The Base will sing again. It's a 1300 Pinto isn't it? 1600 sadly. That is, really, the only way it could have been worse. There was a 1300 in beige (!) for sale in Der Nederlands a couple of years ago but, try as I did, I couldn’t get the vendor to take me seriously and it sold. If it was to ever r...

Revitalised Pinto.

I picked up the completely rebuilt cylinder head for the Sierra bASe. My two youngest sons are very taken with it, so rather than selling the Sierra - I shifted my Mercedes w201 on instead. I’d upload a picture but I can’t see how. Anyway it’s beautiful now with a new camshaft, reground valves and a...

190E Mercs do nothing for me, but the bAsE? Different matter. Have you sorted the engine out yet? Hahahahahahahahahaha (fades) No. It’s the next job man. Quite brilliantly I will be spending some of my severance package from work fixing the old heap. If the wife asks, it’s an investment. I nearly s...

Mostly here to reserve my seat (username)/stick a beach towel down on a lounger and read about a few beloved, shitty cars. Not interested allying to one team or another, just the cars and a few chums I’ve made along the way.

I’ll drift in and out. Don’t mind me.