I used to put up readers rides threads for all of my cars until it got a bit unwieldy, but I'll have a go condensing a few cars into one and see how that goes...
The most retro thing I own is my 1967 Traveller, restored in the 1990s but when I inherited it off my grandfather it had spent 7 years under a tarp under a tree
Fortunately the tarp has saved it from the worst of the weather, but there's still some grot to attend to. I'm currently part way through replacing the bottom of the n/s A pillar and repairing the sill and edge of the floor. My plan was to have it finished this summer but I've been putting it off and wasting too much time on other cars.
Next in order of attention is my Golf. I bought it a couple of years ago stock and having had a succession of old VW's, did what I always do and slammed it on a set of daft wheels:
I ran it like that for a while, but the wheels were kerbed and the paint was falling off so I started looking into doing something completely different wheels wise. A lot of head scratching and measuring later and it looked like this:
This is how it currently stands, but rather than subject myself to driving a slammed car daily and it to another fylde coast winter I freed up some cash, went to Glasgow and bought this:
This is my first Benz, and on the basis of this one I'm hooked. Effortless to drive, uber comfy, does 40mpg on a run and looks damn cool in the process.
Unfortunately my wife has decided I need to grow up a bit, so I'm taking on her 320d, she's buying a BINI and it is looking likely that the Benz will have to go before the end of the year.
I'll update the thread with some photos of actual work on the cars at some point when I get chance! Cheers.
The most retro thing I own is my 1967 Traveller, restored in the 1990s but when I inherited it off my grandfather it had spent 7 years under a tarp under a tree
Fortunately the tarp has saved it from the worst of the weather, but there's still some grot to attend to. I'm currently part way through replacing the bottom of the n/s A pillar and repairing the sill and edge of the floor. My plan was to have it finished this summer but I've been putting it off and wasting too much time on other cars.
Next in order of attention is my Golf. I bought it a couple of years ago stock and having had a succession of old VW's, did what I always do and slammed it on a set of daft wheels:
I ran it like that for a while, but the wheels were kerbed and the paint was falling off so I started looking into doing something completely different wheels wise. A lot of head scratching and measuring later and it looked like this:
This is how it currently stands, but rather than subject myself to driving a slammed car daily and it to another fylde coast winter I freed up some cash, went to Glasgow and bought this:
This is my first Benz, and on the basis of this one I'm hooked. Effortless to drive, uber comfy, does 40mpg on a run and looks damn cool in the process.
Unfortunately my wife has decided I need to grow up a bit, so I'm taking on her 320d, she's buying a BINI and it is looking likely that the Benz will have to go before the end of the year.
I'll update the thread with some photos of actual work on the cars at some point when I get chance! Cheers.
(obviously mines not much of a mk2 underneath now though)