Practically Classics Forum

I am heading to my mid 50's and providing I am sensible about it I have a job for life - that's if it does not kill me off first. Well done you, we must have a chat over a beer at this year's Revival. For what it's worth, I have been a manager in the logistics industry for most of my working life. ...

My old 35mm film camera would still be going strong if I could be arsed to use it. Problem we had with film was that you took your negatives in for developing, when they came back you would consider yourself lucky if you had half a dozen decent photos. Heads, feet, hands, all regularly got the chop,...

/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ Medal for this fella please, I suspect that he'll win the thread. :thumbs: Don't even ask about the wardrobe full of vintage clothes. Grumpy Northerner knows me. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/savannahwitch/robmg-24_zps75ea1dc2.jpg you were right, the TV is 405 l...

An inline eight pot? What is it, a transverse mounted engine for a London Bus? Can you imagine just how long a car bonnet would be with that underneath it? HUGE

Does any1 else like buying older stuff for their man Cave? My wife has the cave, it's actually a purpose built cabin for her to do her dressmaking in. She makes me some wonderful Hawaiian shirts too. Not in the cave but in the house, I still use the original, finger dial, telephone that, the then G...

Up and until a year ago, I owned 20 Merc Sprinters with the 2.9 diesel engines. Sprinters go like **** off a shovel. Everyone seems to have a story about a Sprinter overtaking them. The vans, which I owned with my brother, would give a fuel consumption of about 25mpg. My brother and I also had a van...

if anybody is interested, this coming Thursday, May 21st, on Freeview, Quest, channel 37, at nine pm. Brian Johnson, "Cars That Rock." It's a potted history of MG.

JPB wrote:And while we're on autos; why did the Aisin-Warner 71 have a tendency toward incontinence in Volvo 240s but not so much in the Toyotas that used the same box?

Incontinence? I've heard of **** in the carburettor, but **** in the gear box? That takes the biscuit.

I dislike manual gearboxes. I like autos. I love manual gearboxes because you can double declutch. Nothing like the roar of an engine as the clutch plates line up when you give the engine full throttle in neutral as you change down! And with the ability to double declutch, you can operate a crash g...

Preaching to the converted? I suspect most of us would agree that cars are only cars ! Don't be silly, my other half reckons that she comes third in the pecking order for my affections. First up is the MG, well mg is an acronym for my girlfriend. Second is my beloved Wurlitzer Juke Box, a classic 1...