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Getting older….
I hope that readers will celebrate with me as I disclose that Cher and I are managing at last to get rid of a habit which has not been helpful to our lives: We are giving up modern cars. The … Continue reading
Field Service 1940s style
I am feeling a little like an imposter already when I choose the title for today’s post: Mr. Thetford senior did indeed get involved with things mechanical in the 1940’s and in those days of true austerity he did so … Continue reading
Posted in Our Cars, Out Playing with Cars, Uncategorized
Tagged Alvis, Singer, Where They Served
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Drive It Day
The MK2 Jaguar is all ready for “Drive It Day” tomorrow having recently been serviced – an occasion which brings us to a total mileage of nearly 10,000 since we acquired the car at the beginning of February 2011. To … Continue reading
To Replace or Not to Replace….
It has been a while since I wrote a blog on a Sunday so here’s a post to make up for it. Actually the fact that the Sunday roast hasn’t yet quite cooked although I have finished sweeping the workshop … Continue reading
MOT time
It has been a late night in the workshop today: I took some time out this afternoon to take the MK2 for its MOT so I have been catching up with all the other jobs awaiting my attention. I’m glad … Continue reading
Losing Fluid
I have spent the greater part of the Bank Holiday (albeit very contentedly) in the workshop, so it seemed like a pleasant idea to round it off with a trip to the pub in the Jag. On the way home … Continue reading
More Scimitars and Jaguar MOT
It has been far too long since I last blogged, which is rather indicative of how busy things have been in the workshop for the past week or so. This is not least because I seem to have been dealing … Continue reading
Petrol
I needed to pick up a new bandsaw blade on Friday afternoon and it seemed the perfect excuse to take out the MK2. Although I ordered the blade when I was getting ready to manufacture the Scimitar adapter plate, the … Continue reading
The Best of British
The series 1 Land Rover arrived on Friday as planned and we decided to go ahead with the brake master cylinder conversion. The original Girling cylinder has had it’s share of trouble over the last year or two: It had … Continue reading
Posted in Job finished, Our Cars
Tagged Brakes, Conversions, Jaguar, Jaguar MK2, Landrover
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Driving Nicely
Went out to run a few errands in the MK2 today – it’s running really nicely. That’s fairly remarkable as it happens, since it doesn’t seem to have had an engine rebuild since new. Admittedly it has only covered 68 … Continue reading
The Jag
This January we added a new car to the Thetford fleet. It’s a 1960 Jaguar MK2 2.4 automatic, it is Cherine’s cherished mode of transport and you can see it in the mast – head to the blog. Since Cherine … Continue reading