petermcpete

Hi all,
I've done something unnecessary and bought the Toledo in Italy and am currently partway through the collection caper home.
In Freiburg and run into potential difficultly - the wheel bearing sounds pretty ropey. I'm planning on doing 250 miles to Spa tomorrow, is that sensible? Then on Friday 150 miles to Bruges where I'm staying for 2 nights.
 
Video in next post of bearing.
When I'm safely home I'll update with many pics, but a couple of teasers coming up.
 
 
Cheers,
Pete

Fully committed!
 
Zoom in for bonus rusty sills.

One random please!

I just did my first trackday, took the Porsche 924s round Donington.
My racing line was decent but I'm poor at knowing when to brake and apply throttle when going through corners. Locked up and went deep into corners a couple of times and spun once at the chicane between the straights.
Also lots of other race cars there who were bloody quick!
I think I was lapping about 1:45-ish, not that fast but room for improvement with some practice.
A fun first go!

Some other chod around and about
 

 
Lovely
 

 
FIRE
 

 
I don't know what this is
 

 
Or this
 

This definitely didn't have the original engine
 

 

 

 

 

 

And some more. My mate has a 1989 BMW E30 he took too, he was going quicker than me until his brakes got a bit too hot.
 

 

 

 
The money shot:
 

 

 
BMW:
 

 

Fully committed!
 
Zoom in for bonus rusty sills.

And some more. My mate has a 1989 BMW E30 he took too, he was going quicker than me until his brakes got a bit too hot.
 

 

 

 
The money shot:
 

 

 
BMW:
 

 

And some more. My mate has a 1989 BMW E30 he took too, he was going quicker than me until his brakes got a bit too hot.
 

 

 

 
The money shot:
 

 

 
BMW:
 

 

Fully committed!
 
Zoom in for bonus rusty sills.

Some other chod around and about
 

 
Lovely
 

 
FIRE
 

 
I don't know what this is
 

 
Or this
 

This definitely didn't have the original engine
 

 

 

 

 

 

Good shots!
 
Dragging rear brake on that E30 though;)

And some more. My mate has a 1989 BMW E30 he took too, he was going quicker than me until his brakes got a bit too hot.
 

 

 

 
The money shot:
 

 

 
BMW:
 

 

great stuff ! a 924 and donnington sounds like a good combination - and it sounds like you had a whole lot of fun

I just did my first trackday, took the Porsche 924s round Donington.
My racing line was decent but I'm poor at knowing when to brake and apply throttle when going through corners. Locked up and went deep into corners a couple of times and spun once at the chicane between the straights.
Also lots of other race cars there who were bloody quick!
I think I was lapping about 1:45-ish, not that fast but room for improvement with some practice.
A fun first go!

I just did my first trackday, took the Porsche 924s round Donington.
My racing line was decent but I'm poor at knowing when to brake and apply throttle when going through corners. Locked up and went deep into corners a couple of times and spun once at the chicane between the straights.
Also lots of other race cars there who were bloody quick!
I think I was lapping about 1:45-ish, not that fast but room for improvement with some practice.
A fun first go!

I just did my first trackday, took the Porsche 924s round Donington.
My racing line was decent but I'm poor at knowing when to brake and apply throttle when going through corners. Locked up and went deep into corners a couple of times and spun once at the chicane between the straights.
Also lots of other race cars there who were bloody quick!
I think I was lapping about 1:45-ish, not that fast but room for improvement with some practice.
A fun first go!

I just did my first trackday, took the Porsche 924s round Donington.
My racing line was decent but I'm poor at knowing when to brake and apply throttle when going through corners. Locked up and went deep into corners a couple of times and spun once at the chicane between the straights.
Also lots of other race cars there who were bloody quick!
I think I was lapping about 1:45-ish, not that fast but room for improvement with some practice.
A fun first go!

Used to Land Rover gearboxes?
 

Excellent, i'll send him a message.
It was my Herald, but I sold it to a friend a few months back. I bought it from a thread on this website - it was Jersey registered - did a fair bit of work to it, got it MOT'd and registered, drove it and realised I wasn't that much of a fan! 
 
Replaced it with a Porsche 924s which had been off the road for 10 years and also needed some light* welding.

Excellent, i'll send him a message.
It was my Herald, but I sold it to a friend a few months back. I bought it from a thread on this website - it was Jersey registered - did a fair bit of work to it, got it MOT'd and registered, drove it and realised I wasn't that much of a fan! 
 
Replaced it with a Porsche 924s which had been off the road for 10 years and also needed some light* welding.

On the basis that what you want to do is a little bit ‘specialist’ (it isn’t really but your average 19 year old in a call centre is probably not gonna know about this stuff) would it be worth going to a local insurance office like NFU or Swinton to talk to someone in person. You may find it gets you better results.
 
That is if any local branches still exist of course!

Dollywobbler is probably your man to advise on recent experience in this area. You might then try Hagerty Insurance to arrange suitable cover for your trip. At least one of the Hagerty staff members is an AS member and they tend to be quite pragmatic about such things. DW has a 2CV like the one in your picture too.
 
Is that your Triumph Herald next to it? If so, do tell us more!