I went up to Mike Duncan's yesterday to get some work done and as I walked in my eyes zeroed in on a 1989 PLus 8. 3.5 SDI engine, 11,000 miles. very nice, very original, Corsa Red with Fawn Connolly leather u'holstery. Lots of papework

It is, I understand for sale and he's had a fair few enquiries

I must admit, I've been cogitating about it ever since!

( Sorry didn't get chance to take a pic)
G

Now, this will be the only time I don't badger for pics.

Go and buy it now!!! you know you want to!!!

Ok, then you can give us pics

B*gga off. I've spent the last 24 hrs telling myself I don't want to and I'm now at the 'almost convinced' stage
You gotta remember, Wales is a very depressed country and it's either the PLus 8 or a new pair of shoes !

On the other hand, I could takea few sheep to market.......?

;)G

You didn't test drive it?

What were you thinking??????

Course I did. I might be naive but I'm not daft! Took it out to Bromyard and did the back roads to Ledbury ( see Dave- Wellings country!)

V. V. nice- still had the lever arms on the back- as I said, 'very original'
On the other hand, one of my reasons for going to Mike's was to put the 4/4 on the Aldon dyno: red 4/4now reads 151bhp- which is why I'm prevaricating.

And it was RED!!

Come on Gerwyn, faint heart never won, etc, etc!

Checked Mike Duncan's site and it's not listed. I hope you haven't lost it G? If not, let's see some photos ...

Hi Brian,
No, I think it has only just come in. The vultures are hopping about tho'. I talked to John Wozza and he was muttering about 'great investment etc'
To be honest, the main problem is storage. You may recall I was negotiating with this guy locally for rental of his barn but he's now going down the ' I can sell it for a conversion' route, so I'm a bit back to square one

G

Must be getting towards the end of the 3.5s?
When did the 3.9 come in?

Anyway, you'll have to buy it to stop it going across the Channel...

Cheers,

Graham,
I think the 3.9 ( the 'hot wire' injection engine) came in in June 1990 so, as you say, this must be one of the last 3.5s

I haven't been on the 'phone to Ben since I saw it ( Monday) but having spent most of yesterday trying- unsuccessfully- to get around the garaging/storage issue I'm resigned to not going for it.

I'm sure it won't be in there for long.As I said, I think they'd had a fair few expressions of serious interest even before I saw it.

As you say, just hope this isn't another one going straight to the ferry. Although, having said that, so long as the owner uses it, enjoys and doesn't treat it as an investment to lock away in a garage, then good luck to them wherever they are.

It'll be interesting to see how much the recent drop in the Euro affects the 'cross channel' trade

regards,
G

Don't want to interfere, but when I bought my 1987 +8, I didn't have permanent garage space either, but I bought the car to use and having it outside has certainly helped in that respect.

Need to sell something before winter though!

Malcolm T