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1 hour ago, hairnet said:

chris is a massive leadfoot tho

whatever happened to sunny bucks/wales

where was the viaduct?

 

I give you the Elan Valley (where we store the water for the Brummies)  &  Devil's Bridge (Hafod Hotel) - about 6 miles from chez noooz. 

The picture below pretty well sums up how crowded* it gets around here :-) It's the 'shortcut' road from here to Rhayader and the SW Midlands. Being Wales though it is rather full of sheep which rather curtails the ability to use the heavy left  right (! sorry) foot.
After Easter you'll usually get at least one car club rally or meet up there - it's quite popular even if it does rain a lot 

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5 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Blimey, the Hafod looks a bit posher than at SF15, when it had just finished being an orphanage in Hinterland and @cms206 won a Kia Pride... 

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It was taken over about 2019 and a bit lot of dosh spent. In the summer (that's two and a half weeks in July here) there's proper posh sittery-ootery tables there on the right with fancy umbrella things over them, table service and a menu priced  to match.
When the steam choo choo from Aber is 'in' the place is packed. Most of the bikers/car meet guys tend to use the cafe back up the road towards the A44 then (but even that can get packed out on a busy weekend).

It's much improved from 2015 to be honest.


 

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19 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Blimey, the Hafod looks a bit posher than at SF15, when it had just finished being an orphanage in Hinterland and @cms206 won a Kia Pride... 

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13 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

It was taken over about 2019 and a bit lot of dosh spent. In the summer (that's two and a half weeks in July here) there's proper posh sittery-ootery tables there on the right with fancy umbrella things over them, table service and a menu priced  to match.
When the steam choo choo from Aber is 'in' the place is packed. Most of the bikers/car meet guys tend to use the cafe back up the road towards the A44 then (but even that can get packed out on a busy weekend).

It's much improved from 2015 to be honest.


 

The Saga louts have been doing the Wales trip annually since 2011 with the compulsory Covid break. Rob the white MGB  driver had picked the Hafod  from the internet the first year and while very much faded glory it was a great place to stay. They had a chef for the dining room who produced great grub and then there was a small bar which was a good place to finish the evening. At one time there was also a barman called Jaspa who was a fantastic host in the bar. Then it gradual went down hill, the chef left and the atmosphere was more failing business.

Rob did ask the Hafod for this trip but they were slow coming back and we had already agreed to stay at the Metropole in Llandrindod Wells. More faded glory with poor internet.

The photos are 2011, the TR4 did not make this trip. My Vitesse has a broken gearbox and we are struggling to get parts for it so I was going to use my MX5 until I saw the weather forecast. The black MGB was replaced by the XJS with the owner saying he misses his MGB. The Sirocco owner still has it but choose to bring his MX5 MK1. The white MGB is the same car as this year.

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If you had the choice would you drive home in a 911T or a Seicento?

This morning was a local car show at Heath and Reach. It is a show that attracts a very wide selection of cars. I collected my Seicento yesterday with a fresh MOT. I was planning to take the Mercedes E320 Coupe today but somehow the desire to drive the Seicento was so great that I took it this morning.

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  • Six-cylinder changed the title to Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - If you had the choice would you drive home in a 911T or a Seicento?
8 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I think the 911 is a regestister as Date of registration is 1st Jan 2022 and it is LHD.

because theres more then meets the eye with @wuvvum's Volvo :)  originally issued OYN703L when registered new here in England, however on the 6th Aug 2001 the private plate AJN50A was slapped on it, then on the 27th May 2003, that plate was taken off it, and the Volvo was issued its current, age related mark, HVG431L

I do find it curious that the original plate was not-reissued, im pretty sure by 2003 the DVLA policy had changed that they would generally re-issued the original plate when taking off a private plate rather then issue an age related plate (back in the 80's and possibly 90's they would always just issue an age related plate if you where taking a private plate off a car rather then re-issue the original one as they do today) 

however OYN703L, may still be on retention to the volvo still (although I can only pull up some unusually scant details on it I would not bet the farm on it, but Im pretty sure it is on retention to the volvo) so if that is indeed the case then with some DVLA wrangling it should be possible to get it back  :)

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  • Six-cylinder changed the title to Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

Back in June 2022 after leaving the local Platinum Jubilee celebrations Mrs6C left our Triumph Vitesse in the road saying it was too difficult to find gears. My friend Andrew from the Triumph Sports Six Club said he would refurbish the remote linkage and sure enough that did the trick.

As a reward for doing the remote rebuilt I offered Andrew to use the Vitesse for a while as it was summer. After using the car Andrew reported back that the gearbox was noisy and did I want him to rebuild it for me! I knew it was noisy and had gradually been getting worse over the 18 years we have owned it, but I am pretty good at ignoring these things and was content to live with it as it is. I gratefully grabbed the opportunity to give the gearbox a new lease of life.

We already knew the 3rd gear synchromesh was worn out, but it turns out both the main shaft and the input are very worn and damaged. We looked at having the shafts built up and ground down to size locally, but I could not find anybody to do it. We then looked at buying a new main shaft but they are a king’s ransom. We found a specialist who will do the repair work on our main shaft but there is a long waiting list so I bought the new shaft. When Andrew went to fit it he could not get a circlip in place and further investigation with the supplier concluded while the supplier thought the main shaft was correct, it was for a Spitfires only. A full refund was given.

Now what to do, I can’t find a used gearbox or the spares to rebuild mine and there is a long undetermined wait for a specialist. Luck took over and when I went to the AS Southern meeting a chance remark about needing a gearbox led to @Three Speed saying he had one. I thought when I defined my need as being from a Vitesse 2.0 and must be an overdrive car I was amazed this is what he had. This led to me following threespeed in his Citroen Traction to his house to buy the gearbox there and then and taking it to Andrew.

Andrew stripped the box and found it was pretty worn but the mainshaft is useable so he has built up my gearbox using a few bits from the ex threespeed box and has refitted it in my car. I am hoping it will be tested next week and returned to me soon.

The longer term plan is to get the spare gearbox mainshaft repaired by the specialist and then Andrew will build up the spare gearbox for a later swap.

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  • Six-cylinder changed the title to Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Update on our Triumph Vitesse.
2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't know. 

I've had Minors with a Ford (Sierra vintage) 5 speed box fitted - it's a pretty straight swap - the MX5 ones have got more popular recently as the supply of Sierra ones has dried up but the fitting is a bit more involved (or so I gather as I've never had or converted one of those). Giggle says you can get an MX-5 job for MGB/Vitesse for ££££££ but no sign of a Sierra option.

Having owned an o/d fitted Mk1 Vitesse I'd go for recon on the original box if at all possible. Why?
In third, overtaking, getting over revved - just flick that little lever on the steering column :-) 

Also, by now, getting a decent secondhand 5 speed will mean getting it overhauled? Price 'em both up



 

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Today's outing was to a gathering of the MK Modern Classics. With the weather being so iffy at the moment my Seicento got another run out to join a varied selection of cars including  a 1948 Healey Westland Ex Mille Miglia car looking a bit AS.

The other treat for today was a drive of @Prince_of_darkness91 Rover 623i Auto. Smooth easy to drive with a two tone beige interior, very much to my taste.

 

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Large man puts on a Seicento and gate crashes another Classic car event!

Notice the modern SUVs were made to turn around and face the hedge until they could behave like proper classic cars!

@Prince_of_darkness91 found a 600 friend today at the Milton Keynes Classic car Club. 

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