budget van replacement

Ouch!

OcaToro wrote:

is there some diesel staining i need to be aware of? i'm not gonna push her hard up there anyway. i dont buy into the illusion of being faster on track. if i wouldnt do it on the road i wont do it there either. i just think it'll be fun to go up the hill. im not particularly worried though, she's not even close to being the fastest car ive had. i'm not a silly little boy, despite the beach skids

So from that you'd drive just as fast on the raod as you would on a track?

I love this thing, I liked stripped out look, means you don't have to worry about trying to keep it mint and it looks a massive amount of fun.

you could say that

seriously though wont be taking any risks. prescott is narrow and off camber. seen much better cars than mine wrestling round bends at 20mph or lower so cant see me posting a good time. all be a good laugh though


don't strip the volvo, it'll lose all of its gentlemanly appeal

I'd never strip the volvo

I presume were going to have passengers on these runs - I dont know about the porsche, but in my car having a passenger severely effects the speed/handling of my car.

I'd love to go to this gathering but I have no money, whens the latests I can sign up?

up to you bud. i want one to run a stopwatch is all since prescott arent timing them.

last day is on the day fella can pay at the gate. not sure you'll get on the stand that late though? ask colin

Claymore is running a stand?

what car is he taking?

duno but he generally knows about RR stuff. we're going on the retro rides south west and wales stand y0 boom.... check the gathering threads on RR

on topic again, a period photograph..... of 1982 itself.....





ive also just named her.... meet Simona

i like

Simona? what happened to Gertrude? a proper german name!

Cool pic.

finally had a dry day where i didnt have any other jobs to do... so i cleaned the inside, roughly. she can have a good wash inside another time, but ive removed all the rubbish and hoovered all the dust n crud out for now.

i also gave her her 2nd wash and got round to polishing that paint now that it had been brought somewhat back to life.... here is the result




considering the paint was like tippex when i bought it, i'm very happy with that shine

Serious improvement!

If I were you, I'd start slowly taking a rattle can to the inside - will look amazing when its all clean white

nah, theres still some dirt on there, i'll just clean it properly rather than painting over it. dont want it to rust away before my eyes!

some new pics of simona before she naffs off next week


photo by meee


photo by meee


photo by harry charnock

First 2 are my fav

I've still not actually seen this in the flesh yet...
Dan', i may have to take a jaunt back to lampeter

hurry, she's for sale and has a potential buyer :p