Peter Roat Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Deciding that if I didn’t soon bite the bullet I’d never know the sensation of driving while the wind blows through (what’s left of) my hair, I joined TSSC over Christmas and by January 6th had collected this little beauty. 38k miles, original apart from respray, loads of documentation and interesting history including an owner who spent 10 years in New Zealand and couldn’t bear to be parted from her so took her with him and brought her back to UK again. Met Norfolk members on 7th January at the run to Old Buckenham Airfield, the first of what I hope will be loads of events over the next as many years as I keep troshin as we say in these parts. Still waiting for that first top down experience but the weather is now getting warmer so it won’t be long before my comb over will be trailing behind…. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTV8 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 That looks very nice indeed - drive and enjoy! …….. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Very nice, need to get motivated and progress with mime .🙄🫣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 3 hours ago, AndyTV8 said: That looks very nice indeed - drive and enjoy! …….. Andy Thanks Andy That’s certainly my intention! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, andybeau said: Very nice, need to get motivated and progress with mime .🙄🫣 I’m useless with a spanner so needed to get a runner in good condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Welcome to the club and the forum Peter. What a beautiful car! I have the same car, same color but it is a Saloon with red interior (sadly dismatled at the moment). It was my daily driver for many years, bought it when I was 17 and still have it in my possession. Really fun cars to drive! You will find this forum very helpful and friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Taylor Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 (edited) It sounds like you have a good sense of humour! You'll need it, both on the Forum and in the car... As an explanation of the latter, my car has the main headlamp switch next to the windscreen wiper switch, on a largely unlit dashboard. This makes turning the wipers off on a dark, wet night into a game of Russian roulette. You'd think I'd know which was which after 30 years of ownership. Wrong. Oh, how we laugh when the road ahead is plunged into darkness... I see your car has the later, more sensible, dashboard layout. Edited January 28 by Patrick Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 50 minutes ago, Roger said: Welcome to the club and the forum Peter. What a beautiful car! I have the same car, same color but it is a Saloon with red interior (sadly dismatled at the moment). It was my daily driver for many years, bought it when I was 17 and still have it in my possession. Really fun cars to drive! You will find this forum very helpful and friendly. Thanks Roger Everyone in the club I’ve met (including those on the Norfolk run) have been very welcoming. And there’s clearly a lot of expertise about. Hope you get yours back on the road soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 13 minutes ago, Patrick Taylor said: It sounds like you have a good sense of humour! You'll need it, both on the Forum and in the car... As an explanation of the latter, my car has the main headlamp switch next to the windscreen wiper switch, on a largely unlit dashboard. This makes turning the wipers off on a dark, wet night into a game of Russian roulette. You'd think I'd know which was which after 30 years of ownership. Wrong. Oh, how we laugh when the road ahead is plunged into darkness... I see your car has the later, more sensible, dashboard layout. Yup, sense of humour mode activates on every drive. Even with the later dashboard you’ve got to be careful not to switch to sidelights instead of main beam. Whoever thought it was a good idea to make it so easy to turn the dark on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 hurtling into a corner and flick the dipswitch to dark mode does keep the driving excitement active ......Oh Sh1t rules its not the first or the last time you will do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Nice looking Herald, they really are fun, this is mine and welcome to the club. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK2 Ed Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Cracking car Peter! What a good find, you've got lots of fun to come this summer........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 i was always going to blank off the stalk movement to sides only but sold her before that materialised . the new owner complained the indicators didnt work , well he was using the lamp stalk (you cant help some guys) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 3 hours ago, Steve P said: Nice looking Herald, they really are fun, this is mine and welcome to the club. Steve Thanks Steve Yours looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roat Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: i was always going to blank off the stalk movement to sides only but sold her before that materialised . the new owner complained the indicators didnt work , well he was using the lamp stalk (you cant help some guys) Pete And what did he think the other stalk was for? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 before he went flying down the road at mack2 he had a MGB the 1600 was pretty hairy and he was pulling ton + down barton cutting ive not had any contact since but shes still out there pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puglet1 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 A very smart Herald indeed! The guys on this forum are so knowledgeable and always prepared to help and advise. Roll on those summer days so that you can enjoy the real joys of your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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