I drove a Morris Minor for the first time in my life today. It was only round the site where I work but it was interesting. Later I had the honour of greasing the suspension, propshaft & the handbrake cables. I adjusted the mixture and put a bit of oil in the dash pot. They certainly don’t make ...

Try and buy one for £20 now.

80’s & 90’s cars seem to be rising in price because the people who wanted them in their youth are now at that age where they have money to spend (kids grown up and fucked off, mortgage paid off). As previously mentioned, fast Fords command higher prices because they were lusted after by a certai...

Drivers of the original Defenders wave at each other. A guy wrote into LRO and asked whether drivers of the new Defenders are included. The answer was ‘Fuck off!’.

There was quite a few scrapyards in Scunthorpe when I was a youth. Eva Bros. was the main one and there was another couple on Midland Road but I can only remember Waggys. There was a few scrappies down the pit bottom too, but they never really had a lot. Eva’s had cars piled 3 high and segregated by...

As a green oval licker I fully approve with a degree of envy.

It’s not the voltage that matters, it’s the power (Amps). Your battery will have a CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) rating. If you have access to a battery tester rather than a multi-meter then check that.

I see on the telly that you’re getting the European style vans like the Transit and Sprinter over in the States. I do like the style of the indigenous vans, they have a retro charm.

Some Series Land Rovers in there too.

I invested in a Hawkeye Total. I was able to diagnose the engine issues (mainly MAF and MAP sensors) and touch wood it’s been pretty good ever since.