With the Saab currently "resting" while I gather parts, the MX5 about to enter winter hibernation, and the Hitler-approved fire hazard Beetle still being out of sight and out of mind, I turned my attention to the Rover. Despite all its problems and my decision to scrap it when the MOT is u...

Mercifully the air filter can be accessed from the engine bay too, it's not a wing-off job to change! So, what's been going on? Got the Saab wing fully reattached... 20230727_122256.jpg ... took it to FOTU and incidentally parked it up with some of its 90s rivals... 20230729_103205.jpg ... and then ...

Dug my Rover out of one of the lockups, it's been SORN for a bit and I've decided to use it for the remainder of its MOT. 20230801_195926.thumb.jpg.be7e4034f2b37b825d39c07beebc8aef.jpg Yeah, so the clutch bite point is somewhere in the (saggy) headlining, the paint left its lacquer somewhere in the ...

Off to FOTU next weekend, so decided I should probably get the Saab's scabbier front wing changed over, having already purchased the part. Jacked up and wheel off, so I can get at the arch trim/arch liner bolts... bodyside trim is already removed, as I've swapped it onto the replacement wing (it cam...

Thanks. You have just reminded me why I will never fit another exhaust system myself. I might have forgotten and tried it again.... It's an important lesson. The only reason I did it myself this time was because none of the local fast fit places would touch it due to the lead time on parts. Otherwi...

Passat B3s are an unusual sight these days. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/289854150281740 https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/358715411_3464159580566339_8313287147097174660_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p720x720&_nc_cat=106&cb=99be929b-59f725be&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=843cd7&a...

Put the new sunvisor in. No pictures because... it's a fucking sunvisor, you know what one of those looks like. Just imagine the previous picture, except instead of on a box, it's on a car ceiling. Buoyed by this two-screw success, I decided to move onto fitting the new exhaust I'd bought, as the on...

From near that there London... wonder if it's another ULEZ casualty? Vendor's caps lock appears to be stuck on.

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Went to finally do a long-overdue exhaust swap on the Saab, discovered the bolts holding the backbox on were beyond re-use and I didn't have any the right size in my odds and sods tin. Good thing I checked before I went gung-ho and actually started taking stuff off. Went into town and bought some, b...

Whenever I imagine a British classic car club, I immediately think of the Real Ale Twats from Viz.