What did you do with your car today/weekend?

[felixkk]

Drove back alongside the brown one, don't know what it was but the front was impressive.

Oldsmobile Toronado: huge engine, front wheel drive.

Yes, that's the one. Crazy front. It went well, but judging by the wheels and the driver the engine may have been optimizized slightly

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[slotcarone]

The standard engine is a 455 cubic inch with tons of HP and torque! That's a 1970.

[felixkk]

The standard engine is a 455 cubic inch with tons of HP and torque! That's a 1970.

Impressive, but nothing to keep a C-V8 awake at night

[Kirbsogs]

Festival of the Dead, at Burghley House today. Car makers that are no longer with us.

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[Richie]

Nice display of Jensens there!
I took the dog to his first car show which I think he enjoyed!

[Series3Jensen]

Hi all

I took my Jensen to The Goat at Hertford Heath yesterday (near Hertford)
The first Sunday of the month for all Classics

I was promoting that my car will be 50 years old next month and in September i will have owned it for 45 years

Good to meet up with Adrian and Albert from the Essex Area - on an excursion

Plenty of interest in the car

Regards

Jim Smith
JOC Mem No 1639
136/8791 RJF 17 Owned since September 1978

[Kevin Birch]

The Saturday of the International, I finally got the engine and 'box back in the Cortina, it was only 36 years ago I took it out The weekend before I completed the build, most of it spent getting the cam timing spot on with dial gauge, protractor and vernier cogs. It'll be a while before I run it, but it does look good in the space it is supposed to occupy rather than on the floor.

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[Martin R]

36 years should make it into Practical Classic mag as one of the longest ever restorations !! Well done - it's looking great

[felixkk]

Spent Sunday polishing, waxing, detailing a friend's 1981 Scirocco (as a Birthday present), together with him. It's their semi-daily driver with 250'000km, his wife almost cried when she saw the car after we were done

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[Mark1Stu]

I was adding leg room to improve my….er, Volvo 240 driving experience.

OK, hands up, I finally got around to repairing the passenger seat inner bolster on my 240 saloon.

Just the driver’s seat to tackle: replace seat base foam (luckily I found 2 in the loft) and swap, via the trimmers, a spare passenger seat back cover to get rid of a couple of mouse nibbles (it spent 13 years in a barn).

[Mark1Stu]

Some more pics.

[Fat Roofer]

Popped down to a local meet this evening, there was a nice cv-8 in attendance that caught my eye..... unfortunately I did not get a chance to speak to the owner, but if they are on here then feel free to let them know that I thought their car was lovely!

[Grant]

Popped down to a local meet this evening, there was a nice cv-8 in attendance that caught my eye..... unfortunately I did not get a chance to speak to the owner, but if they are on here then feel free to let them know that I thought their car was lovely!

I think that's Good Ole John Staddons Car..Lovely Car with a Dave Gilliver Engine ..Who could want any more

[Fat Roofer]

Popped down to a local meet this evening, there was a nice cv-8 in attendance that caught my eye..... unfortunately I did not get a chance to speak to the owner, but if they are on here then feel free to let them know that I thought their car was lovely!

I think that's Good Ole John Staddons Car..Lovely Car with a Dave Gilliver Engine ..Who could want any more

Well, if it is his, its a lovely example of a used classic (which is always my preference over a garage queen!)

[John Staddon]

Yes, that's mine. Used, abused, and neglected in favour of No 88. I had new steering rack gaiters fitted today so the front end was in the air and I had a look underneath, there is some rot in the drivers side toe box, and not a lot of paint or underseal on the chassis at the front. I'm sure it wasn't like that the last time I looked...

John