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Oct 28, 2018 17:12:16 GMT
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Hi guys, as well as owning my lil Yugo, I've acquired an old 903cc 4 speed Uno! Now... I came across this lil beauty whilst scouring eBay, the price seemed fair and the owner even agreed to drive it to my door some 180 miles apart! BONUS! So, the guy sets off at 1800 on Thursday evening, I then receive A message at neigh on 2200 from the owner, saying he's pulling over for the night and will continue in the morning.... HERE WE GO! A messer... I went to bed, feeling like a curse word for getting my hopes up that someone would deliver me a car... All seemed too good to be true. I wake up friday morning, thought I'd give the owner the benefit of the doubt, so I message the guy at 0800 (after seeing he's been online) and get no reply till gone 1100. By this time, I'm convinced that he's taking the curse word, so keep my replies short and sweet, he's still telling me he's on his way, blah blah blah! Then come 1300 ISH, I get a message to say he's at my house... WOW... He's arrived, car's exactly as described and I'm astonished that the car and the guy are here and also slightly ashamed to have written the guy off! Anyway, I throw the bloke some dollar for the car and fuel, then take him to the train station and pay for his return, all as agreed! Turns out the guy is ex arm and decided to make camp at the side of the road on the night he was coming to me, rather than sleep in the car or get a room.... Seems slightly alien to me buuut who am I to judge ay?? Sound bloke, who' seems true to his word, so I'm happy! My plans are literally NOTHING other than maintain and clean the ol'girl! I'm itching to slam it on the ATS classics off the Yugo but the better half has told me no haha. Anyways, thanks for reading, here's the pics... Enjoy!               |
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Oct 28, 2018 17:16:36 GMT
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Ooohhh I love that, my grandad had a brand spanker K plate, remember the piping on the seats used to properly dig into my legs, and the tops of the doors were rusty at 3 years old. Been a while since I saw an early one, definetly bookmarked |
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Oct 28, 2018 17:21:46 GMT
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One thing i would say to do is to get some rust proofing on underneath it before winter really starts . These rust like nothing on earth.
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Oct 28, 2018 17:33:41 GMT
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Ooohhh I love that, my grandad had a brand spanker K plate, remember the piping on the seats used to properly dig into my legs, and the tops of the doors were rusty at 3 years old. Been a while since I saw an early one, definetly bookmarked Haha, I can relate to the piping mate, I've been in loads of these and the rear bench used to kill my legs! Haha |
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Oct 28, 2018 17:34:39 GMT
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One thing i would say to do is to get some rust proofing on underneath it before winter really starts . These rust like nothing on earth. Too true mate, I'm Gunna get a good look at it and get her sealed up! |
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Oct 28, 2018 18:03:10 GMT
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I really like that! Never had much experience of uno's (probably as most had rotted when I passed my test in 2008!)but they look so cool, and square lol. I would do naff all to it other than rust proof it. A lot to be said for a basic car as made. 🙂
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Oct 28, 2018 18:08:16 GMT
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I really like that! Never had much experience of uno's (probably as most had rotted when I passed my test in 2008!)but they look so cool, and square lol. I would do naff all to it other than rust proof it. A lot to be said for a basic car as made. 🙂 Haha that's true, most are dead now unfortunately! Thanks for the comment mate |
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Oct 28, 2018 19:55:59 GMT
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They seem to be one of those cars that went faster than they ever had the right to . I can remember being driven in a 1.1 mk2 at over 100mph down a country b road and i had very brown pants .
Also a few years later a friend who was only 18 or so had a mk2 turbo with about 140 bhp . It was a very scary combination of wafer thin tin , rocket ship engine and suicidal youth driving !
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Oct 28, 2018 20:59:16 GMT
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Good buy. Theres a hearing aid beige one I would see at local shows which is the only one I've seen in yonks. That should clean up nicely.
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They seem to be one of those cars that went faster than they ever had the right to . I can remember being driven in a 1.1 mk2 at over 100mph down a country b road and i had very brown pants . Also a few years later a friend who was only 18 or so had a mk2 turbo with about 140 bhp . It was a very scary combination of wafer thin tin , rocket ship engine and suicidal youth driving ! Haha,my dad said exactly that! He told me of umpteen times he's bombed about in these things, going quicker than ever thought possible haha! |
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Good buy. Theres a hearing aid beige one I would see at local shows which is the only one I've seen in yonks. That should clean up nicely. Thanks! I hope I can do it justice! It does deserve to be rescued haha |
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Oct 29, 2018 12:56:51 GMT
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Good stuff! I remember when me/mates were all passing out tests (Circa 2000), one guy had one of these in a kinda pea green colour, but was very clean
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Oct 29, 2018 14:37:11 GMT
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Good stuff! I remember when me/mates were all passing out tests (Circa 2000), one guy had one of these in a kinda pea green colour, but was very clean AHH awesome! What came of it? Also, out of curiosity, what was your first car?? |
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Oct 29, 2018 23:00:51 GMT
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I think it got left in his parents garden when he went to uni...dunno after that as I lost touch with a lot of people. My first was my granddad's mk3 fiesta which he'd owned from practially new and kept garaged until...until i got it. That was a few year later tho, as at 17 I was spunking money elsewhere! This is prob 2002/2003ish:  |
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I think it got left in his parents garden when he went to uni...dunno after that as I lost touch with a lot of people. My first was my granddad's mk3 fiesta which he'd owned from practially new and kept garaged until...until i got it. That was a few year later tho, as at 17 I was spunking money elsewhere! This is prob 2002/2003ish: AHH shame, probably rotted away! AHH man, that's pretty cool though! Nice starlet in the background too, who's was that?? |
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Nov 13, 2018 16:54:04 GMT
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Hi guys! Was out walking my dog and he managed to escape me. However! The Uno came.to my rescue! Popped open the door and in he hopped! Haha. Also, here's a few pics of the shopping list for the ol' Uno! 😎 Cheers guys!    |
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Nov 14, 2018 11:08:33 GMT
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This is super cool and glad to see it getting saved
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Current cars:
Mazda RX7, Subaru Legacy, Citroen Saxo VTS
Previous Cars:
Mazda RX7, Toyota MR2, Toyota Yaris TSport, Mazda MX5, Nissan 350z GT4, Citroen Saxo VTS x2, Citroen Saxo VTR x2
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Dec 30, 2018 13:31:14 GMT
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This is super cool and glad to see it getting saved Thanks for the kind words mate! |
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Dec 30, 2018 13:38:05 GMT
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Hi guys! Hope you all had ana amazing Christmas and I hope you all have a great New year! Now... Nothing at all has changed with the Uno, apart from on the eve of Christmas Eve, I was trundling along,on my way to pick the Mrs up from work and I suddenly had a terrible shuddering feeling from the rear end and I step out to see quite an impressive blowout! No bother! I had a serviceable spare in the boot annnnnd, nothing to get the car off the ground... Balls... No fear! Mr AA came to my rescue, he luckily lived a few roads from where I broke down so got to me in like 15 minutes! During this time, my kind mum went and picked the Mrs up from work and my dad popped along and saw me on the side of the road and bought me some fish and chips (believing I'd be waiting ages for said AA man) So scoffed them as dad drove the ol'Uno home... Anyway, here's to more adventures and here's A pic of said blown tyre.. Cheers guys!  |
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dandam
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That’s impressive, how old are the tyres ?
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