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Six-cylinder

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  1. I may not have ever owned a Galaxy but I have plenty of experience including to Europe. One was a friend's company 2.0 manual and it struggled to climb out of the port of Dover with 5 guys and enough booze to keep us all drunk for a month! Another trip was a different friends German registered 2.3 Auto going to Hungary 5 up and I was banned from doing over 100 mpg because it was frightening changing lanes. They are not so bad.
  2. Suppose they had a show locally you were excluded from because you didn't have a Ford! @Slowsilver to the rescue with the loan of his Mondeo. A good day with 30+ Fords and my Car of the show was the MK3 Zodiac. Only just though, I loved the Model T and XR2 as well.
  3. I have driven a few Range Rovers over the years and found the P38 Auto Diesel to be too slow even for me. When it was time to buy a P38 I bought a 4.6 V8 petrol at 16 mpg and a friend always drove her 4.6 in sport and got 14 mpg. I was happy with it at the time but opted for the 3 Litre diesel when I went to L322 to get 22 mpg.
  4. Thanks for looking. Mrs6C has just found it in the underfloor storage compartment.
  5. I didn't ask, but they ofen do have cars for sales they think are worth saving.
  6. Today I relived an experience I used to often have, I visited a scrap yard. Tipped off by the Volvo 700/900 Facebook group that there was a Volvo 940 in Smith’s of Bloxhams yard I visited with @Slowsilver to get a headlight wiper and some odd bits of trim for the Volvo 940. Unfortunately we missed the boot trim by a day but manged to gets some other bits. Of all the scrap yards I used to visit in the 1980’s and 1990’s this one was always the friendliest and fair with their prices. The good news is the same applied today and I enjoyed the experience of visiting the yard.
  7. Field of Dreams Weekend (FoD) I am planning to open our small holding up again this year to Autoshite members. Whether you want to sit in a chair, chat and drink tea or fix something of yours or ours you welcomed. Free camping on site. Date to be set yet, but I am thinking the first could be 20th-21st April or 27th-28th April Update First FoD now set for 20/21 April If you have not been before PM me for joining instructions
  8. Our convertible had been previously restored before we got it, but painted badly and the paint fell off allowing some rust. Worst was the rear deck panel where the water sat between the steel and the paint with the result of thousands of little perforations. I had to have a new panel hand made at vast cost. Since the wheel fell off it has reveals a bit of rust on a front inner arch/floor that needs repairing.
  9. I don't know how I missed this thread with the word "504" in the tittle. Great job we need more 504s. At Rustival yesterday there were two, a RHD 1.8 Auto Saloon and a LHD Diesel Estate. I have a 504 convertible which while taken on as a project has not run properly in the 15 years I have had it. The accusation is that it is the Kugelfischer injection at fault and then there was the wheel falling off incident!
  10. It’s only a 12 valve and pretty mundane under there.
  11. If you look at the hundreds Facebook photos nobody pointed their camera at the Sigma. Also only one person spoke to me about the car while I was sat in it.
  12. Turns out there was not much love for the Sigma at Rustival in spite of it rarity.
  13. The W210 the other side of you was Talbot from the forum!
  14. I have tried to get back on to Twitter several times and it says X, you need to register.
  15. Thank you it is the right car. So many parts have already been removed I feel they would end up as the ones I needed. I have a green interior (should be Blue) and don't think red works with light blue outside. The cost of transport makes it prohibitive.
  16. The pez shot, yes full as I needed to see if the fuel gauge worked along with the speedo as they are often broken on these Volvos. I have now collected the Volvo 940 Estate fitted with a new cambelt, tensioner and oil change and it is running great. 3 out 4 isn’t bad! Yes 3 out of 4 of our Volvos are legal, working and on the drive ready to go.
  17. From April the regular Milton Keynes Classic Car Club meeting at the Giffard Park will be First Friday evenings each month and they will use random Sundays for visits to various other events. Milton Keynes Modern Classic is now on summer dates so First Saturday Breakfast meet and Third Thursday evening Classics and chow both at the Rose and Crown Ridgemont.
  18. A much better turn out today at Milton Keynes Classic Club and while a bit foggy on the way the sunshine came through. @Prince_of_darkness91 came with his "new" Allegro and was constantly asked where the square steering wheel was! I took the 480 and for the first time was joined by another 480.
  19. No information to offer. I have asked car people from Milton Keynes, nobody seems to know very much except the owner still lives in the house was mentioned recently. This morning it was wet, dull and early so I checked to see all 170 bhp were working and had time to park opposite and move off again without getting in anybody’s way.
  20. This morning was the first breakfast meeting following a change to "summer dates" for Milton Keynes Modern Classics. It felt like a winter day, cold and raining so only 6 of us turned up and only me in a classic. On the positive side Breakfast bap and a coffee for £5. I took the opportunity to drive past a house that has always had non running BL cars parked outside to my knowledge since 1985, when I drove past regularly. Tomorrow is Milton Keynes Classic Cars (as opposed to Modern Classics) Breakfast meeting at the Giffard Park Pub and we will see how the weather is and how that effects the usually good numbers who attend. All welcome, classic cars and plenty of parking for dailies’ as well if you want a trip out.
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