A good mate of mine has a G-plate MKIII SWB hightop made into a camper. Full of plod (which also describes its usual progress) and powered* by a 1.6 Pinto. He paid less for the thing than my last round of welding cost on the T25, spends about £150 each year on patching it up and it will, by his own ...

It does disappoint me how Ford managed to relegate their market-defining vans from bombproof, if rusty, paragons of reliability into shivering useless fragility. Probably not unrelated to transferring production from Southampton to some sand-pit...... Beats me how they flog 'em to the Yanks, they mu...

The last vehicle owned by either of my parents was a Note....."Note"worthy for being by far the most reliable vehicle they ever owned and is still giving good service to one of my nieces.

No, it unbroke upon reversing the procedure.

My Transporter is out of storage but I have yet to find the spring-clean mojo so it is still grubby. Used it a couple of times already but too bloody cold out there still so I am still indoors using up Mrs Rocker's heating allowance.

I was, indeed the small voice at the back whispering "Assstrroooo..." but didn't put my hand up.

That Moroccan Transit is ace.

paulplom wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 12:12 pm 20240502_120319.jpg

Has just run partly over possibly the least necessary piece of traffic instruction to an A7 driver.....

Is it me or is that first bonnet distorted?

Surprised the Seven hasn't found a buyer, there's a pretty strong following for them on the Island and it carries a sought-after "ADL" numberplate. Perhaps that is its Achilles heel - the local market have probably seen the car for most of its 90 years and as you know it is a very ageing d...