the governor is back alive
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:10 pm
after months of not running , due to a flat battery , my old mate the governor is now starting up again , it was good to hear the magnum start up , it started a lot better without any foot pedal , and no choke , pressing the gas pedal had no effect whatsoever on starting , not even trying to start , but as soon as I had no right pedal , up he fired , a bit rough running and a very strong smell of fuel in the garage , but its not ventilated with any open windows , a bit of fuel marking on the garage floor just below the exhaust tailpipe , I do love this car , ive got really attatched to it now , I was going to sell as we,d looked at houses with no garage at all , meaning it would have to sit outside or under a cover , ive got the money to make this a nice standard car , but in all honesty ive no idea how much it would take to make a nice example to take to shows , I once saw a programme on sky called chasing classic cars , in which wayne carrini states you can overspend on a restoration , in other words , if you spend say £8000 to restore , your magnum will still only be worth £4000 , but isn't it just the love of owning a rare viva /magnum whatever year that makes us stand out , what makes this sound like good money to put into the magnum is simply this, escorts can be £30000-£50000 , renault clio williams mk 1 can be £15000 , im happy with the governor , yes its a bit rough , but im going to put a few thousand on him and see where we end up
mot time next week and lets see what he fails on
mot time next week and lets see what he fails on