Hi Tim,
On the road being used
2003 Rover 75 CDTI
1999 Mercedes E300 TD Estate
1997 Ford Transit Di
1994 Mercedes S600 V12 AMG
1985 Mercedes SL 500 Roadster
1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
1938 Ford Model Y Roadster (Rover 3.5, Borg Warner 65, Jag IRS, bespoke IFS)
Dotted about in workshop lock ups garages
4x Ford Zodiacs MK3s (1 being an Abbot Farnham)
2x Daimler 250 V8
2x Morris Oxford MOs
2x Triumph 2000s
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Ford Zodiac MK2
Ford Zephyr MK2
Ford Consul MK2
Wolseley 1500
MG Magnet ZB
Vauxhall Cresta PA
BMW 525TDS
Ford Cortina MK3 2000 GT
+ a few others. Some of the above are joint ventures with my neighbour as we share a workshop. As i still also deal in number plates odd ones like the Morris MOs, and the Zephyr and Consul will be sold on as soon as the number plate transfers are compleated.
The MK3 Cortina is nearly finished (hopefully spring 2010)
I will try and put a few more pics up, and next time i go to Stevenage to my barn i will take a few pics and put them up as well.
The Mexico is an original and now owned by my cousin, his brother (obviously another cousin) also has an original Mexico and a MK1 Van.
The Wolseley 1500
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
A couple of the MK3 Cortina
The Consul and the Zephyr
Forgot about this one Rover 620ti (blown head gasket now) and the parts hauler Ford Trasit Di (in the background)
In the background the best diesel estate i haver ever owned Citroen XM 2.1TD sadly went to the big car park in the sky.
When i have taken some more pics i will put them up.
I was having a wander around my mates garden yard and outbuildings the other day and i gave up counting when i got to 70 motors and believe me he has got some interesting stuff, Buick, Dodge, Chevy, Cadillac, Jag, Daimler, Mercedes, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, MG, Austin to name but a few, mainly 1930s-1970s. So makes my few cars look like a drop in the ocean.
When i first moved up this way from Stevenage (1997) i rented my flat out to someone who didnt drive about a year later they moved out and somone else moved in, i then got a phone call from the letting agent some ones parked a car outside the garage and it has been there for quite a long time can you see about having it moved as the new tennant would want to use the garage and the police have told us as it is on private property only the owner can do anything about it. When i lived there i had had problems with people parking in front of the garage but the police always told me they had no powers to remove a vehicle on private property.
So armed with my tow truck off i go to Stevenage thinking i will hook the car up drag it across town and dump and it wont be my problem anymore, well i turn in to the road and think what a
an old Ford Cortina MK4 2.0s which i had forgot about when i moved, now looking very sorry for itself.
I got the electric pump out of the truck amd started blowing the tyres up while this was going on i then think to myself the only reason i would have left outside the garage is because i couldnt get it in there
the penny drops
My Audi 200 Quattrro Turbo must be in there so i load the cortiina up blat back home dump that then start playing hunt the Audi keys (dont want to break into it like i did the cortina) after an hour or so found the keys with the garage key on the same keyring fortunately and set off back to Stevenage with a smile on my face that was probably on a par with the one you got after your very first fuck.
Anyway thats enough from me for now
Catch you soon
Russ.