Practically Classics Forum

Upon returning it from Holland in October 2012, it was immediately SORN'ed and stored in my garage. I have begun stripping it down and as I'm planning a thorough nut & bolt restoration to how it was when it left the showroom when it was new. I've also started some welding to the drivers side floor ...

Good news! There are far more (OK, twice as many) Minsks left in the UK at least. There's a fella who stays by Perth and is a member of a classic vehicle club to which I belong, his collection includes Urals, an off road combo or two with driven chairs and not one but four of these; one a Minsk and ...

Here are a few more of my cars.

The milestone mileage of the 87 205 XLD.

Are my eyes dreaming or has that 205 done over five hundred thousand miles ??!!

That's absolutely astronomical, but yet the car looks to be in a truly excellent shape and a credit to you!

Unbelieveable good build quality ...

And last but not least (although I'll probably get scalded by the admins because it's not a car....) is my Minsk.

Minsk is a Russian manufacturer who sold their bikes in the UK for a few years during the '70's & '80's, sometimes under the names Regent, Neval or Cossack.

They where very cheap ...

Next, is my 1998 Peugeot 205 1.6 automatic with just over 55,000 on the clock.

I have the complete owner history of this vehicle (courtesy of the DVLA - you need to complete a V666 form and a £5 cheque / postal order!) and it was purchased new by a Dr Eric Twiss who lived in Shorham by Sea ...

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My three vehicles -

1990 Peugeot 309 Style . Taken off the road October 2012 and currently being stripped down slowly pending a thorough nut & bolt restoration.

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Hi all!

My name is Ashley & I'm from Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire. I'm a HGV driver, I work for a Dutch firm and I regularly travel all over Europe.

Only just found this forum but have been a fairly long term reader of the PC mag so I thought I'd introduce myself & my vehicles.

Firstly ...