Today - April Drive It Day

[Peter C]

Anybody got a chance to take their classic out for a little spin today?

I put a few miles under the Sapphire’s wheels this afternoon.

[Supernaut]

A few people in Alford did.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Yes.

[hairnet]

Drive it no

Ride it yes

Old trafford Alltami Mold Ruthin Bala Unpronounceable Woods 10 miles south of bala

Machynlleth Aberystwyth Tywyn Ganllwyd Pwllheli Caernarfon

 

 

[Saabnut]

Did our bit for international drive it day by going for a run in the French countryside for coffee at a pub then a glass of chilled rosé wine at another before returning home 

[hairnet]

Whats the heap at the front

[Sigmund Fraud]

7 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Whats the heap at thde front

Looks like a Frogeye Sprite, but being on an R plate it probably is a fibreglass-clad Midget.

[Mr Pastry]

2 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Looks like a Frogeye Sprite, but being on an R plate it probably is a fibreglass-clad Midget.

It must be a late Midget, doors have external handles and quarter lights.

[loserone]

 

[Soundwave]

Took the shabby MX-5 to a local meet for an hour or so this morning, then went for another drive in the afternoon after some gardening went awry (see Grumpy Thread). 

 

 

[aotb]

I just went to Lidl. 

[LightBulbFun]

covered about 145 miles in the VDP today  

 

[Saabnut]

32 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Looks like a Frogeye Sprite, but being on an R plate it probably is a fibreglass-clad Midget.

Spot on. MG Midget 1500 with overdrive and plastic bits. Goes well and is approx 250 kilos lighter than a standard midget

[danthecapriman]

As ever. I completely forgot to!

 

That looks like April calendar shot👍

5 hours ago, Peter C said:

Anybody got a chance to take their classic out for a little spin today?

I put a few miles under the Sapphire’s wheels this afternoon.

 

[vtec-e]

Some interesting cars spotted on the M40 first thing, and several marked and unmarked police cars on the hard shoulder doing 'business'.

1946 Railton straight 8 (4.2 L side valve) drop head coupe. Very few left on the road

4.2 L engine E-type

As it says ...

Mildly breathed on MGB GT

Not a subwoofer in sight!

944S auto

 

[DSdriver]

We were out and about in the DS today just because the weather was good, I wondered why there were so many other random classic cars on the road!

[loserone]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

 

Love having something which will deal with the roads around here.  

Here's a snip of my run around the block this evening.  No speed limits were harmed in the making of this footage 

 

 

[High Jetter]

I've not driven today, spent 5 hours on trains, walked over 10,000 steps...

But I saw an AM Lagonda in Ascot, twice.

[vtec-e]

7 minutes ago, loserone said:

Love having something which will deal with the roads around here.  

Here's a snip of my run around the block this evening.  No speed limits were harmed in the making of this footage 

Glorious. Where is this ?

[loserone]

North.  In ten minutes I was in Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria.

 

 

[Zelandeth]

Was out for an hour or so this afternoon running a few errands in the Invacar - didn't see a single classic or otherwise interesting car the whole time sadly.

[Gompo]

Made it to a fairly local show that usually surprises with its popularity. 

[captain_70s]

Went to a car show at Summerlee museum with @juular, @MrsJuular and @blackboilersuit. Car shat itself.

Ironically still one of my more successful Drive It days...

[loserone]

Er, congratulations I think 

[DSdriver]

2 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Went to a car show at Summerlee museum with @juular, @MrsJuular and @blackboilersuit. Car shat itself.

Ironically still one of my more successful Drive It days...

Piston ring failure?

[2110]

Aside from 4 pre-war Austins (3 were Sevens the 4th I'm not so sure which model but the Austin badge on the grille was my only clue as it came around the roundabout) in my local village didn't really see much else out yesterday which I thought was a bit disappointing, and a few MG B's and Triumphs of the same era which are not out of the ordinary any weekend day around here!

I did however take the Allegro out for a 130 mile round trip to the beach on a pre-Drive It Day on the Saturday which it performed admirally (I've only had it a week so this was my first proper drive in the car), if that counts towards the spirit of the day (weekend)?! And a failed sunset photo attempt (ignore the mop-headed 13 year old thinking he is funny).

[captain_70s]

33 minutes ago, DSdriver said:

Piston ring failure?

Head gasket failure. Not the worst. I can do a head gasket in under 2hrs these days. 😂

[SiC]

It wasn't a classic nor was I driving.

However I had a ride in a Tuk Tuk in Bengaluru, India yesterday.

 

 

[alcyonecorporation]

went to see me friends in the supercar cosplay GT effort 

[2110]

8 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

went to see me friends in the supercar cosplay GT effort 

In my 6 years of working at a Subaru garage the SVX was the only Subaru I didn't get to drive because I saw less than 5, it's always held a bit of a mystery car to me 😄 yours is the best condition example I've seen!