Practically Classics Forum

It's been absolutely ages since I last last posted, so I've copied and pasted my last few posts from another blog. This was written at the start of May. Since the last update of my blog, rather a lot has changed with regard to my fleet. Both the P5B, and the 3 litre coupé have gone to pastures new, ...

On Saturday, I collected the P5 from Spott, where it's lived for many years. We set-off at ten, and arrived by one, where we were met by the late owner's two sons, who gave me a few bits and pieces of paperwork, and that was that. We were pretty unsure as to how easily the car would move when pulled...

On Sunday, I was entered for the Blythswood Run, part of the Monte Carlo Historique event, which meant that the car was on display at Clydebank college for the afternoon, and then there was a road run, with a tulip roadbook for directions, from Glasgow, along a particular route, all the way back to ...

n the last couple of days, I've ended up acquiring a new Rover project, this time slightly bigger than the P6. Basically, I was just browsing around the Rover P5 forum, when I spotted a thread entitled 'FREE Rover P5'. Well, being one from North of the border, anything free had to be worth a shot. A...

I have heard quite a few horror stories about the KV6, but I made sure I was careful to check everything I could, in an attempt to minimise the risk of any serious problems. It had a cambelt change at the point of sale, at a garage of my choice. Something tells me that the dealer didn't quite realis...

After the trip to Yorkshire, for reasons I don't quite understand, I bought a Rover 75 V6 with one owner from new and a full history, thinking I'd save some money by using it through the winter and in the worse weather, but it doesn't appear to work that way! :lol: The 75 has been totally reliable a...

Goodness, it's really quite a while since I last updated this thread! :shock: Since my last update, I've been to Yorkshire and back in the car, covering 700 miles over 5 days, which isn't bad-going really. :D I set off on Friday afternoon, after work, and travelled down to Devil's Bridge, at Kirkby ...

That BMW M3 could easily be 15 years old now. Here are a few photos I've taken in recent weeks. http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac112/FK1991/DSCF7404.jpg http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac112/FK1991/DSCF7409.jpg http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac112/FK1991/DSCF7410.jpg http://i891.photobuck...

Since the car has done a lot of running in recent weeks, I decided to treat it to a service, at which point I noticed that the bearing in the waterpump was failing, so I decided to replace the waterpump, and since then, there have been no unpleasant noises under light acceleration. At the weekend, I...

After the trip to the North and back, I took the car on a road run with the local classic car club on the Saturday, and then took it to the show on the Sunday. The show took place at the Crichton, in Dumfries, and was well-attended, helped in no small part by the fantastic weather! The car seemed to...