Finally succumbed. .. bought a P38A

**Rextheute** · 9th September 2015, 02:02 PM

Very Nice !

Has " extra wood " on dash , and chrome door handles .

Flasho !

**mtb_gary** · 9th September 2015, 02:36 PM

Looks like a nice straight and clean car. Enjoy!

**donh54** · 9th September 2015, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Rextheute

Very Nice !

Has " extra wood " on dash , and chrome door handles .

Flasho !

Yep! She sparkles like dewdrops on a derelict!

**TheTree** · 11th September 2015, 11:57 AM

Looks very classy !

**flathead steve** · 20th September 2015, 05:12 PM

Welcome aboard and hang on it's a hell of a ride; good thing the GLW is on side hope she is more patient than mine

**mtb_gary** · 21st September 2015, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by flathead steve

Welcome aboard and hang on it's a hell of a ride; good thing the GLW is on side hope she is more patient than mine

I know that impatient feeling Steve

. A couple of minor issues (snapped front drive shaft twice and a broken fuel pump) and the car is deemed "unreliable". Funny part about it though my p38 has towed the "more reliable" cars owned by the kids more times than I care to remember. I think it's more to do with me doing the servicing at home instead of paying for a local mechanical workshop to do the servicing.

**flathead steve** · 2nd October 2015, 09:53 AM

Mine's been ultra reliable except the EAS mainly my own fault [set height's outside the parameters] the beeping nearly drove her insane [HER OWN WORD'S] but all good now thank's to all the good people here

**donh54** · 2nd October 2015, 05:41 PM

Previous owner included an EAS Kicker, so far I haven't needed it (touch wood).
I ended up putting in new radiator, water pump, fan hub and hoses - summer coming on up here in Qld, more so for peace of mind than actual necessity. Still works out as a pretty well priced limo!

**Rextheute** · 3rd October 2015, 01:49 PM

Question ,
Did you go genuine or aftermarket ? Did you fit yourself ?
How muchy dinero ?

**donh54** · 10th October 2015, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Rextheute

Question ,
Did you go genuine or aftermarket ? Did you fit yourself ?
How muchy dinero ?

Bought all the bits from Roverlord (Thanks Mario

) so mostly aftermarket.
Marios' price for the lot was less than the Stealers wanted for the radiator alone

Allowing for the belts and hoses that came with the car,(Changed them over, even though the existing ones looked ok, I always change any of them that get disturbed, and the old ones go in the "get-ya-home" box), total cost was around a grand.

Did all the work myself, with help from this site, and a few youtube vids. There's nothing too hard about it, just wanted to make sure the cooling system was properly bled, and the torque settings were right (I get a bit cagey around threads cut into alloy parts).

All seems to be going well - we've had a few warm days here already, and the gauge doesn't move at all

, (touch wood).

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