Hemimad

Nah, free speach and all that...

For 21 years I owned a 1977 MK2 Stag and had to sell it 5 years ago. That car was white but was originally Russet Brown, so there were areas that had not been repainted and still brown. It was annoying but still I missed it and thought about it regularly. Jump to July 18 and I was about to climb Snowden and while waiting for the troops to assemble found myself browsing eBay. There was a Stag that needed restoration with no bids and 10 minutes left to run, it was a 72 manual o/d in white with red interior (last of the first sanction mk 1 cars). A cheeky maiden bid won it and at some point I had to tell the Wife I’d bought yet another car...oops! Next problem it was in Southampton and I live in Chester, not even looked at the car, oh dear! Got the car home and firstly most of the work done on it was to a good standard, but the engine was seized....oh no! Good news was it had only had two owners, been off the road since 1992 and the engine is the original one for the car. So stripped car down, welded up some parts but wanted a professional to spot weld the front wings on so it looked more factory than I could achieve so it’s on its way back to the road!

Couple of shots of my 70 Plymouth Roadrunner, quite a rare car only a handful of real ones in UK. Bought as a rolling shell with the rest in tea chests, took a while, cost a small fortune. It’s a close cousin to the 68 - 70 Dodge Charger, this has an AirGrabber with is activated via a red switch in the dash that raises a bonnet scoop to feed air directly into the air cleaner. It was runner up in last years best American Car in uk, beaten by a Mustang....

Hi, I’ve just rejoined TSSC after a long absence it’s nice to see it’s much improved and I still have my Courier mags from the 80’s! My first car was a Vitesse and I have always had one currently a MK2 conv that I bought as a wreck from the Isle of Wight and trailered home to the North West. It turned out that the car was first registered about 25 miles from my home and had moved about the country. I restored it over a 4yr period, it was bad and one of the worst drunk eBay purchases ever. I also have a 72 TR6 (uk) and a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner all restored by myself. My favourite is still the Vitesse every time.