WITW - Macduff and the leather dashboard

[MikkiJayne]

Say hello to 'The Scottish Car', aka Macduff since it is going to eventually be victorious, but in the meantime is quite broken.

It is an FL1 in Ebony Pearl with leather pack 3 twist and soul interior, and alcantara headlining. When new it had a heated screen, which alas is long gone. Bodywork appears in good condition, although its covered in salt and moisture from the winter trip down from Glasgow on a tow truck and doesn't move so I haven't had a chance to get it outside and clean it yet.





The party piece is my holy grail option - a black leather dash, console, and door tops. I messaged the seller on Facebook within a few minutes of this listing going up

















The alcantara is actually in good condition and quite clean



Original Nokia 7110 in a cullman holder. I was very fond of these phones back in the day



Alas, the door cards are completely ruined from moisture. This poor car was very neglected and I think left in some sort of peat bog for 5-6 years





The subframes have not fared well and will probably need replacement





Someone has had a go at the front suspension, and painted the uprights



This is not how you fix water ingress on the passenger side



When it arrived, it would start from a jump-pack, but has open downpipes because the tow-truck ripped the exhaust clamps off. It went on fine, but when the driver went to move it mid-journey, all four tyres were flat. Wheels are pretty good, but the tyres are dead. The gearbox is in limp because the TCU is drowned which is fairly normal for this level of neglect, and the rear brake calipers are seized so it was very difficult to move it.

Oh, and none of the doors open from the outside because the mechanisms are all seized, so the only way to get in the car is to use the key or remote to drop the windows, then lean in and open the door from the inside. That was a challenge when it arrived at -2 with all the windows frozen shut!

So, what is going to happen to it? Well the interior is coming out - I bought a leather dashboard which was delivered in an S8 so that was always going in my grey S8 with red leather. Having had a look at it now, it is definitely saveable but I won't be the one to do that. It will be getting a stock black interior instead, and I will fix the most serious issues so that it is a driveable project. It will get an MoT if possible, and then it will then be going to a new owner who will deal with the mechanical issues and drivetrain in their own time