THE 2000E ESTATE PHOTOS

1 - In the garage, where it was found

2 - Rear view

3 - Tailgate up - showing the interior

4 - Why it failed its MoT - in 1994!

5 - Front offside wing showing the doors that had been removed

6 - Front view

7 - Under the bonnet. The rust underneath and the spiders show that the engine hasn't been run for years

8 - Pitstop at Reading Services. The LDV starts to earn its keep

9 - A towing dolly is a marvellous thing. Folded up and dismantled, it easily fits inside the LDV too!

10 - Dover docks - waiting for the ferry.

11 - Off the dolly and in the car park at home. For the benefit of the doubters, the engine is indeed running!

12 - Its new home until I make space for it in the Auvergne

13 - And a new home having to be found for it (seeing as I'm moving out of Brussels) my mate Terry brought up his trailer on the back of his Transit ...

... and I towed it down to the Auvergne with Caliburn, the long-term replacement for the old LDV.

Despite the wintry weather, she still starts up first time. But the clutch has seized on, which has caused me a few embarrassing moments already. And will cause me a few more before I've finished.

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