Ugly Betty, my mission

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   I thought I'd share a little on my LT, if time allows we are going to do a 10000km round trip in her in the near future.
its abit of a story and a little thrifty but I love a challenge
These cars are very rare in Australia and a good friend saw her on Gumtree classifieds and knowing i was looking for something, contacted me and said
"THIS IS UGLY, YOU SHOULD BUY IT"
It was for sale 300miles from me so a friend looked at it and said "IT RUNS LIKE A CLOCK BUT ITS THAT UGLY YOU HAVE TO HIT IT WITH A STICK BEFORE YOU GET IN IT"
I took the challenge and rang the owner direct to try to negotiate a price, the problem being the windscreen was broken and being a European import I had no chance of getting a screen. The owner wouldn't come to the party so I thought, "no screen no buy!" Later in the week the vehicle sold so I kept hunting.
Lo and behold 4 weeks later the vehicle came back on the market at a lower price, by this point I had found a screen in Australia and explained to the guy that I didn't buy the car. I rang the couple who bought it and it turns out they were European Backpackers who were leaving the country but had done a quick 5000km trip in "Big Bertha" as they called her :). We negotiated a deal and planned to meet in my home town in a week where I would hand them a very low amount of cash and 2 bus tickets HURRAY!!! deal done!!
4 days later I recieved a very somber phonecall, the couple had been travelling and the police pulled them up for no brakelights, they saw the screen and immediatley put a defect notice on the vehicle, they then rang me and informed me what happened and pleaded for a deal so they could get out of the car and go home. I basically got the vehicle for a song but lent them my car and fed them for a few days. I met nice people and had some laughs and got the UGLIEST car on the street :)
Heres how she sat when delivered