the story so far....

[Badgerman85]

so here it is ladies and gentleman, after 5 years of owning it for the first time it actually has the magic 3, tax, mot and insurance! so this beautiful moment happened last friday afternoon!

 

friday night my volt gauge starts wobbling up to 15 volts.... so saturday morning i set off to my mechanics garage and low and behold in the petrol station i run into jimboshka in his yellow mk2 escort 4dr auto!

 

about 3 miles down the road after stopping again my brakes decided they were off on a jolly trip to seized on land, which was slow noisey and definitely not fun!

 

so we pulled in and i got the pedal back up and lubed the rod up and we were ready to roll!

 

got to the garage where my mechanic friends informed me that "15 volts" and "wobbling volt gauges" is "normal with older cars".....well franky MY AR$E...so on the way back the volt gauge takes an even jollier trip to the land of 12 volts.....about 6 miles from home luckily!

 

so several blocks of wood, a jack, some axle stands and a new alternator later we were back in business and off to pewsey ( about 45 miles ) for a party, we made it no worries and rocked up with a bunch of 67 split screen campers which was cool, then some bloke in a ferrari arrived and everyone flocked over from the outdoor bit, the bloke in the ferrari looking all smug was suddenly shot down about 5 million pegs when everyone walked straight past him to my car, oh yes, 4 doors and a vinyl roof and a pair of webers vs 360 challenge stradale....i win haha!

 

so, tuesday is here, sunday and monday went without a hitch....but what happens next....oh the great mystery!

 

but hey, even if it broke EVERY day, i seriously wouldnt swap it for anything!