Working in the open (well it was the 70's)
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Working in the open (well it was the 70's)
Came across this picture of my street 'workshop'. This was 1979 so I was 20 and all three cars are mine. The blue MkII 1600 was sold but kept the wheels for the one under the plastic sheet which had a 3.0 V6. I went on to complete it in diamond white with Capri 3.0 rear axle and 4-speed box. I remember how please I was when I found that a Granada rad fitted as most V6 Cortina's relied on the original rad and electric fans.
The Rover 12 was purchased as an investment. It turned around quicker than expected; paid £400 and sold it two months later for £600.
Later that year I bought my Pop. It was an unfinished project so the hard work was done but, as it often the case, you end up re-doing much of it. I also got access to a lock-up so I could work in the dry...at the end of a 100yd extension lead. My mum would switch the electric off and on to signal my supper was ready.
Oh the joys of youth.......post your pics from way-back-when.....
The Rover 12 was purchased as an investment. It turned around quicker than expected; paid £400 and sold it two months later for £600.
Later that year I bought my Pop. It was an unfinished project so the hard work was done but, as it often the case, you end up re-doing much of it. I also got access to a lock-up so I could work in the dry...at the end of a 100yd extension lead. My mum would switch the electric off and on to signal my supper was ready.
Oh the joys of youth.......post your pics from way-back-when.....
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I was 5 then, I don't remember seeing ford pops. Cool pic, where in the country is it?
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Once I bought a scrap Cortina 1600E, took off all the bits I needed and cut up the shell into chunks small enough to chuck into any skip I happened to be passing. Couldn't see I was doing anything wrong at the time, neighbours must have loved me.
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Being ancient I was 34 at that time & had owned a Pop in 1962 it was a 57 model in green replaced it with a then modern 100E in 1963. Then the Mini Cooper arrived & my world changed forever starting me off on the Petrolhead road. Love that Rover the guy next door had one it was a posh car in the 50's. Did it have freewheel.
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> Did it have freewheel.?
Yes it did. But I had no idea what that meant.
It was very much of the time (48 I think) with musty leather, solid wood and the like. But mechanically it was very primitive (compared to a Cortina) and I wasn't brave enough to gut it and fit a Rover V8 and suitable suspension and brakes.
Here's another of my collection from those days...an A70 Hereford. I bought it as you see it and my brother towed it home with his 2 litre Mk1 Escort. I came with a shed full of original NOS Austin parts, chrome trim etc. It was a runner and we would drive it up and down the little road with it's 3-speed column change. But it wasn't a car for a 20yr old so, as with the Rover, sold it on.
You can see the rear of the Hereford behind my finished V6 MkII.
To this day I don't know where I found the time, money and energy to be juggling so many cars at once (plus full-time job in London with BT - still with them after 38 years) and tolerant girl friends.
Yes it did. But I had no idea what that meant.
It was very much of the time (48 I think) with musty leather, solid wood and the like. But mechanically it was very primitive (compared to a Cortina) and I wasn't brave enough to gut it and fit a Rover V8 and suitable suspension and brakes.
Here's another of my collection from those days...an A70 Hereford. I bought it as you see it and my brother towed it home with his 2 litre Mk1 Escort. I came with a shed full of original NOS Austin parts, chrome trim etc. It was a runner and we would drive it up and down the little road with it's 3-speed column change. But it wasn't a car for a 20yr old so, as with the Rover, sold it on.
You can see the rear of the Hereford behind my finished V6 MkII.
To this day I don't know where I found the time, money and energy to be juggling so many cars at once (plus full-time job in London with BT - still with them after 38 years) and tolerant girl friends.
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