Stage 1 V8

Hello everyone. Have I bought a lemon? Probably! What I have just bought is THE lemon. Ex star of Wheeler Dealers. As Ed said "You've bought us a lemon". It is pretty much as last seen 7 years ago on the show, however, since then it has acquired power steering and parabolic springs. The LPG kit and roll over bar are still in situ as is the paint-work (lovely!). I haven't tried the LPG yet. If it works my plan is to use up the remaining gas and remove it. (Anyone interested?). Also the roll over bar. (ditto). So, here I am, you can call me Dave, and I am sure I'll be back many times.

Hi Welcome aboard.

I tried googling that but it must be from a previous series. Can you put up some pictures, we don't get that show here.

So thats where it went! Lets see some pics then

Re the LPG, yes I might be interested in that depending upon price/location.

Cheers Sam

Hello disco2hse, Wheeler Dealers Series 5. You can probably find it on Youtube. Hi Sam, haven't taken any pictures yet and will then have to get my head around uploading them to the site. SL1 6LH. I am sure the price will be VERY reasonable. Thanks all for the welcome. Dave.

Wow, interesting vehicle. I remember that issue of wheeler dealers, it had been a given up restoration.

Cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjsdQWxr-PU

Hmmm Slough... I'm in Doncaster lol. If you can get it all on a pallet when you've removed it then it might be doable. Can you take lots of pics as you remove it, and ideally tag any wires? Muchos gracias

Seemingly the vendor sent it away for a re-spray in Inca Yellow and it came back in a bright yellow which was apparently also called Inca Yellow, hence the paint shops mistake. Now we all know FAB 207 Inca Yellow, but I am blowed if I can track down the other Inca Yellow which I would like to find for touching in some of the missing patches. Any one got any clues? Dave.

I've just cringed my way through that video and words fail me - what a pair of plonkers! Best of luck trying to get that Stage One back from a fate worse than death (did they even once even mention it was a Stage One?) Somehow their putting the side lights and indicators on the wrong way round, down under style, seemed to just sum it all up. While you're trying to undo their vandalism, why don't you rip out the power steering (who needs it?) and para(dia)bolic springs as well? (and I'd have given them a black bumper in return for the galvanised one - I could have wept!) [Just my opinion of course]

Hi Geoff, Yes the programme is not to every ones taste. I was intrigued by your comment about the side lights and had to pop out to the garage and have a look. Someone must have already spotted that as they are now the correct way around. The power steering is needed due to the 14" mountney steering wheel! Dave

Re the paint, if you have a decent bodyshop/car paint supplier near to you, they'll have a tool that they put over a paint sample which allows them to make up a perfect match. It cost me £17 (IIRC) for a large aerosol for this service last year. I have to admit it wasn't a perfect match, but is near enough in most lighting conditions (I'm a bit pedantic lol)

Re the 14" steering wheel - I groaned some more! But re the paint, I agree with the Captain - a decent paint supplier should be able to match it - I took along a headlight surround (that being the easiest thing to detach) but in your case, I noticed in the video that the petrol cap had got painted - failing that, a doortop? Being a perfectionist, I too noticed the match wasn't quite perfect, but I doubt anybody else would see it (At least my other Stage 1 is plain old bog standard Limestone - my old 4cyl 109 was so many different shades of green people thought it was camouflage!) All the best with the truck

I bought a truck cab roof off a chap in Yorkshire a few months back who said that he was the one that supplied the vehicle to the show.

Yes, it's intriguing when you sort of know the history of a vehicle, but not quite, if you see what I mean.