Well, knowing that there'll be (hopefully) a fair bit of progress on my baby over the next few weeks, I thought I might as well start a thread dedicated to the journey.
OK, so to start with she's a 1996 P Reg Omega CDX 2.5 V6 in Diamond Black. Been in the family for a decade, originally owned by my father. For 7 years she's been laid up, after the crank sensor failing and then DIS pack blowing, due to leaking gaskets. Since then it's always been my dream to get her up and running, under my ownership. A spell living away and being unemployed, then unpredictable work, plus living in a town you can walk across in half an hour make running a 1.6 ton V6 barge not massively feasible.
Exhibited at Billing every year she once got a 'commended' but as she was (I think) the only vehicle in daily use up for judging, and some doing less than 100 miles between MoTs, I don't think she did too bad
. Due to a couple of mods she was once incorrectly named in an issue of the
Straight Six News as an Elite(!)
So, a brief incomplete list of the mods/work done then...
-Elite eleccy rear blind
-Elite Leather door cards
-MFL rear griffin/boot handle
-Elite MFL alloys
-FL clear side lenses
-Blanked EGR
-Perfect front bumper (Transit rolled back at traffic lights and cracked the paint. Repainted by the same people that 'de-blemish' ALL brand new VAG/Toyota Group cars that enter the country via Immingham.)
After the DIS Pack blowing, my father had to get a replacement car double quick, which is when he bought the TD (Turbo Weasel) which I've now bought off him and driving (he now has one of them new fangled plastic Insignias
) and so she was laid up.
A year ago the Turbo Weasel died due to him pouring approx 4 litres of water into the air intake system. So we considered reviving the V6. Genuine VX gaskets were fitted, breathers cleaned. Brakes freed off and serviced. (all relevant parts were always coppergreased, and were no harder to work on than if we'd done them a week ago - not 6 years!) Nothing else was apparent that a short-term bodge wouldnt fix, and we were just about to refit the wipers when
bad news the Garage had fixed the Turbo Weasel! NOO!!
So, she was 90% there for an MoT but again, laid up.
So a few weeks ago, I bought the car at the only price of £170.
Which brings us to the present day. She is now sat, exhaustless, on axle stands, lathered in dust, one flat tyre, not a single matching wheel (the mint Elite wheels were sold some years ago, sadly
) scuttle and wiper arms off but the following has now been done these last couple of weeks...
-Exhaust sourced, used 6 month old as job lot of...
Exhaust
SC804 (two of!) and Autochanger
Bumper grilles (open type - off Diesel)
MFL Elite Grille with mesh, but included original chroem 'V' and chip cutter (and the following which I don't need, but they may well save my bacon one day)
Climate Centre console
Radiator
Full set of Tail Lamps
Engine hoses
-Exhaust clips (Genuine VX)
-Manifold to Cat section nut (Genuine VX)
-Exhaust clamps
-Paint - silver and VHT Silver
-Set of stainless steel nuts n bolts for exhaust and heat shields
-Heat Shields ('reserved' simply awaiting reply off fellow OOFer
)
Excluding purchasing the car
all the above has cost me a pint of Guinness over £100, so I think I'm doing pretty good so far.
No pics as yet, but will try and get some uploaded tonight. the first 'before' shots, so to speak
) because he couldn't get an Omega one, he got one off a Vectra V6. The plugs are different, so he spliced in with chocolate box connectors, the Vectra plug on the Omega loom. 
- like an idiot forgot to ask if they were on Trade Club? Thought they were about a tenner plus Vat from VX??