91 XM 24v LHD has landed on my drive .....

[Stickfinger]

This arrived at my place on Wednesday .....oh dear lord what is in store for me now !!!.............first inspection has it starting well, holding pressure and no leaks. Paint is a total mess but there is no rust and the undersides look very good with no welding needed but with some damage from rather poor positioning of a jack !!

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[Stickfinger]

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[Dieselman]

With the Zender bodykit, which in itself makes it interesting.
Being a 1993 car it should have the modified engine, so no valve-train wearing out prematurely. I was aware of this car, but understood it to be a 1991 car, so would have a suspect engine.

It all appears very tidy. The headlamps will convert to Rhd by flipping the inner lenses between lamp units.

[Stickfinger]

I may be wrong on the date... ....H reg would suggest you are correct

Engine HAS the updated rockers (?) so has been done under re-call ?

[Dieselman]

Rp and engine numbers would reveal the production dates.
As long as it is modified to ceramic tappets and aluminium rockers it should be ok. The original issue was steel rockers and stainless steel tappets causing galling.

[Stickfinger]

defo has the updated rockers....runs really smooth with zero tappet sounds

[Dieselman]

There was a modification package to upgrade all the engines, but many had succumbed to wear already so were replaced with new engines.

If only I'd had space...Emerald with Zender was seriously tempting. LOL

[xantia_v6]

That looks like a good project if you can apply paint to a suitable standard. What are your plans for it?

[Dieselman]

That looks like a good project if you can apply paint to a suitable standard.

Probably no need for paint, people are only ever going to see the back of it and that looks good...

[Stickfinger]

That looks like a good project if you can apply paint to a suitable standard. What are your plans for it?

A friends car.....the aim is to get it MOT'd and "roadworthy"