I took the filter off the Minor eventually, no matter where it got put or how the pipework was routed it would stall the car on occasion. Used to get hot starting maladies too. I still have a miss under initial load which I was hoping would have disappeared but it behaves itself in all weathers, tem...

With my bad back showing little sign of abating I am not walking to some of my work at the moment and have pressed the Minor back into daily useage. It's coping well and had a good clear out down the A36 to my chiro lady last night so I gave it a bit of a fettle this morning, greased the front end, ...

The labour element is why there are some really nice cars being built in places like Sri Lanka. They might be using filing cabinet sides and washing machine panels but the skill is unarguable...

FatherJack wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:43 pm On the Merc there might be a tenuous reason for a distance marker

Surprising how many of those still about.....I "retired" from the Docks about 3 years ago but there were still quite a few Mags on box work, admittedly most of them run by owner-drivers picking up mid-week jobs between Continental runs.

My first, indeed only, BMW was also an E21 316, in 1984 I went one better though and fitted the front grilles and lamps from a 320 along with the tacho-equipped gauge cluster! They did feel special and engrained in me a love for basic but well-made and driveable German cars that put me behind a thre...

I was in my last year at Junior School, about to break up for Summer when that and the Stag (two years late, admittedly) were announced. I remember thinking "things can't get any better than this." I was right. Senior school started in September, Rolls-Royce were bankrupt a year later and ...

Really? How odd.

Or one with the correct grille and proper colour!

First thing I always do upon my return home from a break away is get whichever old clunker out that wants to start. Amazing what it does for you....