Practically Classics Forum

Recently my daily driver, a Ford Galaxy diesel, threw its head gasket after the thermostat failed in the closed posistion - regular occurence on the VAG engine used said the AA man and a bill for around £1000 followed swiftly afterwards for repair of the dammned thing - what can i say its a modern d...

Seen in Brookwood (Woking) Sainsburys Car Park on Sunday - A Austin 10 (Bit of a cheat as I know the owner) A stunning MKIII Corty - 1.6GT in Tawny Brown in fab condition - if its yours its gorgeous and I'm jealous and a pre face lift MK1 Capri - see this one regularly - obviously well used but in f...

Given the recent press coverage, Opels huge losses and the tragic demise of Saab is there really any future for Vauxhall in this country? GM don't seem to give a damn about anything outside of the US and have made no money in Europe for years - doesn't bode well The real shame was that they were mak...

Wow - my mates Dad was Sales Manager for a local BL dealer and had several - I always thought them to have been one of BL's better efforts - good to see one being saved.

Think we have done this one before but... A 1971 Hillman Avenger 1250 which quickly gained a 1.6 Sunbeam S lump complete with twin CD 175s, big valve head and high lift cam. It would anilate anything upto about 50mph, including 2 litre Capris and RS 2000 Escorts due to the stock 1250 box and diff. O...

Having had, and loved, several Saabs this is a dreadful state of affairs that GM could have avoided by letting Saab produce there own product not forcing them to base it on flawed GM rubbish- ie the Vectra platform. Hang your heads in shame GM - but they won't , they will just keep making crap for m...

Saw a 1978 Cortina MK4 estate yesterday- its a gold 2.0 gl with a vinyl roof and we often see it in and around Woking - seems to be in regular use and looks very tidy.

Oddly my 2 1/2 year old boy will turn CBeebies off when it comes on - he hates it!

Done but I too baulked at the future classic question - certainly not my Ford Galaxy daily driver!

Some good tips especially to check it in the dark - found faults this way myself before now.

When did it last have a set of plugs in it - could well be a plug breaking down under load or a ceramic insulator cracked?