Went to it yesterday. Enjoyed the show - but the venue is the pits. Dreadful signposting and organisation. And the food even more expensive than usual at this sort of thing. Was directed to the North car parks which are the furthest from the actual show halls. But closest to the bike show - which is tiny by comparison. On leaving - very tired with all the walking - went to the main...

A limousine or a limousine is a very expensive luxury car that is used for special events like weddings, VIP transportation transfers of guests, birthday parties and the airport. It is a very long car usually driven by chauffeurs. Limos are traditionally white or black in color. Today, there are other colors like pink, magenta and blue. To find the best limousine rental, however, will have to...

Hmm, what to do? I have a "barn find" SD1 Vitesse (in targa red) with only 45k miles on the clock which is awaiting restoration and a respray. Alena would quite fancy a metallic green, fairly dark, which wasn't a standard colour for the Vitesse, I think. The internal trim is, as expected, grey (with a splash of walnut). The restorer suggested that dark green bodywork won't go so well with a...

I saw this delightfully restored MGA for sale, and I thought I would share it with you all in case anyone is interested in it. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/1945274115.html

OK, it's not a classic (yet) by a long stretch, but there aren't exactly millions of them about and I bet they'll be clasics in years to come... So, I'm pretty upset to hear that now my father's Rover 75 estate has been inconveniently written off by a large deer somewhere on the road from Owler Bar and Sheffield, he's looking for a replacement estate car. More importantly, he can't really...

Decided to fix a small coolant leak on the SD1 over the weekend. There's a heater pipe which runs under the inlet manifold, and elimination suggested this the culprit. Which means a fair amount of dismantling. However, this fitted in with changing the EFI loom for a decently made one incorporating all the changes I've made for the MegaSquirt and EDIS ignition. Everything was ready to fit so a day...

I was trying to find the website that tells me which councils issued which registration letters, but Google was useless, flooding me with people who want to trade cherished plates. So can someone please remind me of the site? Jim

Got a classic 1987 mini cooper in mint condition. Well, it was until someone ran into the back of it in a car park when it was parked. Anyway, off it went to the bodyshop recommended by the insurer. Got it back yesterday. Very poor paint job. Its now blatantly obvious that the back has been resprayed but not the whole car. Spoke to my insurance company who said that they could not expect the

There's a full-page plug, thinly disguised as a feature (although they do put a disclaimer at the end) in the current Jaguar Enthusiast magazine, for a "hydrogen fuel cell" which claims to reduce emissions to zero, increase engine performance and eliminate carbon deposits. Oh, and by the way, on trial in an S-Type 3 litre the mpg went from 25.2 to 38.87, a 54.2% improvement. Mine for a...

HI Folks Just a cautionary tale.... When I reinsured my '64 Moggie Traveller back in May, I knew that I was going to sell her soon - but, as Tesco had suddenly changed their Insurance company, I ended up with Carole Nash, who gave a competitive quote of 213 euro for the year. Today the car sold, so I rang up the insurers, imagining that, (like

I urgentky need a new seat diaphragm for my DS. Only problem: DS's don't have seat diaphragms. Oh, the joys of an end-of-the-line South African car. It's the same sort of thing as a TR6 one - two hooks on the short sides and three on the long - but about 2" bigger in the small dimension and 3" bigger in the larger. Anyone know a supplier who keeps or makes these for lots of different cars and...

Headed in to Vauxhall today, to spend all day in a server room. Deep joy. Anyway, Jensen Interceptor convertible on the way in. Alpine A110 & Cit SM on the way out. Nice.

I posted about this a few weeks ago. I need a starter solenoid for a 1966 E-Type Jaguar. The Lucas part number is 76476A. but it does not seem to be listed in any of the Lucas catalogues. I've tried umpteen telephone calls; the nearest so far was JagBreaker in Newcastle (they sell new parts as well) who recognised the number and thought they could supply from stock. Turned out they...

Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about the Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather one sided but worth a listen. -- *I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.

A report (commissioned by the Labour Government) that recommends halving the permitted alcohol levels for drivers. I can't remember ever seeing statistics that show that drivers just below the current level have a worse accident record than those who haven't had a drink. All the news stories of drink driving incidents report either the driver (or the pedestrian that staggered into the path...

Went there yesterday - the SD1 Club had a pitch with about a dozen cars. But what was impressive was the turnout of Vauxhalls - not surprising I suppose given the location. Two displays, one of old and one of classics. I dunno if some came from the Vauxhall museum. A couple arrived on the back of trucks. Never seen so many mint Crestas and Victors at once before. Altogether a great day - and...

Hi Group Has anybody got a cylinder head for a Ford 1500cc engine that is for sale (or give away if you like!). The vehicle is a Ford 1500cc Cortina with an auto gearbox year 1964 but having swopped a lot of Ford engines around I know that a lot models had the same engine. I am situated near the Hants/Surrey/Berks border but the car is in Sri Lanka (where they don't need to put salt on the...

Not sure if anyone else has discovered this, slightly unusual, cutting room floor delight (officially) posted on YouTube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNEBNGyD4nc HuntleyFilmArchives - August 27, 2009 - A compilation of back projection plate footage shot in London in the 1950s and 1960s. It is filmed from the back of a moving vehicle to be projected behind actors in a studio, thereby...

I've read that a lot of modern anti-freeze isn't suitable for classics or older cars - it attacks the copper rads, etc. But mine has an ally engine so needs an anti-freeze all year round to prevent corrosion. Anyone know which brands are suitable? -- *'Progress' and 'Change' are not synonyms. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change...

Would anyone happen to have a vague idea of the power rating of a typical car air condition system (such as that in a Rover SD1)? I'd like to have a ball-park figure for the wattage (or any scalar equivalent such the British Thermal Units per hour) as a measure of the heat transfer that such a system is capable. For example, I think I've read somewhere that the radiator for a typical car...