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Alex has wanted one of these wagons for ages. We had a MK2 version in England and it was a lovely car - really comfortable and very useful. They are thoroughly modern cars and very underrated/undervalued. Anyway, earlier this year a MK1 wagon was posted up for sale here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43810-someone-save-this-triumph-2000-mk1-wagon/?hl=%2Btriumph+%2Bwagon and Alex decided to buy it. Then somehow it became my car and "a good first project on which to practice my welding skills" (thanks, Alex!). We were ridiculously busy sorting out our new property so the car sat in a field near Woodend for a few more months then last Friday we braved the holiday traffic and did a day-trip to collect the car using avengertiger's Izuzu as a tow vehicle (thank you Dave). We arrived and got stuck in pumping up the tyres. One of them had a puncture so we had to retrieve the spare. Look at all the goodies we emptied out of the boot: Including a brand new wing and bonnet! After a bit of shuffling using we had the car on the trailer and were back on the road Now the car is in our new workshop we have been assessing the good and bad points: The good bits - amazingly the headlining is mint The car is also pretty much complete with the added bonus of two spare bonnets, a full set of doors (from a saloon but could be modified to suit), a wing, a spare overdrive gearbox and most of the trim. The bad bits - lots of rust and disintegrated rubber. Plus the engine is most likely stuffed. It's definitely all repairable but will take lots of time. I'm determined to do everything myself with a bit of guidance from Alex (it's his turn to be the assistant). My aim is to have it road legal by Nats 2016. I'll be on the look-out for a replacement engine (2.5) plus power-steering set-up but there's no hurry as the rust repairs are going to keep me very busy. It's going to be such a cool car - I'm very excited.