Hello everyone,
I think I may have joined this forum before (well my username and email were known) but I can't remember ever posting.
I am the owner of a Nobel 200 in as found condition.
The story behind the car is quite interesting. The chap I acquired it from about 8 years ago bought it for his wife in the early 1960's for the total price of £10 and a pint of Manns Mild.
He took it home and she took one look at it and said "if you f*****g think I am going to get in that....."
And there it sat...
As a child in the early 1980's I remember playing in it.
About 8 years ago I asked the chap if he still had it, the answer was yes and if I wanted it it could be mine for the same price, sadly Manns Mild Ale was out of production so we settled on £10 and a bottle of Guiness!
The only problem was that the access lane to the chaps back garden had been built on. I gathered up a gang of hefty mates and we made the trip from west Wales to Hertfordshire with a trailer. After my friends had stopped laughing we had to move three fences, one garden shed and carry the car over a large fishpond and the foundations for an extension.
The little beastie is now sat in a lock up waiting for ressurection. The only thing I have done in remove the engine to allow me to try and unseize it. The engine is now apart but the piston is still jammed in the cylinder.
I haven't touched it for around 5 years but after I made noises about selling it a couple of the lads who helped me fetch it persuaded me not to.
So here I am, any help in finding a source of parts, or even a non stuck engine would be greatly appreciated.
The funny thing was, when my wife first clapped eyes on it I heard "if you f*****g think I am going to get in that...."
Times change, but I don't think wives do!
