Bertie is dead!

[andymadmak]

Sad news, Bertie, my daughters Rover 100 (1.1) has failed its MOT, and I think its beyond economical repair. The sad thing is that the engine/gearbox is a peach, and its only done 53k miles! It drives really nicely!
So, what does the Midland PH massive think we sould do with Bertie? All suggestions considered.

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 5th March 16:01

[Balmoral Green]

Killed by a Bounty hunter.

[stackmonkey]

at BG.

track car??

[Frog_Stu]

mechanical or structural fail?

[P100]

Frog_Stu said:

mechanical or structural fail?

Its a Metro...... is will be as rusty as hell...........

Give it a decent burial and get a proper car..

[JonyPI]

hook it up to a 4x4 and roll it over just get loads of filler and get it through the MOT then add an ironing board, a wooden front splitter, strip the interior out and stick some buckets in to gain that bucket seat people pay hundreds for and go racing down POD lol

[autofocus]

Hi there,

God, got a fright there for a minute.
There is a member of Pistonheads called 'Bertie' who posts regularly in the Ferrari, Maserati and Lambo section as he owns a Gallardo Spider amongst other things. He lives in the Midlands and I thought you were referring to him.

Panic over.

Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Thursday 5th March 20:40

[andymadmak]

Frog_Stu said:

mechanical or structural fail?

mostly mechanical - rear trailing arms, rear brakes, pump up suspension.
There a wee bit of welding, but not much really

Oh, and he needs an exhaust - sounds wicked at the moment though!

Andy

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 5th March 20:46

[Boosted LS1]

And I thought you meant the dog!! Hope he's alright

[stackmonkey]

remove engine and gearbox etc, and sell.
convert the shell into executive dog kennel for Boris.

[bertie]

Jesus, am I?

There was so much more I wanted to do!

Oh hang on, phew, no panic over.

[stackmonkey]

Caller: Can I have an ambulance please? I think Bertie's dead, he's not moving and making some very weird noises.

999: Are you sure he's dead?

• sound of gunshot*

Caller: Yes, he's dead.

[Polarbert]

bertie said:

Jesus, am I?

There was so much more I wanted to do!

Oh hang on, phew, no panic over.

Not a bad fleet of cars Rob But why oh why did you get rid of the 355?

[bertie]

Polarbert said:

bertie said:

Jesus, am I?

There was so much more I wanted to do!

Oh hang on, phew, no panic over.

Not a bad fleet of cars Rob But why oh why did you get rid of the 355?

Thanks, the 355 went back in about 2000 to make way for the Tuscan, then the 360....etc

[Munter]

You could build a Banham x21..... Just for the love of god don't try and make it look like an Audi TT.