Dick Longbridge

This photo was taken in July 2023 so it's changed in the last 12 months. It looked quite tidy in its original guise.

the new owner of greenie sent me this pic, he’s been out with the cleaning kit

his wife has now had a drive and loves it too  

Exo has been rescued from hibernation - took a little more effort to push out of the garage for some reason

i’d suspected this might happen so had the compressor with me, a quick check of the fluids and the engine fired first time  
a brief hoon was had but on the damp roads, the crappy chinese tyres really showed their true colours - they’ll be getting replaced asap

in the meantime i’ve refitted the steelies with semi slicks, they drive so much better than these ditchfinders 

Bloody hell, that's my old MG!! By eck its changed a bit, was a totally original rubber bumper one with original deck chair seats! I sold it for a grand to guy in Hull during lock down. I still have the heritage certificate somewhere. I'll have to get some tickets in the hope if winning the shite thing  back!! 

Its being dropped off at the weekend.
I found a pic of when it first arrived on uk shores about a year or so ago.
So it turns out they added sporty tat to it after it arrived in the uk to emphasise the heritage / boy racer/ motorsport aspect that makes the 2dr models that bit more expensive… make it look a bit more like@egg ‘s old one in original guise….

 

Im unsure- keep the tat or go original? part of me likes the late 80s chav vibe as @Burnside mentioned

I either didn't know or had forgotten about the Linnet - what a classic piece of Ford marketing to shift some Popular Pluses.

Similar. Back in the early 90s my first car - a 1977 mk1 Golf - had become pretty crispy on the inner wings and I was visiting a mate to get a price on having them repaired. My mate pointed to the field below where his younger brother's Mk2 Escort Linnet was parked. It could have been mine for £250 if I remember correctly. Apparently it needed a 'tiny bit of welding' but that would have been included in the price. It drove well but I passed on it as the Golf seemed more modern at the time. Ironic that I eventually chopped my Golf in for a 1969 Morris Minor!
 

Being Essex boys, me and my mates have had dozens of these and the other RWD Ford favourites.
At one point three of us were running around in silver 4 door Ghias, two of which were mine at one point. My main one was a 1.6 auto (on the left), the other two were 1300s, one very tidy one that my mate bought back from the guy who bought it from his mum when we were kids, and a shabbier midnight blue one - thanks to a 4th Ghia bought as a donor, all the panels were swapped over and the rest of the car rattle canned to match (the one on the right)

Several times we took all three out for a cruise and a slide around the lanes, the old bill didn't seem as impressed as we were.
All these cars were cheap, my auto was £150, not sure on the midnight blue one but probably similar. Donor Ghia was £50 and didn't deserve to be parted out but I didn't do it.
The then-silver one became mine then got sold on to a knob who didn't have a license and killed it ragging it around in the woods

Similar. Back in the early 90s my first car - a 1977 mk1 Golf - had become pretty crispy on the inner wings and I was visiting a mate to get a price on having them repaired. My mate pointed to the field below where his younger brother's Mk2 Escort Linnet was parked. It could have been mine for £250 if I remember correctly. Apparently it needed a 'tiny bit of welding' but that would have been included in the price. It drove well but I passed on it as the Golf seemed more modern at the time. Ironic that I eventually chopped my Golf in for a 1969 Morris Minor!
 

Just like the real thing.

505 GTI Manuel estate seen at Goodwood yesterday no price but a phone number in window 
(resolution on here blurs the number so message me if you want it)
 

Never seen a 75 with this colour interior before, I quite like it 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166711131187

More on that Rover:

I wonder if it might by this '39 Rover 20: https://www.classic.com/veh/1939-rover-twenty-tickford-foursome-drophead-coupe-nwqq6jp/

Lovely sunny day for the Pevensey Bay show yesterday. Have some pics:

Anyone recognize this?

Cheap parts car, that.

'77 Ford Pinto Caravan

'79 Pontiac Firebird rubbish lorry

All home market Saabs (production started post WW2) were LHD. I think it was 1968 they switched sides, but most cars sold in Sweden were LHD, probably to assist in neighbouring countries, although I have heard it said that LHD was popular outside of cities where there was often unmetalled roars and steep drop offs with no barrier as it made moving close to the edge easier.
Today was the Alford autojumble and a few local shiters had arranged to meet up there but unfortunately I had visitors so could not make it. My visitors left after lunch so decided to see if Delilah (named by a friends grand daughter due to the registration) would start as the last time it was run was September last year. Took my jump pack out but surprisingly did not need it as oce fuel was pulled through she started well. A quick pressure wash and off for a run. Filled up with fresh fuel and enjoyed the sun. I had been planning on selling this one as I have had it close to 15 years when I discovered a small* amount of rot which @GingerNuttz made a fantastic job of fixing. Now it is solid and running well, thoughts again turned to possibly selling, so I stopped to take a few photos.





Carried on for about 50 miles then headed home. Once on my track it started to play up, lacking power, back firing and cutting out. I think the points have closed up but as I got home it started raining. All thoughts of selling are again on the back burner until I investigate further.

A boggo standard Impreza very hard to come acroos these days
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1500 quid sounds alright for this posh as fuck 405 with a years MOT
handbrake status unverified.


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