Ray

for me its a no no unfortunately, i initially and still have in my blue car, ATE racing blue DOT 4, which is no longer available, and extreemly expensive when if does come up, i last paid £150 per litre, but purely for its colour my purple car has silicon fluid, again initially because of its purple colour, and ive put this in several cars now, really good, as long as you dont aerate it too much prior to bleeding i had an under bonnet weep/leak on the DOT 4, this stripped the paint, so never again will i use DOT 4, silicon fluid doesnt harm anything, as long as the system is clean at fill, and its for life, whereas DOT 4 is Hydroscopic and sucks up water, and has a limited life as a result, i read on the net that the americans control the colour of brake fluid, and that they have colour charts that tell them how much water is in it by its colour, and it was them that banned the blue for road use while i also agree tho, that if your gonna race the car, silicon is not for you

if i had thought about iot, you could have taken some bits for Kieth for me

OMG, thats not good, get well soon RP

what a load of old b*ll*x it all is, why not keep it simple, us olduns just dont understand it all

i wouldnt even know where to start with that load of old sh1te Mark, and im on your team lol

Ok guys n gals NEC 2026 is on and been committed to by those of us that wat to do it, this is a great show, but last year as with previous years was totally let down by club members, or should i say the lack of them with any interest so please peoples, show your interest and come and see us, once we have a ticket discount code, one of us will post it here its a great show, it really is, and i cant see any excuses when people come from as far as America, so Australia is just a stones throw from us James, see you there

my neighbour has a 6 year old Ford Ranger thats wet belt, its now sat under a cover for the next year, as the finance agreement wont allow him to sell it, the cost to repair it with a second hand engine and new turbo is just shy of £10,000.00, and its had all its proper servicing from what im advised, when you do an oil change, its important to drop off and clean out the sump to prolong the life, because all the bits of rubber get in and block the oilways cars with these engines are a big theft item here, being stolen just for the donor engines, and garages are making fortunes out of changing the belts as well, some have actually diversified into that being their main core business junk, leave well alone

After the last NEC we did converse you made life so hard work I stayed with Lancaster

if your careful you can remove the old one and fit a new wire in and just gently re crimp it, then using a small blow gun heat it up and solder it, soldering old ones that you havnt removed the crimp is also good, as it gets rid of all the green mank within the wire and terminal and makes for a far better connection, ive done this loads of times, trick is not to over heat, soldering irons arent powerful enough though

i really cant understand why in this day and age you leave a classic car un attended anywhere, its asking to be stolen, so much so in my area, that i darent take mine out

looking good from my end, ive juist messaged jerrytom, hopefully all po his end, when hes read my wattsapp

thanks guys

is anyone having trouble with getting on the site, and/or other problems while logged on, Dave aka jerrytom cant log on at all and been like it a few days, hes tried different machines, but still the same, and while i can log on, some functions just reply a message that there was an error, when jerrytom tries to log on, he gets "! sorry there is a problem", and undeneath it says "something went wrong. please try again!

Very sad day indeed Mark

you cant beat a proper Reznor gas heater for winter and air conditioning for the summer you just dont wanna go home

reform all the way

thanks Styut, at least we know were not the only ones lol

they relaxed the rules last year, up to then, the code had to be totally hidden from public view, as i understand the rules now, the code can be posted here or on osf FB page publicy, as long as long as the page/forum its posted on, is blatently old skool ford, so for example on here, its fine, providing you do not put any link or name to another site or company other than the NEC in your post, so you must not mention tretro ford or any OSF sponsors for example, but your not allowed to put it on your personal fb page, or someone elses page like retro ford or a sponsor absolutely crazy tbh, because that can be seen publicly, so what the hell difference it makes where you put it i dont really know, something to do with the commercial advertising i believe they could stop all the problems by just reducing the door price, but its all about tying you up to advertise the show in the name of giving the stand space for free And dont forget, if some of our sponsors are reading this, insurance company sponsors MUST NOT come onto the stand wearing your logo'd clothing and/or punt for business, or discuss business on the stand, that is now totally banned, to punt for or talk insurance business at this show, you must have and pay for your own stand and keep that to your stand only, your no longer permitted to go around the show advertising your company

unfortunately it is like flogging a dead horse, we go through this every year, we put our heart and souls into this show, to put on a good stand and keep the NEC organisers happy, and the club members just snub it, and as a result the show organisers then give us a hard time because we arent selling tickets, it can be soul destroying tbh, you think its an expensive day out ?, it averagely it costs me over £1200 a year of my own money to put on this show, which at first was fine, as its an enjoyable show to do, but as the total club dis interest goes on, it gives you second thoughts as to whether to bother next year

guys and gals if your going to this show, please book online and use the old skool ford Discount code CCCNOV5846

ok, asking as i cant quite find the answer thru google, 1974 classic car, in 2012 the car was put back on the road just to have its original number plate removed, this was its original no. plate, and as far as i can see, that plate then became a cherished number plate, and was put on a motorbike, and the car was given a cherished number plate (not a dvla issued plate), which is now on retention in 2013, the original 1974 plate was then taken from the bike and put on a 1995 mini sidewalk, which in 2014 was then SORN'd, and has been ever since the MOT history of the mini is not good, loads of rot lol, and i doubt would ever move under its own steam without a lot of money spent so my question is, can that, what was an original but now a cherished number plate, thats been on a SORN for 11 years, be taken off and put on retention, or does it have to stay with the car to either die with it, or wait till the car has an mot, which isnt going to happen any time soon

my understanding is this, a car registered prior to 1st August 1975, is just subject to a visual emissions/smoke check, because theres generally no information for it, if its registered after 1st August 1975, it can be subject to a proper emissions/metered test as far as im aware, under the new regulations, if your car fails an mot, then you are NOT allowed to drive that vehicle on the road, you cannot use any remaining MOT up either, until its repaired and re MOT'd the MOT failure rule has been in some while now, and i had a class 4 van that failed on rot in about 2022, and i was not allowed to remove it from the forecourt without it being trailered, despite having a month left, it was the first time i had come across it this is perhaps why the tester is refusing to MOT your vehicle, as while you dont have an MOT or an MOT failure because youve registered for Historic vehicle class thats fine, but the minute your car fails an MOT, depending on how bad of course, that could throw it all out of the window hes probably trying to advise you in a round about way

@Vista Estate, mark, Scott @Vista got wind that you will be wanting freebies for the NEC, so hes shut it quick

OK peoples, above is the NEC 2025 club advert, you will see the clubs discount code on the left, or a QR code to the right, please use one of these to book your tickets to the show online this is a fantastic show, with lots to see and do, and makes a good family day out, Mark aka @Vista Estate has once again this year involved Retro Ford Magazine, and that will give a good lead up to the show as well as at the show this year we have a stunning line up of cars, ill let Mark fill you in with more detail on the cars themselves, but theres no better way than to come and see the cars for yourselves at the show so come on dig deep and book those tickets, and come and introduce yourselves and say hello at the show, RP, no excuses this year, get that flight booked and come and say Gooday mate

It’s a big thumbs up from me @Ian Mclaughlin she’s luverly