Practically Classics Forum

Speaking for myself Matt Jones always came across as being a bit like a fish out of water with Practical Classics. I have nothing against the chap but he had this thing for liking relatively newish cars and was not content unless he was shoehorning bigger engines in, personally not something I want...

Damn - I never thought of that!! :( A few years too late now though!! Maybe next time :-) Right now we have a nice line going in freaking out Dr Who fans with the turret of the OT - leave the vehicle closed up, wait till a likely looking person wanders past and the the turret starts to track them - ...

Hi folks, Glad to find a replacement PC forum back up on-line! I rather missed the old one when it vanished suddenly.. Those who were there might recall me - I was the nutter who went from one extreme to the other in terms of classics!! :D Currently at home I have a 1963 Saab Sport - in the garage i...

To be honest I've no idea!! I suspect the VW versions probably will have a higher value because of the "German engineering" that the sales people from VW and BMW have inculcated into the UK Populace. I can recall, though, body shells coming into the Final Assemble areas with zero panel gaps one side...

The Greek

Interestingly no one has pointed out that the original models were all built in the same plant by the same people - it being a joint venture between Ford and VW!! :) Always made me laugh to hear people say they had had bought the VW model and not the Ford "because the German engineering is so much b...

When I saw "Christine" at the Cinema I owned a DS 23 Safarai. The car park for the cinema was one of the old type with a spiral ramp linking the floors. We came out of the cinema at the end of the film late at night to find just two cars on the floor I was parked on - mine and a mini a bit further d...

Fuel costs are starting to hit home - and hard... The Bentley managed 22 mpg driven softly so I can't complain there (both Saabs are off the road for restoration, the Sport because it came from a barn and the 95 because the local morons decided to trash it in the front garden so fuel is irrelevant f...

Finally found the new (replacement) PC Forum - sorry it took so long!!