MOT was fine, took the car in hot and it was very quiet first thing in the morning. Paddy who runs the local garage and test station has a lot of Irish pals who drop in – one brought their Irish registered Ford F350 Super Duty in for testing – those are flipping enormous pickups.
I replaced the passenger side wishbone after the MOT. When I was cleaning it the other day something didn’t look right so I got the tape measure out. Drivers side measured 4cm tyre to arch at the horizontal midpoint, but the passenger side did turn out to be different – it was bent! The gap measured 5.5cm at the front and 2.5 at the back. Not immediately noticeable but once I realised I couldn’t ignore it. New one fitted now and it measures up square and it’s all back to normal so the handling should be improved.
I bought R187PNK just under two years ago as a restoration project and since then have invested a lot of time, effort and money in transforming it to the current form. In my two years of ownership it has done less than 2,000 miles, being garage stored the rest of the time. The car itself is a pretty much standard S2 White Rallye, on 119k.
The car starts and drives first time every time and is the rare power steering model of the S2 Rallye. The modifications from standard are:
- Compbrake quick shift which is hidden under a leather gearstick gaiter and topped off with a Sparco gear stick knob
- Flocked dash
- Goodridge braided front disc hoses to replace standard flexis
- K&N air filter
- Sony MEX-BT3900U Bluetooth/CD head unit. Great for streaming iTunes from an iPhone and needs no wires
- Rubber floor mats front and rear.
The time has come to sell it on to a new home…
Rallye Project 
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