Practically Classics Forum

Ok, so i admit it i hold a grudge! :oops: When Theodore wrecked a MGB by failing to fit a crap diesel to it, he went off my Christmas card list. However its been a few years so i decided to give him another chance!!! :lol: In this months mag he did a great article on removing rust. So I have a bucke...

Many thanks for the link and reply.

Wheeler dealer in real life? Hi guys just wondering, Do you think being a real life wheeler dealer (like the TV program) could work? So to clarify, buying a classic doing it up and selling it on. Either from the Uk or USA. I have the space, a big garage, most the tools and I enjoy working on old car...

Surely IVA is only required if you radically alter the monocoque or chassis. He claims that all his modifications are reversible. Nope. It works on a points system, don't quote me but something like 5 points if you keep the chassis , 1 for engine 1 for gearbox and 1 for axles etc.... So even with a...

I'd love that, If only you weren't so deep up in the coal dust, whippets, flat caps and battered Mars bars.

Too far for a southern shandy drinker like me to come ;-(

Thats really kind, im sure someone will take it!

I wanted to know how he managed to keep the car road legal?

As it has a different engine, gearbox, axle, surly it must now require IVA ? In the words of IVA this is radically altered.

How did he get that, i think that would be an interesting article?

wow! did i make a good post for once! Everyone seems to agree, the £££ is mightier than original projects!


I assume you all know that if you try to go to http://www.practicallyclassics.co.uk/ you just get a SQL error?
-that's why i haven't posted for a while!

I think the fact that the editorial in the magazine is given over to arguing why this is a great and different project says it all. If Danny really thought this was what he is saying he would not be using his editorial to pre-emptively argue its case. I think as readers we sometimes forget this is n...

However I am concerned, that there may come a day, when there will not be many people capable of applying the rules to older vehicles, in which case, the annual MOT would presumably involve a trip to a specialis .............I think you underestimate testers Martin- basically, a car is a car: a whe...

I live in the South. No cut price pies and whippets here!