Chris A

I've fitted inertia belts to the front of my 13/60 convertible, a little tricky but they do work. I can't remember the model number but there were Securion (I think) the reel is designed to work in any position, there is a sort of 'dial' to set so the system knows which way is up, fitting on the wheel arch wasn't a problem. The fitting kit came with a variety of brackets and bolts to cover most options. I have had no problems with them fouling the hood down.

I too have the disposable plastic type just before the pump. It isn't vertical nor is it horizontal either but works fine. The filter is never full of petrol but this doesn't seem to be any problem. Where it is makes it easy to see if there is muck in etc.. and when the time comes easy to replace. It has been there for close to 3 years with no signs of dirt or discolouration.

AND the crossed flags. Looks like it has them on the rear & front wings.

Hammerite is definitely not what it used to be. Back in the day I can remember having to buy it direct via ads in Exchange & Mart.

Karl : My linguistic skills translate in being 70% fluent in English, 70 % fluent in French, 5% fluent in Spanish and 100% fluent in Franglais.

Doug And the 20th century! When I was at school and got a ticket to ride the bus, the ticket advised it must be "SHEWN" to the conductor if required. They must have been NOS tickets then

The version with a "z" is American English, the version with an "s" is English English. The interesting point would be to know why the difference, there are a lot of American English words or grammatical styles that are "old" English that went to the States and remained unchanged whereas English evolved. Look at 17th & 18th, or even for that matter 19th century, spellings in English literature of the same word. School over for today.

Here in France 98 is readily available in most supermarket petrol stations. As for Spain my recollection from last year is that it is also easily found in bigger stations - my modern ran on 95 so can only comment on 98 from having to look at the pumps to make sure I got the correct stuff. Won't be a problem this year as the new modern runs on the detested oily stuff, yes I know all the nasty effects as I do for petrol and electric... Enjoy the local food and drink, I will be planning my route soon as we set off mid May for 4, or is it 5, weeks - Depends on what the "boss" has settled on. I'm just the driver

I have an old oven baking tray I use when changing oil, to catch any spray, with an old plastic 5 litre distilled water container with a side cut out on top. It works fine and cost nothing. Looks like dougbgt6's device but as the oil falls directly into the container no overflow problem, well not unless there is more then 5 litres of oil to come out.

Yes I have the same problem, we must be using the same wash cycle that makes them shrink.

The snow is due to Brexit, us in Europe have declared that we will no longer accept the bad weather that comes in from Britain and therefore have sent it back. we will do the same for the rain. However in a gesture of goodwill any sunshine that makes it over La Manche will be accepted.

Damson 13/60?

Original or not on a 13/60 they were fitted as standard to 1250's and I'm willing to bet that back in the day some owners of 13/60s did add one as an aftermarket modification. It's your car do as suits you.

Here the standard measure for rum in a bar or restaurant is 5cl, a tot of rum is 1/8th of a pint. A pint is 568.26125 ml, therefore a tot in ml is ... Just pass me the bottle

Ah, but in French bars the standard measure for draught beer is 25cl called a"demi" ( a demi what I have no idea), or if not thirsty a" galopin" which is 12.5cl. Bottled beer comes in either 25cl or 33cl, mind you my local artisan brewery bottles there stuff in 33cl & 50cl. And yes they use cl not dl or ml... Think I need a drink.

I remember when changes started coming in and going to the wood yard (should that be wood 0.9144 metres?) and having to buy in lengths that were multiples of 30 cm but the cross section was still in inches. Oh happy days

QED

I never said metric was wonderful, just pointed out that , as others have also said, Britain mixes the 2 systems. Not only Britain - Tyres the world over : diameter is in inches but width in mm. I wouldn't buy a "footlong" in Subway, I wouldn't go into a Subway at all. Even if they sell the sandwich in an imperial length the nutritional information is in metric (I've just looked at their web site). It does also work the other way around, here in the land of the Kilo it does happen that on markets you will see occasionally in season certain fruit sold by the "livre", and they don't mean by the book put by the pound, don't ask me why.

So Britain never really took to metric then? When I left you bought meat from the butcher's counter in the supermarket in lbs but in the same shop pre packed was in kgs, if I remember correctly. Even on this forum mpg is used even though I believe petrol is sold by the litre. Typical British compromise, love it.

At home here our tape measures have both metric & imperial on them so we use whichever is the "nicest" number or easiest to read.

Radio Caroline: do they still play the same music?

Pensioners club, like it! We can only post on every second Thursday afternoon though. Well that is when my village old folk club meets. When it's your birthday you have to bring the cakes. Caramels are banned of course.

There are some dinosaurs on this forum. Great, it means I'm not alone I was also, just, able to get Radio Caroline on my transistor radio if the weather conditions were suitable, lived in Chesterfield Derbyshire at the time. Now what was this thread about before it wondered off?

I have an original non locking one fitted and I keep a chrome locking version in the boot. For most outings I leave the original on but if I was going to leave it parked where I thought it risky I would fit the locking one, maybe.

I have been watching this thread carefully as I want to flush the system on my 13/60 in spring, so thanks from me too for all the pointers, some of which I knew but some tips I didn't. I also plan to replace the drain tap on the radiator as it doesn't want to open, or at least without a little serious persuasion, for the cost of a new one why worry too much. Hopefully it will actually unscrew from the radiator . I also have a replacement heater valve on standby as the heater doesn't..heat, again on the basis that while I have the system drained I don't want the car off the road longer than necessary. I have to build in delivery times to France from the UK for some (most) parts. in passing I will add that I'm going to stick with good old fashioned anti-freeze not this new fangled stuff