HMC

Maybe he bought it as a project and was trying to nurse it through an mot? The date was given in the caption, but that could be publication date. edit- apparently he started taking those images in 1983- so you are spot on.

In today’s Sunday Times magazine. From Photographer Nick Waplington’s “Living room” series, Nottingham 1991… “chronicled the domestic world of working class Britain” https://1972.agency/artists/nick-waplington/projects/living-room

Bit of a tinkering session

Been pootling about with this nice little toledo. I found it was a bit fiddly to start and could pop back a bit and hold back, I got a timing light and adjusted the ignition timing to 9degrees btdc. It looked at though it was about 5 degrees after top dead centre before I adjusted it. I’m hoping it helps with starting from cold, it certainly has helped pick up and the spitting thing seems to have gone.

After noticing me lumbering about in decrepit cars, a teacher at my boys’ school brought a pic in to show me of her father-in-law in 1981…..

Lovely! I’m a big fan of these late facelift cavs. I keep Looking for a late CD but can’t find one!

Looks Like my usual bar order 🤪

My favourite but also most scary as it repeatedly tried to set fire to itself.

toledo on pizza collection duty

Did a swap with @purplebargeken - z3 for his Toledo. @worldofceri did the logistics brilliantly as usual. My first bit of fiddling (I ordered them before the car arrived!) was to replace the number plates. It had on it (to my eyes) a pretty characterless replacement set. I designed a new set on Plates for cars. I wanted a gritty sweeney esque mid 70s vibe. I wet and dried them with 2000 grit to mellow them into the car….

Random spots yesterday (note menacing Cadillac in the background )

Great pics! Good to see the younger generation getting interested. Wonder if the Vitesse estate is a home brew or one that (reportedly) snuck out of the factory gates?

Turns out Johnny cash (“Tommy Brown”) also favoured Laredo tan Cadillacs… “It’s gotta be brown damn it!” Just watching columbo on 5 usa ”I Shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” becomes for HMC ”I bought a 73 coupe de ville just to watch it rust” 😂 7.7L do make a lovely noise mind.

Detroit and Devon culture clash!

Dunno if we’ve had this yet https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185405164885?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110002%26algo%3DSPLICE.SOI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20171010182220%26meid%3Db46af36ef5f844c8814f190f87e19465%26pid%3D101096%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D185405099489%26itm%3D185405164885%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSellersOtherItemsV2&_trksid=p2332490.c101096.m3021 @trigger

I’m going to throw my hat in on a Russian build Daewoo musso

I recon it’s got a merc 2.7 turbo lump in it (admittedly doesn’t narrow it down that much)

Aerovolga LA-8?

Just to keep another tradition alive…..

We both agree on that one! 😂

I’ve sort of forgotten to introduce the k11 micra, I’ve been pottering about in it for a while. I know these can polarise opinion, even here, but I think they are brilliant. Something with body roll, easily provoked tyres, and motoring simplicity. It’s got more in common with older cars than new ones. It’s a 2001 , a later 1.4 example. It’s invisible transport that’s also characterful. Carefree motoring for when you want to go from point a to b. As my other vehicles attract/ demand attention, sometimes it’s nice to go under the radar. Wierdly it has a towbar (!) It also has no lacquer on neither the roof nor bonnet.

Another day, another school run….

My attempt at living a shite free life has failed. Trawling e bay/ gumtree again etc but I thought I'd put out a wanted ad here. I've been browsing the for sale threads, but is there anything your thinking of moving on and would like to keep in the fold and have a hassle free sale? I'd consider anything but something fundamentally ok with a bit of MOT would be great. There is a bit of a strange condition- unusually I'm free this Wednesday and rarely at all other times- so being able to collect during the day this Wednesday would be perfect.