Over the last few years a few hobby cars have come and gone.
Most were bought blind and delivered & non lived up to my hopes sadly.
In late Jan early Feb of this year I wasn't really looking for anything new for the garage & was totally running out of motivation for the project I had in the garage due to the ever growing list of issues.
At that point whilst browsing eBay one night I noticed a red car in amongst the items you may be interested in on the left side of the screen.
I clicked it and was met with a ok looking red quantum saloon.
I had a quantum 2+2 convertible for many years that I bought back in 2003 as a damaged wreck & spent 6 months repairing it and rebuilding it using a very run down XR2 I bought for peanuts for some missing parts for the quantum
Once on the road the 2+2 was used every summer for 7 years till the rear seat area started to get a little small for the growing children.
It sat in the garage unused for 3 or 4 years & was eventually sold to a school friend as he always liked the car.
Within a few months of selling the 2+2 I knew I had made the wrong choice but sadly it was gone and no chance of getting it back.
Of all my fun cars the 2+2 was by far the most enjoyable. It wasn't the quickest but handled far better than it ever should have and could be hustled along nicely & really is one of the cars I should never have sold.
The quantum saloon styling is not for everyone and yes from certain angles the rear is a little awkward but the front styling being similar to the 2+2 is pretty much spot on for me.
It was for sale with a very short MOT, that ran out the day before it was delivered to me, plus had a few running issues and hadn't been used much in the last few years but the previous owners had spent some money with a lot of new parts.
It was for sale on the south coast and couldn't be further away if it tried so collection or viewing the car before purchase wasn't a option so it was another to be bought blind.
At least this time I knew there would be no rust issues with the body being a glass fiber monocoque.
In the photos it was clear the gelcoat was in need of a little tlc but the interior looked tidy and once running the engine didn't sound too bad.
Within a few hours of seeing the photos and video walkround of the car a price was agreed with the seller and I became a quantum owner again.
I remembered from my last quantum that there were not a lot of the saloons made, they made 215 but how many are left after 30 years is unknown as of now, with it being a full 4/5 seater it probably suits my needs if everyone was wanting to come in the car & made a lot of sense.
I arranged for a guy to collect the car for me via shiply website. He was delivering a car from scotland to the south coast so when he had off loaded his delivery he was going to collect the quantum for me and then drive up to his home which is about 30 miles from me where he would leave the car on the transporter overnight and deliver the quantum to me the following morning.
I was very nervous that morning to see the car in the flesh for the first time and hoped it wasn't like the others I had bought blind and a case of cars really can look a 100 times better in photos than real life.
It arrived and I was over the moon. Yes the gelcoat requires a wet sand and machine polish as its is a little patchy and faded in places, more on that later.
After going round the car there were a couple of issues I wasn't aware of but overall nothing that put me off and I was really pleased with it.
Only change I have made since it arrived was to remove the horrible wheels it was fitted with & treated it to a new set of wheels.
New wheels fitted in the photo.
Most were bought blind and delivered & non lived up to my hopes sadly.
In late Jan early Feb of this year I wasn't really looking for anything new for the garage & was totally running out of motivation for the project I had in the garage due to the ever growing list of issues.
At that point whilst browsing eBay one night I noticed a red car in amongst the items you may be interested in on the left side of the screen.
I clicked it and was met with a ok looking red quantum saloon.
I had a quantum 2+2 convertible for many years that I bought back in 2003 as a damaged wreck & spent 6 months repairing it and rebuilding it using a very run down XR2 I bought for peanuts for some missing parts for the quantum
Once on the road the 2+2 was used every summer for 7 years till the rear seat area started to get a little small for the growing children.
It sat in the garage unused for 3 or 4 years & was eventually sold to a school friend as he always liked the car.
Within a few months of selling the 2+2 I knew I had made the wrong choice but sadly it was gone and no chance of getting it back.
Of all my fun cars the 2+2 was by far the most enjoyable. It wasn't the quickest but handled far better than it ever should have and could be hustled along nicely & really is one of the cars I should never have sold.
The quantum saloon styling is not for everyone and yes from certain angles the rear is a little awkward but the front styling being similar to the 2+2 is pretty much spot on for me.
It was for sale with a very short MOT, that ran out the day before it was delivered to me, plus had a few running issues and hadn't been used much in the last few years but the previous owners had spent some money with a lot of new parts.
It was for sale on the south coast and couldn't be further away if it tried so collection or viewing the car before purchase wasn't a option so it was another to be bought blind.
At least this time I knew there would be no rust issues with the body being a glass fiber monocoque.
In the photos it was clear the gelcoat was in need of a little tlc but the interior looked tidy and once running the engine didn't sound too bad.
Within a few hours of seeing the photos and video walkround of the car a price was agreed with the seller and I became a quantum owner again.
I remembered from my last quantum that there were not a lot of the saloons made, they made 215 but how many are left after 30 years is unknown as of now, with it being a full 4/5 seater it probably suits my needs if everyone was wanting to come in the car & made a lot of sense.
I arranged for a guy to collect the car for me via shiply website. He was delivering a car from scotland to the south coast so when he had off loaded his delivery he was going to collect the quantum for me and then drive up to his home which is about 30 miles from me where he would leave the car on the transporter overnight and deliver the quantum to me the following morning.
I was very nervous that morning to see the car in the flesh for the first time and hoped it wasn't like the others I had bought blind and a case of cars really can look a 100 times better in photos than real life.
It arrived and I was over the moon. Yes the gelcoat requires a wet sand and machine polish as its is a little patchy and faded in places, more on that later.
After going round the car there were a couple of issues I wasn't aware of but overall nothing that put me off and I was really pleased with it.
Only change I have made since it arrived was to remove the horrible wheels it was fitted with & treated it to a new set of wheels.
New wheels fitted in the photo.
