Practically Classics Forum

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

I want a coat like that man is wearing.

The police have already told you that you aren't allowed another one!

TerryG wrote:The police have already told you that you aren't allowed another one!

Especially hanging around outside Travel Lodges...

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.

big day today

arrived at the previous owners home at 9am
drove the singer from her resting place to the paddock



my friend and his assistant arrived with the trailer



and after many months of wondering and pondering shes finally home at mine



happy days

kev

Wow! Daylight really does show how good that car actually is. You're a very lucky bloke to have that, enjoy it.

JPB wrote: Wow! Daylight really does show how good that car actually is. You're a very lucky bloke to have that, enjoy it.

shes gorgeous john!
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

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.

/\/\/\ 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.