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You won’t regret keeping the Recaros - the standard seats are the worst seats I’ve ever encountered!

"Predicted Reliability" is wonderfully vague! All i can say is my second hand Jaguar has been fine for the 18 months I've had it, our new Kia has had an intermittent screen fault from new and goes in next month for a transmission and/or motor replacement under warranty ......

I think the owner will be lucky to get 50% of what it owes them .....

I'm in the same boat myself and need to revisit the front piece of my headliner. Mine had been retrimmed and had new material stuck over the original bonded/molded material, that was delaminating from the backing panel so I figured it was best removed and new material stuck direct on to the...

I had to let my gas welding gear go when I downsized, which was a shame as it is still a really satisfying way of welding. I'd like to have a proper go with a TIG set but I cannot really justify it now for the amount I'm likely to do, and my eyesight isn't what it was so that doesn't help!

In terms of a financial payback, it must be the MIG welder, it’s paid for itself hundreds of times over!

Interior looks tidy and if the rest of the car was like that, then yes, but once you start looking closely at the photos of the body ........!

I really noticed it when the last "modern" BMW we had (a 3 series from 2012) was larger than the E34 M5 I still have.....

I think that’s it, I can take a look at my before photos tomorrow if that would help to check the position of the regulator (though I suspect it can only really go in one place). Yes, the return line connects to the central port on the regulator - hope that helps.

I think you may have the fuel rails on the wrong way round - well mine don't look like that anyway..o_O On mine the fuel goes in at the front end of the rail, from a flexible hose connected to the filter. The return is from the pressure regulator and the "spare" outlet near the centre of the...

I don’t get the impression that the owner (?) has the skill or inclination to do anything other than let it die a slow death!

Sad, on many different levels ...........

Rusty, yes, but if you’ve seen what the Northern European climate can do to a coupe, there’s nothing too scary here …

I've been taking advantage of the unseasonably mild weather to rectify a few minor issues: Firstly, the original starter motor spun the engine over nice and quickly but wasn't engaging cleanly on the first start of the day - I replaced the original with the later type for the E34 M5/535. This...

That's really nasty ...........

@nosmonkey - yes, mine had rear seat belts at some time though only the buckle parts were still in place when the car came to me. Incidentalily mine must have been built around the same time as yours as it’s one of the last series 1 CSIs, registered Jan 74 but I think built a few months earlier...

interested to hear that I’m not the only one that was a little horrified by the crappy (RHD?) seatbelt installation! I reinforced mine with a 3mm steel plate, as I also felt that in anything other than a minor shunt the seat belt would just rip out.

I tend to agree but also on the subject of colour, and I may be on my own here, but Golf is the one colour I’d just not have at any price - I.e rare is not necessarily desirable

I would question whether the cars on offer now are as good - I suspect the rising values may have led to a number of not so good examples being tarted up to flip, and those have been coming to the market in increasing numbers?

It did look a good project, but a big one - great colour and not messed about with, but the 20 year lay-up clearly hadn't been kind to it!