The Rovering Member
Well-Known Member
I don't live there but used to deliver in the area quite regularly. These days l'm more often to be found on the upper reaches of Watling Street.
Original reversing light too unless Harvey has forgotten l'm having it again & has sold it.
I've also collected a spare rear seat back in the correct colour (gratis) which is a little bit damaged on the offside but that's of no consequence as l'm planning on cutting it in half to make a split seat for a rear passenger plus loadspace when needed, so not a permanent feature but to be swapped in when required.
Incidentally, the guy l got the seat from has really done a number on his estate including turbocharging the totally stock 1622 'B' series. He said he's done all the mathematics & is confident it'll work. It's no thrown together job either, it's a beautiful work of art. Recovered A55 bench seat in the front which is nice, scratchbuilt boost gauge in the style of the original clocks, Webasto sunroof, lowered on air suspension with split & narrowed TR6 wheels upfront, same on the rear but widened, pressed & shaped aluminium door trims....the list goes on, the work is superb & all done by him. Not quite a sleeper but subtle, very subtle. A lovely thing & l look forward to seeing it at a show.
Well, my stepson & his fiancé's new VeeDub bus is strictly a local girl at the moment. A couple of hills on the M11 & M25 was enough to show that the trip to Richard Moon's workshop in Newbury was a possibility too far. Losing power, smelling of hot fuel & backfiring her way slowly up the inclines got us admitting defeat, cooling down at the Waltham Abbey truckstop & returning via the the Epping road through the forest which was the very antithesis of the outbound journey, leisurely & pleasant.
She'll do the journey again in a couple of weeks......on a trailer:
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I don't think those monster Webers are helping, they'll be swapped for a single progressive unit & sold on:
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