I've been lurking on the site for a while and now I'm trying to post!
I got inspired to post as I was talking today to a recent convert to British cars and was telling him about this forum. It was good to see that enthusiasm.
I've got a couple, uh, maybe two and one half LBC car projects. And a 70 year old fixer house that needs paint again.
I bought a Morris Minor Traveller (Woody) a couple years ago that is much more of a project than I thought, (aren't they all!) but the wood is decent and not much rot, so it has good bones. Unfortunately, everyone who modified it in the past did it no favors, to put it kindly. Then it sat for 35 years or so, then the PO I got it from got it running, sorta.
For the last forty years I've owned my 2nd British car, a Sprite that gets out of the garage on occasion, then I'm reminded of why it's always there. It needs everything, but it always has! I just didn't care when it was my only runner & daily driver.
On the way back burner is a MkI Ford Fiesta, German built with a 1600 Kent. Maybe that engine needs to go in the Traveller some day to replace the Datsun engine & automatic that is poorly hung underneath.
So that's about it for my self introduction.
Pat
I got inspired to post as I was talking today to a recent convert to British cars and was telling him about this forum. It was good to see that enthusiasm.
I've got a couple, uh, maybe two and one half LBC car projects. And a 70 year old fixer house that needs paint again.
I bought a Morris Minor Traveller (Woody) a couple years ago that is much more of a project than I thought, (aren't they all!) but the wood is decent and not much rot, so it has good bones. Unfortunately, everyone who modified it in the past did it no favors, to put it kindly. Then it sat for 35 years or so, then the PO I got it from got it running, sorta.
For the last forty years I've owned my 2nd British car, a Sprite that gets out of the garage on occasion, then I'm reminded of why it's always there. It needs everything, but it always has! I just didn't care when it was my only runner & daily driver.
On the way back burner is a MkI Ford Fiesta, German built with a 1600 Kent. Maybe that engine needs to go in the Traveller some day to replace the Datsun engine & automatic that is poorly hung underneath.
So that's about it for my self introduction.
Pat