1965 singer vogue recomission
Re: new here and with a great find
went to the house where my vogue has lived since 1965 and has been standing unused since 1989 and drove and shunted her around until she was finally in a position where i can drive her out of the drive and onto the transporter i have booked for saturday morning. was quite a difficult task given that since it was put in the garage the late owner built garden walls and fences! also not having hydraulics to the brakes (handbrake only), auto box and knackered tyres added to the challenge.
so, saturday at 9am she will be collected and brought to my place..cant wait
on another note, was emailed this picture today
this is Mr Baden Caldecott, the first owner of my vogue.
nice to put a face to a name.
kev
so, saturday at 9am she will be collected and brought to my place..cant wait
on another note, was emailed this picture today
this is Mr Baden Caldecott, the first owner of my vogue.
nice to put a face to a name.
kev
Re: new here and with a great find
I want a coat like that man is wearing.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: new here and with a great find
The police have already told you that you aren't allowed another one!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: new here and with a great find
TerryG wrote:The police have already told you that you aren't allowed another one!
Especially hanging around outside Travel Lodges...
Re: new here and with a great find
I'm rehabilitatiefied these days and besides, I was walking through that field purely as a result of having become lost, the sheep made all the moves.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: new here and with a great find
Wow! Daylight really does show how good that car actually is. You're a very lucky bloke to have that, enjoy it.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: new here and with a great find
shes gorgeous john!JPB wrote: Wow! Daylight really does show how good that car actually is. You're a very lucky bloke to have that, enjoy it.
im sorely tempted to do a quick brake refurb (got new master cylinder, lucas remote servo, front and rear service kits plus flexis) fit the new tyres and water pipes and run her for a month or so before the salted roads appear.
dunno, will spend the rest of the holiday weekend tinkering for now.
thanks for the kind comments
kev
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Re: new here and with a great find
Just echoing Johns thoughts - really nice to see original cars like this - but do yourself a favour - get shut of the reflective number plates - they just don't belong on quality motor like this.
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Re: new here and with a great find
/\/\/\ The Northerner makes a good point about the plates but - on the other hand - reflective plates were becoming popular from the start of the '60s and were as desirable an upgrade back then as bigger rims or special paint finishes are these days so my inclination would be to leave the plates if they're the car's original set but if the reflective ones are a later addition, go for some nice Bluemels' black ones with cast aluminium, semi-peak characters to satisfy any urge you may feel in the plate-changing direction.
I used to put non reflective plates on pretty much every pre-1972 car that I bought as a matter of principle, simply because it's legally permitted to do that but as I mellow into early middle age , I can look at a really good car such as the topic of this thread and think that it looks pretty darned fine as it stands.
I used to put non reflective plates on pretty much every pre-1972 car that I bought as a matter of principle, simply because it's legally permitted to do that but as I mellow into early middle age , I can look at a really good car such as the topic of this thread and think that it looks pretty darned fine as it stands.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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