Practically Classics Forum

need to sell my saab 99 first. however, having looked at a number of cars at my RetroWarwick show on sunday, i'm weighing up something from the 50's, possibly doing a rod or very low stanced, initially keeping the standard engine but with mild tuning plus megasquirt/throttle bodies. later on, going ...

this topic has been discussed to death. any govt will not be moving the tax exemption date. reviews have been done....the dvla cannot afford too.

Hi, its Matt the organiser of the show., thanks to all who came, obviously a show is only as good as the cars/owners that come along so thanks again. It was rammed with a wide slection of vehicles covering most periods and tastes! At 11am i did a count up and we had 116 cars parked up plus in excess...

Just an update before Sunday. Weather is looking good for Warwick on Sunday. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/warwick_forecast_weather.html Based on the number of enquries I'm getting, its looking to be a packed with classics. Its completely free and no need to pre book. Everything pre 1990...

scimitars are a possible, chap called me asking if i was interested in a straight swap. didn't come to anything though

The Council have confirmed they wil be closing off a little more road, so we have parking for approx 100 cars now.

See you Sunday - to get to the square, use satnav CV34 4SA


cheers
Matt

Our local Fiat Dealer "Grays of Warwick" has a very tasty nuovo 500 in their showroom. They will be bringing it, along with a new 500 to compare side by side. http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb291/maph2/retrowarwick2011/IMAG0201.jpg Keeping the Fiat theme, "Cotswold 500", a classic car hire compa...

if was gonna go for something as big as a triumph 200/2500, then i'd probably go for an early stacklight merc w114, but whatever i get has to be smaller than the saab (drive and garage limits )

i think i pay €1400 ish a year but that includes house, health 2 adults & 2 kids. van, truck, jcb & wifeys car. it may be more but i dont want to check!! they even gave me a months free insurance for the mazda while i was selling :D try an mgb but im sure you will be dissapointed. i had a standard ...

It looks like you are good at modifying cars so you could get something like a Morris Minor and put a bigger engine in it. They are always a giggle to drive (espicially in the wet with skinny tyres) i always have fun drifting mine even with the standard 1098 (but i am biased). TerryG - i've seen a ...