After many months of driving around for parts, using our club facebook page for requests, pleading with fellow enthusiasts I am finally near the point of completion. I would like to get it finished for the winter then commission it…
We are all aware that there are issues and the current government just seem to be making things worse. Not content with ignoring what is going on around them they are now reacting to whatever crisis has the highest priority,…
Work is going ok despite the cold weather and the front suspension is now going on. I had to use some wood blocks to raise it up under the wing as holding it with one hand and putting a bolt…
Just a little bit of progress as I am waiting for parts to arrive. So a little bit of work has been done on one of my other cars, namely MRO or Mr Orange as I know him. I have…
Well I now have everything prepped ready to go back on the car. New wheel bearings on the half shafts, rebuilt back brakes, new back springs (gulp) as old ones were shot. At the front it didn’t have the straight…
Work has proper started on the car and back axle parts and trim are coming together. The car is a 1965 on leaf springs and is very good body wise. The problem as always with these cars that are left…
Well the Mk1 is coming along nicely. Interior trim is more or less cleaned/repainted as needed. The car is currently at the sellers workshop but is coming ‘home’ this week on a trailer so I can start working on it…
Having bit the bullet and purchsed a Mk1 Lotus Cortina that has been stood some years (and lost bits on the way) it feels like dejavu in a way. The car is a 65 airflow with the plain door cards…
It’s the time of year I enjoy the most with the gathering of the ‘clan’ at Stratford Upon Avon Racecourse. The show sort of starts Friday evening for most with people turning up and catching up with friends they literally…
Way back in 1957 a Japanese car manufacturer called Prince entered a Skyline in saloon car racing locally. In 1966 they merged with Nissan and continued racing with the Gt-A and B. In 1969 the GT-R arrived and it dominated…