Originally bought in South London via an advert in Loot for £150, EMV321J was a little 'tired' when I first bought her. The Tangerine Metallic paint was very flat and there was a homemade alloy 'splitter' on the front - that soon went in the bin. My ex-wife decided one day that the car needed a facelift and I came home from work to find the car half painted in Ford Purple Velvet Metallic with rattle cans... along with a half the car park and even the cat had overspray on her.
I didn't like the purple but had to make the best of a bad job so tidied what was there up and continued to run the car everyday with various ridiculous 998cc engines, ill suited to stop start traffic in North London in the early 90s. I think the final straw was when the gearbox broke in traffic and the car was pushed initially into a flower bed, then dumped in my mum's garage in Sidcup.
I half-heartedly started trying to get it back on the road but picked up an Imp Californian instead and so sold it as a rolling shell (but otherwise complete) in about 1992/3. I regretted it instantly and I've been trying to buy it back ever since... this year, it finally returned home after most of this time in someone's back garden...
This is what the car looked like when last on the road:
Sadly... the years have not been kind to her. If this was any other Stiletto, I'd probably say its too far gone... but I've got a heart the size of a football when it comes to this thing. Brace yourselves...
Its not pretty...
I'll do a picture dump in a moment to show the true extent of the metal moth infestation...
