Amishtat

That Charger is lovely, I'll be keeping an eye out for that if we get them here. For the benefit of the absolutely nobody who was wondering,this is what came home with me from Hawick yesterday afternoon. Corgi Majors Scammell and Carrimore trailer, another to go on the transporter shelf in the cabinet after it's had a wash and been loaded up.
 

Coming soon (maybe)

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

Twenty years ago now, doesn't time fly?  It had been platebummed by the Jag "specialist" so that they could stick its original Coventry reg on another (probably badly)tarted up E-type . Still,hats off to him for welding it up.

Get a load of this little sex pot

Austin Metro City X | eBay

After yesterday's boot sale shitshow,today I found myself visiting Hawick for the first time. Not sure what was going on with the traffic but the southbound A7 was diverted through the middle of the town ,which was handy as otherwise I'd not have been sitting at the lights in a position to notice a shop window full of old diecast. Even better,there was a Sprinter-sized gap by the pavement which it seemed rude not to take advantage of. Some rather nice stuff but his prices were all over the place, I had a closer look at a tatty Spot-on 105e Anglia but he wanted thirty quid and even by my low standards it wanted bumpers and a repaint. Have a crappy pic of some of the window display,the silver thing under the gold Lincoln was a Polistil Volvo 164,which is a new one on me. Typically,it was missing bits but he still regarded it as worth forty pounds..I didn't leave empty-handed (some of you know my complete lack of willpower) but that seemed much too salty to me. The Dinky A105 was rather tempting but again rather too much for me.
 

After yesterday's boot sale shitshow,today I found myself visiting Hawick for the first time. Not sure what was going on with the traffic but the southbound A7 was diverted through the middle of the town ,which was handy as otherwise I'd not have been sitting at the lights in a position to notice a shop window full of old diecast. Even better,there was a Sprinter-sized gap by the pavement which it seemed rude not to take advantage of. Some rather nice stuff but his prices were all over the place, I had a closer look at a tatty Spot-on 105e Anglia but he wanted thirty quid and even by my low standards it wanted bumpers and a repaint. Have a crappy pic of some of the window display,the silver thing under the gold Lincoln was a Polistil Volvo 164,which is a new one on me. Typically,it was missing bits but he still regarded it as worth forty pounds..I didn't leave empty-handed (some of you know my complete lack of willpower) but that seemed much too salty to me. The Dinky A105 was rather tempting but again rather too much for me.
 

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1157784
£23, 750

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

Scortchio down here!
I forgot the interesting/comedy items,  so here's a taxidermied stoat? Weasel? Ferret?

a cream maker

Some Scalextric 

a telly

And naked Jesus!

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.
 

Sierra update after only 12 hours 🥱
I’m waiting for some brake bits, but I knocked off another MOT fix by replacing the smashed number plates. I went full nerd, pre-2001 font to match the old ones and got a dealer logo added after some speculative investigations on where this Sierra might have been originally sold from. 


 
Ever polished a turd? I hate polishing cars but (not really coming across in the photos) the Sierra is minging and a blight on the neighbourhood. The paint, I think, is super thin as there’s loads of white bits showing through here and there on wheel arches and door stepovers, so I didn’t want to do my tried and tested T-cut and Turtle Wax combo. Instead I got some Paint restoring compound with cleaners  and fillers or some shit in it, rather than just cutting of loads with T-cut. Not sure it could take that. Then I used some Carchumbawumba wax, or whatever it is. Nice stuff that, would recommend. 
I’ve only done the front so far as I waited until the evening for the weather to cool/ other laziness excuses. It’s coming up a Bobby Dazzler. 

£2750


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265699079733?hash=item3ddce63635:g:EkcAAOSwkWZihi4E

They were also featured in an article in Popular Classics in about 1995/6, had a cursory look through my archives but I don't think I have that one any more.

Yellow Crapi with the bent axle is done. Chose an era appropriate shade of Purple Velvet. Went to town detailing this one and got a set of 3D printed RS 4 spokes for rolling stock. Also reduced the big "hump" around the rear post on the base so it looks more like a spare wheel well.

 

This Cortina Crusader is owned by the chap at my local parts store.






 


 

This Railton was ace.





As was this Armstrong Siddeley.

Yes that Tadcaster of John Smiths & Sam Smiths fame.
It was my Dad's birthday so we took a nice scenic route in the Oxford Traveller.
Some Pics.


A Mini in 1970's guise 



Pretty car

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/nissan-cedric-1900/2110118165-216-6228
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284817055950?hash=item42506b60ce:g:Iz8AAOSwnC5igkwF

Open your door onto her car as hard as you can. Keeps it fair.