Practically Classics Forum

Now my background is in electronics and electrical engineering...so I'd not expected this sort of thing to send me on such a merry old dance... When you first turn the ignition on in my Riva, the indicator tell tale on the dash blinks once, accompanied by a click from the flasher unit. Nothing happe...

Given the undergrowth around it that Midget looks to have been there for quite a while, yet at least from the photos there it looks to be in remarkably good nick. Probably for the best that it's probably at the far side of the country of I'd go looking for another project when I've already got two t...

Only a quick update as I've been a bit under the weather the last couple of weeks so haven't really had much chance to do too much with the cars. Main achievements were getting over to the car show at the Brill Festival a couple of weekends ago. Was really surprised by the scale of the show there gi...

Not something silly like a loose rotor arm is it? Sounds like you've got a spark if it's spitting back through the carb and such nonsense. After checking the really obvious, try another condenser before wasting too much time...I took to just keeping a couple of spares on hand in one of my Skodas as ...

The timing chain tensioners do seem to be a weakness. It's not unheard of for them to totally disintegrate and the chain to then proceed to chew its way through the head. Must make the most horrendous racket while that's going on so goodness only knows how drivers claimed to be unaware that anything...

Figured it was about time I get signed up on here having been a PC reader for a good long while now, and with a bit of an eclectic little fleet here that some folks hopefully might find interesting. So what's on the drive? Well first and foremost this thing. IMG_20170416_122251.jpg IMG_20170518_1214...