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"Nina"

1982 2.3 Ghia

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driver's side

passenger side

front

rear

tan interior - Chatsworth trim

2.3 V6 engine

Nina is Champagne Gold, and bought via Ebay, completely unseen.

She's had 2 previous owners and has done 103,000 miles.

She will be stored by Steve, in Rainham until end of March 2005, and will then be brought home to Plymouth to be repaired and MoT'd

Steve has inspected her today (9th Feb 2005) and says the following:

"Ok Gail just had a little look at Nina for you. She started first turn and idled well when warmed up, the interior is complete in brown Chatsworth and in fair condition. The wood door cappings would benefit from a varnish though. I did not attempt to open the factory roof as its winter now. The wipers would not turn off and on closer inspection the wiper stalk needs replacing as its in place, but has broken. The bonnet pull works fine and the engine is quite clean and dry sounds good too. The o/s wing rail is just starting to go but is nothing really, the o/s bonnet stop is missing and needs replacing. The n/s front wing rail has a small hole on the top of the wing and there has been a fibreglass repair about 6" long The front wing also has a 2" rust bubble on and a very tiny dent on the wing itself. The n/s rear door needs filling or replacing due to a poor repair. The body shell is quite presentable and solid overall. Both door mirrors are good, needs some rubbers by the door glass though. There are some scratches on the roof boot and bonnet but you can only see on close inspection. Inside the boot is a 5th alloy and a jack and a clean black boot carpet. There is a repair needed around the filler neck in the boot [usual]. The rear bumper is very slightly pushed in but nothing really.

I think its well worth £150 as it looks like it has been used regularly and the tax expired only 9 days ago as well."