Nice hectic weekend. Musical types might be interested to know Tom
Hingley was playing up here and stopped overnight - didn't get to play
any music but he seems like a really nice bloke.

Anyway, car-sort-of-things - finally got the oil changed on the Supra!
Yeay! It's leaking everywhere! Boo! Thanks to Toyota giving me too small
a compressible washer, I reused the old one. This has not proven to be a
success. So tomorrow, I get to get under the car again and have another
go. I'll free the brakes off too, I reckon.

The yard is clear for me to do this, because the Beetle I rescued a
while back has gone! For those what doubted the outcome, the bloke was
pleased I'd saved it, had been unable to get it fixed, and was going to
find somewhere to store it or give me the car, but some people asked me
if it was for sale today - result being that I told them who owned it,
showed them the car, and spoke to the owner again, and he got more than
he'd expected for it, gave me a cut as thanks, and everyone is happy.

And I've been playing with Satnav toys (HP iPaq HX and ALK
CoPilot/TomTom Nav 5 - CoPilot does 2-way tracking if you fancy keeping
tabs on your car via GPRS phone), and had to get new tyres on the
Scorpio because they were bald.

Cars on the horizon: Black, restored, C-plate Golf GTI Convertible.
Cars due for eBay: Both Seras, perhaps the Supra. No-one wants my cars.
Damn.

Richard
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Retro computing - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/
Cars - 2004 Beetle Cabrio, 1989 Supra 3.0i, 1990 Sera, 1989 Volvo 740
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"RichardK" <atari (AT) NOSPAMbtconnect (DOT) com> wrote



i wouldnt say that richard

i will give you 50 fir the gti

aussie bongo wrote:
The GTI is one I want to BUY

And it's £1900. If I'm prepared to pay that depends on what the owner
considers restoration, what the new hood is like, and how tight the
engine and chassis are. My next car will be a Mk 1 GTI Cabriolet, both
as a classic and a replacement for my Beetle when the contract ends for
it, and I'll spend the right money to get the right car. Ideally, I want
a 1990 or 91 if they have Digifant injection (i.e. the same running gear
as my old Mk II GTI), but mechanical injection is okay. I've no
preference for power or manual hoods, early or late dashboards, or
smooth/original bumpers particularly, but I prefer the earlier look.

It must have a Golfball gearknob, though.

Richard

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Retro computing - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/
Cars - 2004 Beetle Cabrio, 1989 Supra 3.0i, 1990 Sera, 1989 Volvo 740
MidiGuitar, AU/X. Apple 77-04. See links. Email - upgrade to 128

RichardK wrote:
Ditto.
I was part of the camera-crew for the live-mix feed onto the big screens at
http://www.beached.net again this year. It was great.
Now I'm broken - didn't finish up till 2am this morning. Two eight-hour sets
behind a camera, doesn't half give you stiff arms and legs. And my ears are
ringing furiously today...

Nom wrote:

AOL!

Spot of camping/lan party style fun (don't ask)

Did get to try and drift an MG-B GT around the field. (VW vans don't do
bad handbrake turns either hehehe)