cros wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:07 pm IMG_20240407_104152465_HDR.jpgBlackpool today.

Probably the best accomodation in town, though.....

Aye and hopefully a happy Mrs B.

Nice to gaze upon rows of Speedsters and pretend copycats never existed. I would rock that Variant, though, pervert that I am.

I have the original MotorSport (I think) test somewhere but that will be even harder to find than something buried behind 3 paywalls and 2 lost passwords.....

Jerzy Woking wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:21 pm

I suspect an Ali Express type "X" badge is fitted. Yours for a quid

Yes, I did think that! Just I had a Granada 2.3Lx (small x) where it was a dealer special with certain extras over the standard L trim but hadn't seen any Cortinas with that spec.....

Yes. images.jpg Corvette engine, supposedly built by Gordon Keeble for Vauxhall but I seem to recall it was actually Jim Keeble on his own as part of the "Keewest Development" engineering firm he founded down here in Southampton after the cars themselves finished. Only one or two cars made...

What's going on with that? 1.6Lx and a Ghia badge? Don't think I've seen a Cortina with the LX designation either although it could have been a run-out that I missed.

Would seem about right, given the D plated 1100. Definitely end-of-steam era with the loco in that state, I can well remember seeing them looking like they were on their last legs, never cleaned and caked in grime.

Eddie likes his headlamps unadorned.....

Great to hear you’ve had the Morris out for a run and it’s always nice when classic cars manage to stay in the same area their whole lives. How far are you from Exbury Hall? The Austin Counties Car Club are holding their national rally there on 16th June and you’d be most welcome, I don’t think the...