'83 Excel

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Makse
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'83 Excel

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Hi,

Just put a deposit down on a 1983 Excel that needs recommissioning

Will arrive to me next week :)

Cheers
Mark

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Congratulations and welcome.
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Makse wrote:Hi,

Just put a deposit down on a 1983 Excel that needs recommissioning

Will arrive to me next week :)

Cheers
Mark
Welcome Mark, recommisioning the car sales piece of string. I truly hope it is a short one. Long enough to give you a sense of satisfaction, but short enough that you can get out and enjoy at least some of the summer in your new purchase.
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Fair trek from Worthing to Stafford.

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Stafford-not that far from me !
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Welcome! Think it will be ready for Donington?! :D :wink:

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thanks everyone.

My plan is to get it running and an MOT, then sort out the body work. So might have it road worthy in time :)

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igg-hiss wrote:
Makse wrote:Hi,

Just put a deposit down on a 1983 Excel that needs recommissioning

Will arrive to me next week :)

Cheers
Mark
Welcome Mark, recommisioning the car sales piece of string. I truly hope it is a short one. Long enough to give you a sense of satisfaction, but short enough that you can get out and enjoy at least some of the summer in your new purchase.
Hopefully so, but it will be competing with a '65 Mustang that I have basically finished for road time.
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:) Welcome Mark look forward to some snaps Ray
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Congratulations Mark!
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Do not worry about tidying up the bodywork, the worse it looks the better ('cos it will make mine look smarter when parked next to yours at the next gathering. ) :D
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