For sale is Mungo, our '03 TF 115 in Trophy Blue (approx 68k miles iirc). He developed an overheating problem last year after putting him into an MG 'specialist' to repair a fairly straight-forward leak around the coolant pump. Soon after the work, the car overheated during a run, and was never the same after that. Heaters would blow cold, he would overheat unpredictably, and after a lot of time spent going back and forth between different garages for work, the underlying problem was never rectified. We bought an MX5 in the meantime, and now it's time to part with the wee blue beast.
Therefore, sold as spares/repairs although mechanically sound - starts and runs fine. If you're brave, you could drive him away, but you'd need a support car. Probably best on a flatbed!
He's by no means the tidiest example any longer, and has been neglected apart from test runs for almost a year, but he did have a lot of luvvin while in our care and would make a choice donor. There are the common rust spots on the wheelarches and bootlid, plus a couple of other small areas. Also usual wear on the drivers seat bolster. The obvious cooling problem might even be an easy fix that a 'proper' specialist could fix for buttons. If nothing else, someone buying to break would recoup their money - this would be my preferred option but I simply don't have the space, skill or heart to do this on our driveway, so one way or another he will go 'complete'.
I'm trying to recoup some of the costs spent over the last year, so I'm aiming to get at least £1,000. This will of course be revised downward if nobody takes him. If he's not sold by the end of April, he will go on Ebay.
Here's a list of stuff fitted to the car or otherwise sitting in the garage:
- Stainless Steel TT Exhaust Mk 4 (No. 22 of 60 - I'll miss this the most!)
- Mike Satur Mk 3 'Boxer' roll hoops
- Glass wind defelector
- Recently furbished 16" eleven-spoke alloys with Toyo T1R Proxes tyres (fronts close to worn, rears with good tread)
- Full size 'black' spare with Toyo T1R Proxes tyre (rear, good tread)
- Black leather tonneau cover (plus protective Hoodmate)
- AP 4-pot front brake calipers with 304mm grooved front disks
- 'Lexus'-style rear light clusters (plus interior cluster covers)
- Central locking motors (never activated)
- Electric heated wing mirrors and control (retrofit)
- OEM heated seat kit (retrofit)
- SEAT Ibiza front splitter (black)
- Mudguards, front and rear (black)
- Blue alcantara/leather seats and matching doorcards
- Front foglights
- ECU remapped by Z and F Tuning (I'll miss this second most)
- Blue soft-top with heated rear glass screen
- Hardtop with storage bag (It's supposed to be Trophy Blue, but is slightly darker)
- Mike Satur alloy pedal covers
- Alloy fuel filler cap and 'hockey stick' deck plates
- Kenwood head unit with remote control and aux/USB input
- OEM Boot rack with cycle rack attachments
- Two fobs with flip keys (plus spare un-fobbed key for those little bootlid emergencies..)
As part of the (ultimately pointless) work into fixing the overheating issue, the car was last fitted with a new MLS head gasket/head skim, water pump, radiator, thermostat and temperature sensor. At the same time as the engine work was done a new clutch was put in. I also have a stack of miscellany in the garage that will go with the car if the new owner wants it including;
- original Minilite 15" wheels with Toyo T1R tyres
- original black cloth seats complete with rails
- custom Metal Monkey instrument dial set (LE500 style suitable for backlighting project, never fitted)
- new unused Mintex rear brake pads and disks
- 2 x coil packs
- coolant expansion tank with low-level alarm
There's a spare centre console, T-bar and cubbys, foglight switches, even a black hardtop shell 'project' with no fixings. Probably lots of stuff I've forgotten hidden away too.
