Last year Diddy started being advertised for sale. I certainly wasnt after it but ended up paying a mutually disagreeable amount and ended up owning Diddy...
Rivet counters look well away now
Diddy was built by the Rumsey brothers as a 88" 2a tray back with a Rover 6 cylinder in it. I believe it is well known in the Series 2 Club but as I'm not a member I dont know!
It then passed onto another owner who sold it me as this -
It had many many faults. Ran like absolute rubbish, trayback was no use to man nor beast, looked stupid etc etc.
So I chopped it about!
The rear was "interestingly" constructed, the supports where full of water and I'm still not certain how it was bolted to the cab. Anyway off it came...
Took a but longer than ideal but at this point I had a plan.
Found an ex-station wagon tub with the four jump seats still fitted in reasonable condition. In Scotland...
Couple of roof sides from somewhere (no windows on this one!) and the roughest station wagon roof ever from Sodbury.
Fitting all up she started to look good (in my eyes!)
Added a spare winch I had kicking around as well
A door I had from an old 110, some nice new springs
Then some new Goodyear MTR's to some take off rims and then hit a stop. New job etc meant no more time so next stop to an auto electrician to sort out the wiring
Loads of work including changing the ridiculous three dial dash (doesnt fit with a 2a interior, a black two dial is back in with a few tweaks!)
Once he had finished off to my local specialist to do all the little bits - full service, new props, seat belts, etc etc etc
Next job is paintwork!