Usually the plan when buying an abandoned project car is to get it back up and running. Wyatt Fletcher, on the other hand, abandoned this Merkur XR4Ti a second time: “I bought it as an abandoned car, and then I abandoned it.”
Photography Credit: Courtesy Wyatt Fletcher
To be fair, Wyatt did have a few obstacles to overcome in an …
We already have a handful of entries for this year, and I'm excited to see what you all show up with this time around.
We were all watching the last minute thrash hoping to see you guys make it to the race. At the last minute it looked bleak but you pulled it out!
That's as flattering an account of my brining the XR as I could hope for. I guess I really should get to getting it into shape for this year's challenge.
Btw, any success we did finally have should be credited as much to the good advice and encouragement we received while toiling away as our own efforts. Seriously, for all the stuff we did get sorted (skipped timing belt, broken wiring, stuck injectors, fouled plugs, etc), it was the kind advice of a fellow GRMer that suggested we double check the plug wires weren't crossed, and that was the final hurdle to getting the engine firing on all cylinders. But given it had been someone else's abandoned project, can't be surprised we inherited a few previous-owner-problems.
Gotta admit this little article has me encouraged and totally looking forward to another go at it in May!
In reply to darkbuddha :
Cool and looking forward to seeing you all.
We’ve had a few XR4Ti’s over the years, so nice to see another one entered.
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