More of the Same

Just a run in the MK7 to drop James off at the station and then a SAAB run to Harkstead to drop off frame.

Dull end to the Bank Holiday but it's out of the shed ready for work next week.

Mini-Me ?

So Swede in play for early transport - Harkstead and back a couple of times of course for Easter.

On the drive however we had the massed German ranks in wait.

Meanwhile - Little and Large sports cars chatting in the garage overnight.

One more German (well made in China) and an Italian. Both as shiny as each other.

Just a German Tech Machine

Down to a cold and blustery Felixstowe in the BMW - with the MK7 in tow.

... and er back again. Not much more.

Oh until I snuck an Alpine run in too.

As the sun set - in the cold - to save the planet.

Multiple Joys

Where to start - well washing the MK2 seemed to be a good place. So I did. The paintwork is getting 'flatter' by the month. Probably the result of sitting outside - oh and being red does not help.

Here I have washed - then cut - then polished - then applied wax to the bonnet. I can't say it made a big difference. 

Next I started the Talbot - easily after I 1/2 hours on the fan - but did it sound different as I span up the oil pressure ?

Then a quick run to Tesco and squeezing in amongst the huge cars.

It did not look too bad - but I remembered that had forgotten to fix the indicator.

Then I looked at golf indicator bulb. Oddly the bulb filament looked fine and it tested fine too ! I traced the fault to a bad earth from the unit.

In the end I traced it back to a connector that had disintegrated and the connection was exposed and both were very rusty. 

I cleaned it all up and on came the light.

I then started the Imp for a bit of a swap around. The plan is to put the Imp away in the bubble and the Alpine in the garage to fit the carpets next week. Before that though I thought why not go for the 'Coventry Shot'.

Not a bad first shot but needs some work. That done (well an hour later) I put the cover on the Imp and put it away on the bubble.

The Alpine out to Harkstead to drop something off - sounding good with the Webers.

And Finally ... Talbot to the station to pick up James.

IISSM - the most stylish Uber amongst the other's picking up at a busy time.

Splashing is Good

G2R first thing for a reprise of the shakedown sail.

Not a lot of wind until the late afternoon, but a lot of splashy' noises from the exhaust telling us the seawater cooling system is back working again.

Then early evening the MK2 to Harkstead for a quick job - that needs a clean again.

A job for tomorrow.

One run Good - Two runs Better

So PM off to Hadleigh in the E-type. I'd already warmed the Ferrari up again - but we were collecting food and I suspected putting it next to the hot engine was asking for trouble. Glad I did really.

Oh no - A14 closed and the traffic crawling. We made Hadleigh OK though and even with my crap parking on show the car looked good.. 

In fact when we got back to the car it was being admired by two chaps - one had a 4.2 convertible - so we chatted cars for a bit. Nice that the car sparks conversations.

Home through small backroads to avoid the A14 as it was still closed. Some nice driving roads out there - in the cold but sunny afternoon.

Early evening the traffic had cleared so I risked the Ferrari after all. Only one little 'pop' as we started up this time.

Great run too in the dying sun. Still 99% but we're getting there.

Pole Dancer

So it was going to be a 'nil-pointer' to day but instead late on we took the spinnaker poll back to the boat.

Can you spot it ?

Well actually we don't have a spinnaker, but we think it will stop the jib sheets getting jammed when we tack. Hopefully we'll be able to test it later this week.

SAAB had a brief stutter but a high rev blast seemed to clear it.

Finally the Talbot video got released. I think it works fine.