Practically Classics Forum

Hi folks, Glad to find a replacement PC forum back up on-line! I rather missed the old one when it vanished suddenly.. Those who were there might recall me - I was the nutter who went from one extreme to the other in terms of classics!!

Currently at home I have a 1963 Saab Sport - in the garage in need of restoration and a 1974 Saab 95 V4 - kept on the drive and now thoroughly vandalized by the local youth so also needing restoration ... These two are the small end of the hobby.
Kept away from home are a 9 ton Alvis Stalwart HMLC and a 13 ton OT-90 (Czech tracked IFV) together with a Series 3 Landie 109" FFFR. For some strange reason the wife won't let me park them on the drive...
Daily driver (this to be said with cynical laughter) is a Bentley Turbo R - currently not running again due to the immobiliser cutting in at 70 mph on the M25.....

Good to be back again!!

Hi to all,
I'm a new user, currently on the far north coast of Scotland near to John O Groats, currently in the process of a '78 mini restoration and just starting a 1954 Riley RME.

Had a good few classics, more recently an Austin A50 (1955) and a '67 Minor, hoping to keep the current ones when finished though.....

Look forward to participating on the boards when I get a chance

You could be our most northerly mainland reader... any advances on John O Groats?

Danny

Hi all.

Darren here from Cambridgeshire (hence the user name.... must have used all my imagination up elsewhere!).

I've been dipping into this and the old forum for a while now, but only just got round to registering so I thought I'd say 'hello'.

I'm currently in the middle of a couple of major restorations:

- 1973 TR6 PI that I hope to finish the nut and bolt resto sometime this year (weather permitting - need to paint the body panels this year). Overall it would have taken me around 6 year's to complete.

- 1971 VW Bay Window Tin-top. We picked this up in Oct 2010 as a 'just needs finishing' project. So, of course, I'm currently cutting out the previous owner's bodges and having to re-do everything from scratch!

Also got the girlfriend's summer car (MX5 Mk1) that's resting until spring, a 1998 Grand Cherokee 4.0 Ltd, Alfa 156 1.6TS Veloce, and the girlfriend's daily Peugeot 107 that all need maintaining so I've got plenty to keep me busy!

I'll post a few pics of the fleet up in the Member's Cars section, but you can also find plenty on my Flickr site too.

Thought I'd post on here.

I was on the previous forum under this moniker and being a Triumph enthusiast I'm well known on a few of the Triumph forums as I post under this moniker there as well. My current fleet is as per my signature below.

Hi there just joined up again, I was also on the old forum but didnt post much.
Am always on the look out for others resto blogs as it provides motivation for me to start mine! Just finding the time is a killer though

The current fleet is as follows:
1970 Alfa Romeo Spider 1750 - summer driver
MG Metro - my first car to be restored (one day soon I prommise!)
Ford KA - cheep all year runabout

So yeah, hi :waves:

Hi I'm P3steve I was on the old forum but cant remember if it was on this name or not, any way I have on the road a 1949 Rover P3 75 (name gives it away really) and a 1957 Standard ten which is in bits for a full resto at the moment. I live in the east Norfolk area and am a driving instructor so spend most of my days spotting classics on the road.

Welcome back Steve! Will you be taking that nice Rover to Carlton Colville this year?

Hi Pete good to be back, I will be at the tram/bus museum again but I dont think I will do the run as its about a thirty mile trip already if I do the run its going to make it about 100 miles or so as it means going from Yarmouth to Norwich and then back past Yarmouth to Lowestoft, a lot of petrol for very little gain when the old girls only dose about 22mpg, so I'm going direct to the museum this year (also hope to get a place on the street this year too which I'm told there will be less places than last year as there running the trolly buses on the full circuit this year) if you coming I'll see you there.

Hello,
my name is John and I have three Morris Minors and a Porsche 944 S2. I have restored two of the Minors, and am working on a third one! I am based in East Kent.

I used to read PC every month, not any more though, I look forward to joining the discussions.

cheers
John