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  1. You're thinking of https://www.dmb.uk.com/ but they've stopped doing them. Others have stepped into the breach though - google throws up quite a few. A nice original base Galaxy - not seen one of those for years πŸ™‚
  2. Kind of. The tooling for the V8, or the alloy used (pick your old wives tale) was getting very worn by the time these engines were made, so there are plenty which suffer massive HGF or slipped cylinder liners. Find one which has had a Turner top hat conversion already paid for by someone else and you're laughing. Apart from the 15mpg obvs 🀒 Here's my old one on its way to meet its maker following explosive HGF: I really liked mine too. Not fast, even with the V8, so I'd probably go for diesel auto next time. The BMW derv has its own issues but on balance is possibly more reliable than the V8 and responds well to chipping, apparently.
  3. Compared to most European countries, we're very loosely regulated. Eg. the German MoT is much, much stricter than the UK one. Trailers & caravans there have to be separately registered, taxed and inspected. I think we have the balance about right in that respect. Stuff like trailer offences that can't be easily detected by cameras will get through though, especially with de-funded police and very few traffic cops with much bigger fish to fry. Luckily most people are pretty sensible.
  4. Fond memories of ragging a borrowed one of these around the passes of the Alps, Simca rattle and roly poly handling in full effect. 309. The plain but smarter and more interesting sister of the 205.
  5. The way a mobile phone allows you to take pics as you go has saved my bacon on many occasions. These days I take as many pics as poss - it's amazing how useful they are when you realise that thing you removed could go back the other way round.
  6. Nice work. Much better to sell it sorted, up and running, if that's what you decide to do.
  7. Somewhere, an ergonomics textbook is missing that photo πŸ˜‰
  8. That doesn't look too awful - the pics help fill in the gaps around my crap French. O rings look readily available for pennies too, which is nice. Take it slowly, plenty of tea breaks, and put a cloth underneath the pump to catch anything that escapes. Well done for having a go πŸ†
  9. The current tax situation is a hot mess, and what you end up with when you have no joined-up policy on anything at all. There's no way I'd consider one of the high tax bracket cars. I don't do enough miles to make it seem anywhere near good value, and there's more chance monkeys will fly out of my arse than car tax being reduced on them. I would ditch the PT Cruiser and cut the losses. Ebay with a 99p start and low reserve, and make the Β£710pa someone else's problem asap.
  10. Lightweight, minimalist and clean-lined in a way today's small cars just aren't - lovely.
  11. I like the brown cloth in P38's - in fact all the cloth interiors are really comfy and in some ways nicer than leather. You can always keep an eye out for one. There's a good FB group which is worth joining if you haven't already. @Cooper1 on here must be a world expert by now too πŸ˜‰ Only leather interior I really like is the 70s World of Leather caramac brown one. Gorgeous.
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