Historic Vehicle Drive Day 23rd April, by George!
Discussion
Just got onto Vera's mob's site and noticed this:
www.p6club.com/nav_page.htm
Looks interesting and thought it ought to be shared with you.
Sadly, Aunty Ve is unable to make it this year. But, She'll be back
www.p6club.com/nav_page.htm
Looks interesting and thought it ought to be shared with you.
Sadly, Aunty Ve is unable to make it this year. But, She'll be back
shadowfax said:
Please tell us more about those "vintage cars" you have in your stable, Dave.
Hi Jim, just two vintage cars at the moment, 1928 Austin 12/4 'Windsor' saloon and just purchased a 1925 Morris Oxford 'Bullnose' open 4/5 seat tourer. Dont know how to get pics up on this forum, so any advise in that area and I'll post up.
The Austin is as original an interior apart from seats been retrimed,everything works as it should (at the moment
). I have just had the steering wheel renovated with a new celloid covering, have took the old girl up to 40mph,briefly, but prefer to potter around 30-35mph. Had to have the starter motor overhauled during winter season, the hairspring broke so while it was being serviced its as well to have a full job done IMHO. Also I have had the headlining replaced as some nit wit of a previous owner had done a DIY job and it was awful. So now have a lovely 'West of England' cloth headlining just as it should be. Also I have had the radiator surround re-nickel plated and so now looks just right. Thier are areas on the car which will need attention at some point, like two of the mudgaurds are rusting, I have patched them for now so they look respectable but I will have to bite the bullit and have them properly repaired. The 'Bullnose' spent its entire life until 1992 in the Australian outback, and a good many of those years in a museum. I have very little history other than that unfortunately, altho the car has at some stage been restored from chassis up as the condition is very good all over. That is apart from the fact the monkey would'nt start up for me when I got him home! I'm having the ignition fettled at the moment to put matters right.
Having enjoyed sports cars for some years on and off, I now find that I enjoy the relaxing nature of vintage motoring and will be offering a business along these lines.
Next vintage I would love to own is an Austin 7 'Top Hat', maybe next year if I'm lucky.
Hope I have'nt sent you to
Dave, put your pics on here on the 'shared photos' bit. Then you post the link and it's pretty much instant.
http://photos.fotango.com/cgi-bin/dis
Nice commitment to the old ladies above. Love to see them
For those in East Anglia why not turn up with your own historic cars and have a look at the East Anglian Classic Rally on the 22nd and 23rd April.
Based at the Norwich Holiday Inn this is a qualifying round of the Historic Rally Car Register Championship and covers almost 300 miles over the weekend including tests on several old airfields and private tracks, plus a 140 mile night navigation section.
For more information look at the Chelmsford Motor Club web site.
Expect about 60 entries in Mini Coopers, Sprites, Lotus Cortinas, etc.
Based at the Norwich Holiday Inn this is a qualifying round of the Historic Rally Car Register Championship and covers almost 300 miles over the weekend including tests on several old airfields and private tracks, plus a 140 mile night navigation section.
For more information look at the Chelmsford Motor Club web site.
Expect about 60 entries in Mini Coopers, Sprites, Lotus Cortinas, etc.
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