I believe most prewar cars aren't much more than blacksmith engineering. So many parts that aren't available can easily be made up. i also understand that, with some models at least there is the expertise available to adapt parts from newer cars to fit some of these old motors. for instance, i seem...

we went to the model railway show in Redcar this morning cos, well, i like trains. Rodney mini has met a friend. 20220806_104805.jpg 20220806_104817.jpg 20220806_104828.jpg this Austin 10 is, according to the sign on the back seat, a 1934 and has a 1140-odd cc side valve motor fitted. its been resto...

we did yes. we came into town from Murton side and had a drive up along the seafront, though we didn't stop and get out for a proper look we did see it as we came by.

its a very moving and evocative memorial to the soldiers of the Great War.

we do have spare keys for the car. when i got it there was only the original, and very worn door and ignition keys with it. so i did like SiC says above by getting a blank cut to suit and another door key with the correct lock number on it. but we only got the one key for the lockup! and uess where ...

lets have a bit of a fleet update - we have got the Toyota tested for another year. it has needed a new front bottom arm as one of them had rusted though. for those who have not seen one that Toyota use on the T250 Avensis its a pressed bit of strip thats all welded up. recent we had one that had ru...

Something simple like points closed up or the dashpot is empty? it will be i'm sure, i know that there is oil in the dashpot cos i have looked! i'm sure its an ignition problem rather than a fuel one as the car starts and ticks over ok, and seems perky enough about town. the rough running seems to ...

today we were supposed to travel over to Ripon for the Ripon old cars show at the race course. i say SUPPOSED too cos we got as far as the site of the Marton Country Club (before it burnt down) before coming home again. the reason? the usually ever reliable Marvin the metro was running like a bag of...

thus explaining how come the Prinz is such a bonny little thing!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225073131677?hash=item346767709d:g:AIUAAOSwj5VizvRz long, long ago, ALDI, when they were still called Auto Union could make a stylish car. don't believe me? i know, i know, it hardly seems possible. but here is the proof. shame i imagine that there are next to no spare par...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165550827018?hash=item268b99260a:g:MjoAAOSwx~1iufQ9 samara.jpg i'm amazed that there are any of these left on the road. i have only come across one once, funnily enough as a "damaged repairable" in the local scrappy. i'd gone looking for something cheap that i co...