plate. NAB. ;)
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lol, I think 'NAB' is a good plate for an ex hearse.... bodysnatching anyone? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Claire