18 Mar 2015, 17:33
Hi ...will give you my experience of this, last year I resurrected a Delorean 30k mls & Lotus Esprit 54k mls from dry garages both parked up for nearly ten years.
Both required brake overhauls , pistons sticking ,fuel pipes ,filters beather pipes steering relay uj's just to get them driving ..the D had to have the fuel maifold stripped to free out the plunger....a few weeks later more work....answer to your question from my experience Yes it WILL need work & WILL be a work in progress whilst regular mileage is being put up until all the bugs are sorted.
If your looking for a driver car buy a sorted regular driver.... although this above car looks great & is a nice museum piece it will need lots of babysitting when mileage goes on it. A freind of mine has a rare 1996 Lotus Esprit museum piece ...show car
...last time he had it out it snapped a rear spring car only has 12k mls on it..... :roll:
A regular maintained driver all the way IMO ...otherwise you'll spend every Saturday doing jobs when you could be driving enjoying the car.
We all have different car philosphy's is I suppose ...are you a regular driver or prefer look at your museum piece.
Both required brake overhauls , pistons sticking ,fuel pipes ,filters beather pipes steering relay uj's just to get them driving ..the D had to have the fuel maifold stripped to free out the plunger....a few weeks later more work....answer to your question from my experience Yes it WILL need work & WILL be a work in progress whilst regular mileage is being put up until all the bugs are sorted.
If your looking for a driver car buy a sorted regular driver.... although this above car looks great & is a nice museum piece it will need lots of babysitting when mileage goes on it. A freind of mine has a rare 1996 Lotus Esprit museum piece ...show car
...last time he had it out it snapped a rear spring car only has 12k mls on it..... :roll: A regular maintained driver all the way IMO ...otherwise you'll spend every Saturday doing jobs when you could be driving enjoying the car.
We all have different car philosphy's is I suppose ...are you a regular driver or prefer look at your museum piece.