Engine out of here
and into here
and I also built this 'Mexico' 1300XL - owned it from '79 until '96.
And this V6 Pop - best at the Knebworth Nats in 1981
And, also in 1981, was using this '69 Mustang 351 as my daily car
All before I was 25 - thank God for Adrian Flux insurance and Exchange & Mart for parts. How did we manage without the Internet and Google? And all built in a lock-up, behind the flats where I lived in Hackney, North London.
Now, 30+ years later I lift a bonnet on a modern car and wonder where to start. Hence I bought my GTi estate as a gentle way of getting back into things.