Hello all (with pics)

madmatt · Post by **madmatt** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:13 pm

Krupa wrote:Another J***GNH registered GT! There are a fair few with similar plates on here!

Nice car, welcome to the forum!

my mate has a mk 2 saloon with reg J***GNH

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:33 pm

how did he manage that then

hidden out back of the dealership, forgotten, only registered a year after they stopped selling?

wul3er · Post by **wul3er** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:35 pm

Sound good, I had writen a big post about a similar story of mine, But my computer crashed and i lost it before i posted it and decided just to goto bed.

Anyway here goes again.

I got my Gt for Â£100, again it was lying in the guys Drive for about 8-9 Months. He origionally wanted Â£250 but was talked down to Â£100 as it was that or scrap money.

The car is in great condition and has even got a spare Engine and a brand new set of 13" Alloys (even although they are fox 1's).
The problems with the body work so far (touch wood) is a small bit of rust/bubbling on the corner of the boot lid. Theres also a very small bit of paint bubbling at the bottom corner of the drivers door. Also when you open the drivers door there was a little surface rust on the sill. Also on the roof the laquer has started to peel. The badges are missing from the front grill as well.
Mechanically what we found wrong was the wipers arent working, hole in the exhaust, blowers for the heaters, window de-mister, High beam bulb out.
So far i have managed to get the sill rubbed down and primed but not yet painted. The heaters kept blowing fuses, so i replaced the 16Amp with a 25Amp and they now working fine. I baught a working wiper motor from the scrappies and fitted it but still the buggers were froze. From start they go half way (or just over) the full cycle then they slow down and stop. I have spreyed it with WD40 and tried wobbling them to try and free it up but had no success, so when i get more time i'll get new linkages and try that.

As for the spare engine that is work in progress

which should be a great laugh. but i'll keep that for after the new year.

If anyone has stayed awake to read this full post and can think of any way of fixing some of the problems mainly the wipers. Please feel free to let me know.

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:41 pm

All of the GNH ones were registered at VW Milton Keynes. NH was one of the local prefixes.

I hate people that post pics up of black GTs, as they make me regret not buying one! :p That looks lovely, good to hear it's well maintained!

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:43 pm

I wonder if that's the same with the H***ERP GTs and K***AHP G40s?

There are loads about!

heartagram · Post by **heartagram** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:26 am

Looks like you've made it into a right little minter! and I thought my old GT was cheap at Â£350

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:41 am

RP is another local prefix, but I've told you that a few times, Alex

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:16 am

Any reason why the registered them in milton keynes? It sounds fairly randomn unless they have a huge site there or something...

The GT in my sig is a GNH as well.

Also the other day I saw a white GT squareback round here with GNH too.

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:19 pm

J755GNH and J927GNH are local.

I've also seen H456BNH on a red GT hatch locally, that's one off Mike King's plate (H457BNH).

I thought RP plates were Northampton not Milton Keynes, or is my geography crap and those are really close together?

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:28 pm

http://www.ukcar.com/features/area.htm

Yep NH and RP are both northampton. Although Milton keynes isnt too far away...

DanW · Post by **DanW** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:42 pm

ah hah, Nottinham. Makes sense as it was bought from a dealers up that way.

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:58 pm

That will make mine and all its L*** ONV sisters registered in Northhampton. Blimey. Bit of a treck for my old car to come then!

Karl.

Steve_O · Post by **Steve_O** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:03 pm

Please excuse my skim reading of this thread, but that car looks mint!!

I am also a fan of black GTs - especially squarebacks!!

Oh, and Milton Keynes is not only the home of roundabouts, but also the home of VAG UK Headquarters!!

heartagram · Post by **heartagram** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:44 pm

My Derby came all the way from Gernsey, guy drove it from port to scotland and never took it over 3k rpms

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:39 pm

must have took him days with one a'them early 80s gearboxes

thats what... 15mph?

im thinking of the import-site thing myself... why not register them at the point of first contact with british soil?

theres all the rovers with MOA, etc plates on (birmingham, coventry).. but nuff fiats, too, surely they didnt share a site ever? though i can envisage the fiats being rolled out of containers fresh from boatyards, in a containerbase next door to a rover factory..