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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Surgical Procedures
It has been a mixed day in the workshop today: The 5 speed gearbox conversion for the Scimitar has proved to be a good solution and I have been doing the preliminary design work on the adaptor plate as well … Continue reading
Classic Reading
I picked up a weekly classic car publication from the newsagents today. I was on my way to an appointment and looking for something more interesting than “Horse and Hound” to read in the waiting room. It occurs to me … Continue reading
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The Car in Front is a…
…Daimler of course. It would seem that they were the first there with the famous slogan and not the well known modern Japanese manufacturer. Today’s main job has been an SP250 – better known to many as the “Dart”. I … Continue reading
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
Last Week’s Interesting Project
The conversion of a Scimitar SE5A to a Ford type 9 five speed gearbox. Not the first time it’s been done so I have been looking into the feasability – not least in economic terms – of doing a conversion. … 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
A new blog
Hello and welcome to my new blog at thetfords.com! I shall be doing my best to keep things up to date with news from the workshop and from daily vintage and classic motoring. For those who (like me) haven’t had … Continue reading
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