HMC

Daily driving 1936 style.

Met an old road sign on our way to the pub….

One got more attention than the other

I found a pic of its earlier life in 2014. Looks to be from a Spanish visitor to Eastbourne 2014, Google translate raises more questions than answers!

Would have liked to but I wasn’t sure how well used it’s been; it’s recently had a 7 guru service it but my comfort level wasn’t high enough. I tend to “use” an old car a bit more rigourously than most and a lot of old stuff that hasn’t been properly “used” of late can throw a hissy fit on a decent trip. I like to think of it as fold out chair/ information board and thermos at a car show syndrome. Also I would have used a 1930s map and taken all the quiet and bypassed byways, over a few days with suitable distractions, refreshments and diversions.

LIVE update- now en-route (from somewhere near Brighton) Occupying not a lot of load bed.

I was selling a city rover which I believed to be in sound mechanical order, and the prospective buyer was convinced I was trying to con them into buying a car with a dodgy head gasket. On gumtree. They acted like I was a total master criminal/ con artist. Never found out if it was a play to chip the price as I refused to sell it to them . IIRC I later weighed it in as life is too short to be dealing with that shit over a £350 car

“It’s never done that before” Could be true, but sellers credibility immediately under scrutiny, and general bad vibes about the situation.

I’m a fan of the welding; great to see a (literal) pro at work! 😎

Watching an Invacar auction on e bay, very interesting. It’s at almost 5k at the mo; I had no idea what they were worth. Then again ‘microcars’ do go for strong money, especially In Europe so maybe I shouldn’t be suprised. Could be bound for the continent, or maybe an AC completist?

Things ain’t what they used to be at the bargain bucket level of the used car market!

This old ruby is being delivered on Sunday. I prefer the earlier styling but the coupled front and rear brakes and supposed synchros on the 3 highest speeds and having a mostly steel roof means a later car, plus they are generally less expensive and a basically a bit more forgiving of an idiot (me) at the wheel. This will be used for local pottering semi daily In The centre of Tavistock in all weathers. it’s not going to be kept under a blanket and sat beside at shows in a fold out chair. Can’t think of anything worse to be honest. After all cars were designed to be used; and I can’t wait to park it next to an Audi Q7 or possibly a Tesla at Tesco and do a smol vs LARGE photo. Elon vs Herbert FACE OFF! Anyway thanks to @horriblemercedes we may soon have some photos of its previous escapades. Sadly a lot of history has been mislaid, apart from the plaques Rivited to the bonnet as spotted by @Dick Longbridge so I’ve not got much to go on. If I still own it at shitefest I will book a few days off and drive there avoiding motorways and dual carriageways; hopefully keeping out of the way of modern Britain with the keys chucked at anyone that wants a go 😂

IIRC that bottom plaque is from a trip through France, a few years ago

The other option is to remove the bling badges, front bumper and irons and get some appropriate font self adhesive digits to go in a curve below the radiator grille. Racy! Weight reduction FTW. Not sure It suits.

Thanks to @LightBulbFun’s research it appears it’s on its original reg. Cxv*** block was issued in London from may 1936 and this was first registered 1/6/36 - really happy about that as I initially thought it was a latter day replacment (it has that slightly crappy look of un sought after characters that the dvla tend to dish out as a replacement where there is no incentive to peddle it at an auction for their piggy bank) . Plus lots of regions in the 30s were still on the 2 letter prefix whereas London had hammered through those already, which confused my eye. I guess there are not many people with initials C.X.V. - so it has evaded plate hunters’ radar. To my eyes I think it’s got a set of later plates with smaller characters, so I will source either some cast aluminium larger character plates, or even some hand painted ones. In your face BS 145au!

Boom Country pub transportation : ENGAGED

Window shopping- crown vic police interceptor Bentley turbo r (will I ever learn?) austin 7 rover p5

I’m having flashbacks to a small blue car and trigger wearing a jester’s hat.