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I'll be there, 105EOC are having their AGM this weekend, and being on the committee... kind of have to attend! I'll be bringing my Anglia, albeit on a trailer, so come find me and say hi! Won't be hard to miss, it's got a massive big engine in it, no front panels, and bent radiators! 🤣

@dt36 has kindly already mentioned my channel (Adaptive Engineering) with my series of "Garry's Garage" which I've only just started, doing some stuff with my Anglia. Hopefully later this year I'll also start on restoring/modifying my Mitsubishi Legnum. I'd also add Home Built By Jeff as a strongly recommended channel too. A few more channel suggestions to add: Tom's Turbo Garage The Skid Factory Jaffromobile

Usually, pressing "Unsubscribe" on spam email is just you telling them that "this email address exists and every email is read" - it's going to just open the floodgates for more! That said, in my experience over the last couple of years, where my wife & in-laws were using Hotmail, the amount of spam was getting more and more. So - I've switched them all over to Gmail - and set up a forward from their Hotmail account. Gmail's spam filtering is a million times better, and the interface is a lot nicer (and isn't changed every 5 minutes - it's changed once in the 10+ years I've been using it, but that's only been a minor styling change, not a total rewrite!

@notenoughtime my offer still stands - can collect any evening between now and Friday, and will be in Colchester on Sunday.

I'm about 20 minutes away, and am coming down to Essex (Colchester) next weekend - so depending on where you are in Essex we can meet up to hand it over.

There seems to be a few more reasonably priced options from having a very quick look (this is an eBay search for "classic car radio bluetooth"): I've found one for £260: And one for £22: The first appears to have DAB, which might be nice - but certainly some options out there at a variety of price points!

Hi and welcome! I'm originally from Colchester, and my dad still lives there. Hopefully there may be an opportunity to meet up at some point!

Give Neil @ 105speed a shout

I've had a few comments that I should change it for a "period" looking wheel - but I quite like it! Thanks for your comments - now that you say about the rest of the styling on the interior, it highlights why it doesn't look out of place! To fit a different wheel I'd also need to fit a boss, which won't look as nice.

My Anglia has a rather modern wheel - a Momo from a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. I've also got one with some red accents, which came from the actual donor (a Super Galant VR-4, which yes, did have this garish red interior from the factory!): Or a part-wooden one, but this is a slightly larger diameter, and I'm already struggling with clearance to my knees: (Yes, they also came with this horrible beige interior, too!) This is probably of no use to you whatsoever, because I've also got the Mitsubishi steering column, so none of these will bolt up to a Ford column anyway!!

What 'racing' do you want to do? Every different discipline has very different requirements, of both the car, and of your skill. What makes a good drag car will make a bad circuit car, what makes a good circuit car will make a bad sprint car, what makes a good sprint car makes a bad drag car etc. How much experience do you have? Excuse me if I sound blunt - but if you're asking this question, I shall assume none! By far the best thing to do is to start off with what you have. Learn how to race first. Decide whether you like it. Then learn the car as it is. Once you know what you're doing, that you enjoy it, and know the car, you will then be in a better position to understand what aspect of the car you feel is holding you back from progressing further. Don't go throwing money at something until you know what it is you need to spend money on. If you're wanting to get involved with the OSFDC next year, then come along in your car as it is, and have a chat with some of the regulars. The likes of Steve Jennerway, Brett Wright, Chris Todd, Robert White and others have helped me greatly this year in getting to know how to drag race, and without their help and advice, I'd have not made the improvements to myself that I've made this year during my first year of the OSFDC - this interaction, and these improvements have made a better impact to my times this year than every penny I've spent on the car - by far the best value-for-money approach. I now know where my limitations are with my car, and what I can do to improve it - but I still have more I can do to improve myself - this is something that will continue for many years!

The Little John Classic Car & Motorcycle Club have weekly meets on Wednesday evenings at Mansfield football stadium from 6pm. I'm usually there - let me know when you'll be there and I'll make sure (if I'm not away!) that I pop in with my Anglia! There's also quite a few other meets around the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, keeping an eye on the Little John group on Retards Club will let you know about a lot of them - the local members are really active and do go to a lot of meets/shows!

I have YouTube on almost constantly - I work from home, and have 3 monitors, and find that YouTube is a great "background" noise, and gives me something to divert my attention to for a few seconds when I need a mini break to think about what I'm working on. A great number of problems have been resolved when my mind is "switched off". It's similar to going to make a coffee, but without the walking, and the caffeine addiction! I mostly watch gaming videos - Minecraft (a few guys from the Hermitcraft series), Cities: Skylines, and other games like Prison Architect, Rimworld, where you need to build stuff up. I've been gaming since I was a youngster, but I don't get time to actually play the games myself nowadays, so watching YouTube gives me my gaming fix!

Definitely don't chop anything. A Zetec will go in without cutting, and will be a much better engine than anything older. If you're feeling particularly flush, then treat it to some Milton suspension parts, and matched with the Zetec, you'll have a fantastic van that will also handle very well.

Just got back from the sorting office, so ticket & stand pass in my grubby mitts See you on Saturday!

YES!!

Have been carded - was out getting a fresh MOT on the Anglia!

Some time! I've had the bonnet up, and half the inlet off the engine for the last 2 and a half weeks, and it's not been driven for over 3 weeks!

Thanks for having me on the stand As you said, it was an expensive weekend for me to bring my car down, but well worth it to spend the time with you all, show off the car to the public, and generate some more interest for Old Skool Ford!

And they couldn't even fix the rear suspension even after throwing that amount of money at it!?

Is this an early draft design for the Panamera?

Just sent an email - it contains a few photos, so if it doesn't arrive, I'll send each photo individually, just let me know! Garry

I've got a bit of a thing for estates as a daily - the practicality just can't be sniffed at. Especially fast ones... I guess that's why I've got one:

I guess I need to spend some time tidying mine up and making it look purty next to the rest of them!!

I was going to get in touch with you regarding a follow-up - a lot has changed since you saw it! (including the rear suspension... twice... for example!)