In article , says...
While chatting at work (we are all petrol-heads) someone asked, "when did
the classic car bug bite". For me it was when invited to a relations wedding
(nightmare for a young lad) the best man took pity...Drove me back to the
reception in his 1932 MG J2......I was hooked, still am!!

ttfn...Alistair



In the 70s and early 80s, my dad had a succession of 60's Singers,
Cortinas, Rovers, and Austin/Morris (Landcrab/Wolseley 6) and later a
Chryler 180 and Vaux VX4/90 as cheap bangers and they smelled nice
inside, even if they didn't go that well and seemed so much nicer than
80s cars. Then when my mum started her own wedding business and bought
an 3.4 S-Type Jag as a Wedding car it was that sealed it, it was fairly
reliable, sounded loverly, wasn't rotten, went quickly, and had that
smell.

Became a regular practical classics reader since that time, right until
the late mid noughties, and since I passed my test, back in 2001 (didn't
need a car of my own until I was over 30) every one of my cars bar two
have been a least 15 if not 20 years+ old. Simpler, easy to work, and
all had the old car smell in one form or another.
--
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In article ,
says...
Same here - mine lives outside and is in use near every day. And as such I
don't mind making some mods to make it more useable - provided they are
easily reversible if needed.
This approach gets me some criticism by a few of our club members. The
ones who go for the 'best in show' type awards. Who invariably brag about
having the fastest model in the range and how much better it is than the
others - yet drive it to meetings at 50 mph max. ;-)

Same here, all my classics have been at the slightly unloved end of the
price range, and looked a bit tatty on the outside, but pretty solid
underneath and mechanically spotless. Because they have been owned
before by the same kind of owner.

If it looks a little tatty it won't get smashed up, the odd extra
parking scar doesn't ruin it, and you don't feel the need to stick it in
a bubble rather than get out and enjoy it. And yes some of mine have
been the fastest or best specced options and I have made sure they still
work in daily use.
--
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"Chris Bolus" wrote
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:41:06 -0000, "caroline" wrote:
"Chris Bolus" wrote

--1984 VW Type 25 camper V8--


I would *love* to see pics of the T25's engine bay!!

and/or pics of the engine conversion!

Do you have any online?

Yup - http://www.b0lus.com/cars/vwT25.htm

Nice one, thanks for that!

Will have a peruse through properly when my connection isn't playing up.
Always love to see how people have done their various T25 engine
conversions.

I was boring, just put a bigger VW engine in, dead easy swap from 1.6D to
1.9D...just need to find a better matched gearbox now, looking for a 4-speed
out of a petrol T25 ideally.

Thanks again.

On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:26:09 -0000, "caroline" wrote:


"Chris Bolus" wrote
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:41:06 -0000, "caroline" wrote:
"Chris Bolus" wrote

--1984 VW Type 25 camper V8--


I would *love* to see pics of the T25's engine bay!!

and/or pics of the engine conversion!

Do you have any online?

Yup - http://www.b0lus.com/cars/vwT25.htm

Nice one, thanks for that!

Will have a peruse through properly when my connection isn't playing up.
Always love to see how people have done their various T25 engine
conversions.

I was boring, just put a bigger VW engine in, dead easy swap from 1.6D to
1.9D...just need to find a better matched gearbox now, looking for a 4-speed
out of a petrol T25 ideally.

Thanks again.

I'm currently saving up for an Aidan Talbot rebuild since 5th gear
dropped out and stayed out just after Christmas. Aidan can put special
ratios in.
--
Regards, Chris (Please take out my car to reply by plain text email)
---1967 Riley Elf----1972 Mini Clubman Estate----1971 Mini Clubman---
--1988 Mini Jet Black---1979 Ford Capri---1984 VW Type 25 camper V8--

On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:50:13 -0000, Elder
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Same here - mine lives outside and is in use near every day. And as such I
don't mind making some mods to make it more useable - provided they are
easily reversible if needed.
This approach gets me some criticism by a few of our club members. The
ones who go for the 'best in show' type awards. Who invariably brag about
having the fastest model in the range and how much better it is than the
others - yet drive it to meetings at 50 mph max. ;-)

Same here, all my classics have been at the slightly unloved end of the
price range, and looked a bit tatty on the outside, but pretty solid
underneath and mechanically spotless. Because they have been owned
before by the same kind of owner.

If it looks a little tatty it won't get smashed up, the odd extra
parking scar doesn't ruin it, and you don't feel the need to stick it in
a bubble rather than get out and enjoy it. And yes some of mine have
been the fastest or best specced options and I have made sure they still
work in daily use.

I've driven one of my Minis to work through the winter (as I did last
year). The road salt takes its toll, but because the car has a few scabs
anyway it's no problem. It gets me there every day come snow, ice or
whatever, and while I'd be miffed if some idiot were to slide into it, I
wouldn't be as bothered as if I were driving a concours car. (Though I
was pretty peeved when my son broadsided a lamppost in his, which _was_
near-perfect :-( Repairable, but annoying.)
--
Regards, Chris (Please take out my car to reply by plain text email)
---1967 Riley Elf----1972 Mini Clubman Estate----1971 Mini Clubman---
--1988 Mini Jet Black---1979 Ford Capri---1984 VW Type 25 camper V8--

In article ,
Chris Bolus wrote:
I'm currently saving up for an Aidan Talbot rebuild since 5th gear
dropped out and stayed out just after Christmas. Aidan can put special
ratios in.

Sounds frighteningly expensive. Unless computers can now cut gears in a
trice. But then that machine would be frighteningly expensive...

--
*Marriage changes passion - suddenly you're in bed with a relative*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

The date being 9 Feb 2010, Chris Bolus
decided to write:

I've driven one of my Minis to work through the winter (as I did last
year). The road salt takes its toll, but because the car has a few scabs
anyway it's no problem. It gets me there every day come snow, ice or
whatever, and while I'd be miffed if some idiot were to slide into it, I
wouldn't be as bothered as if I were driving a concours car. (Though I
was pretty peeved when my son broadsided a lamppost in his, which _was_
near-perfect :-( Repairable, but annoying.)

I gave up on steel cars when my Mk.III Cooper 'S' rusted away and I
built a Mini Marcos with the mechanical bits. I now have that and a
Mini Jem which I use all the time. I have a spare set of wheels with
Colways on for the Jem. They're just the job in snow and slush.

--
Richard Porter
rich@ / www. richardporter.me.uk
"You can't have Windows without pains."

On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Chris Bolus wrote:
I'm currently saving up for an Aidan Talbot rebuild since 5th gear
dropped out and stayed out just after Christmas. Aidan can put special
ratios in.

Sounds frighteningly expensive. Unless computers can now cut gears in a
trice. But then that machine would be frighteningly expensive...

Apparently they're imported from SA.

--
Regards, Chris (Please take out my car to reply by plain text email)
---1967 Riley Elf----1972 Mini Clubman Estate----1971 Mini Clubman---
--1988 Mini Jet Black---1979 Ford Capri---1984 VW Type 25 camper V8--

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris Bolus
saying something like:

Yup - http://www.b0lus.com/cars/vwT25.htm

Excellent stuff.
Spent a while examining the resto of your A40 - first banger I had at
age 17. Bit of a rusty heap, and that was back in the days when a panel
could be pop-rivetted on for the MoT. Mine developed a nasty crack from
the chassis stubs up to the front bulkhead. Eventually it was put off
the road by the police; probably a good thing. It was when a copper
pointed at the hole in the front sill that had been revealed when a lump
of cataloy fell off and asked if that was for foot signals, that the
penny dropped.

It seems today
that all you see
is violence in movies and sex on t.v.

But where are those good old fashion values
On which we used to rely!

Lucky, there's a family guy!
Lucky there's a man who,
positivly can do,
all the things that make us
laugh and cry!

He's--A--Fam'ly--Guy!!!

"Dean Dark" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:48:53 -0000, "Mike Dean"
wrote:

drivel

**** off back to your silly amateur web sites, there's a good chap.

OK?

It seems today
that all you see
is violence in movies and sex on t.v.

But where are those good old fashion values
On which we used to rely!

Lucky, there's a family guy!
Lucky there's a man who,
positivly can do,
all the things that make us
laugh and cry!

He's--A--Fam'ly--Guy!!!