Practically Classics Forum

This is a great event set in the heart of Surreyshire (Home county turf of Luxo) - it is on the 21st August 2011 at Cranleigh showground - it is run by Cranleigh Lions who put an incredable amount of work into this and many other events to raise money for the local community (they raised £20k at las...

GP 100 is an event being held at the Gaydon Motor Heritage Centre to celebrate the centenary birth of Gerald Palmer who was the designer behind the Jowett Javelin, Wolseley 4/44, MG Z Magnette and the Riley Pathfinder - it is on the 28th May 2011 I have posted the link for the event below, obviously...

This theft happened back in Jan but this is a very rare vehicle one of just a handfull - it belonged to one of my fellow members of the Jowett Car Club - it is something that none of us would like to ever happen to ourselves - the vehicle was in a secure garage and so dertmined were the thieves that...

Martin wrote - If you want a really cracking small Mig, then check out the Cebora 130, -available from BOC ( and a few other places I am sure) This little darling was unavailable for about a decade, but now it is back. This was the machine which both BOC and Snap-on sold with their names on, and you...

Aching Feet

TriumphDriver wrote -

Give us a break, m8 - it's hard enough to drive when pissed, let alone write a bl**dy note explaining what it was like.

- I Know it's not you cus you can't afford the beer round this end of town !

Just back from hols - our daily hack / modern motor was parked just around the corner of Paddington Station where the resident parking permit allows me to park on residential streets in this area - the actual area is 'Little Venice' - property here overlooking the Regents canal changes hands for £3 ...

This muesum is about 1and half hours East of Porto, or about 3 hours North of Lisbon and maybe a good six hours North of the Algarve coast - set in the Carmamulo hills - once off the main roads - it is a great climb up the winding hills with no end of hairpins and twists on what can be described as ...

Still on the hols (last day) in Portugal - bit damp this morning so we decided to drive the 500 kilometer round trip to the Caramulo Muesum in the hills East of Porto (see seperate thread) anyhow this lot cropped up on todays radar: Usual handfull of Renault 4's but a very rare R4 GTL convertable in...

Here is a very good tip for all of you (Back me up Danny) get your motor entered into the Classic Car of the Year 2011 - has promoted / sponsored by Practical Classics - hopefully Teng are still sponsoring one of the prizes as they did last year - win and you get £1,000 worth of Teng kit of your cho...