My cars – a 16V, CX Ambulance, BX 4x4, Visa GTI etc

[ChristopherCFU]

Beautiful scenery great vehicles!

[MULLEY]

Excellent write up Hilary. The Sport looks fabulous, well done. Re the LHM leak, have you tried nipping up the union to the HP pump?

It may have come loose during your drive, either way it looks ace, i wonder how different it drives to the 8 valve gti?

[citsncycles]

Nice one Hilary - I knew you'd end up getting one sooner or later!

[Neil_]

That looks quality! Don't forget your NOVA.

[hilarystone]

It may have come loose during your drive, either way it looks ace, i wonder how different it drives to the 8 valve gti?

I don't think the union had come loose – it certainly did not want to turn with a spanner – when Tony and Andrew WEston picked it up yesterday it spewed LHM everywhere.

Its a long time since I drove a standard GTI, my 4x4 GTI is a lot less lively. The Sport has masses of torque all the way from 2000rpm onwards – quite the opposite to a 16V which needs revving and revving to get the best out of it. Its quite remarkable for a 126bhp 1.9l engine running dual twin-choke carburettors.

[hilarystone]

The Sport has successfully got an MOT today – Andrew fitted a secondhand HP pipe from the pump for the present and had changed the headlamp and sorted the windscreen washers. So now its just onto getting it registered – I ordered the import pack from the DVLA today. And need to do the NOVA form on the HMRC website. Andrew has a few small jobs to do on it – the driver's door window needs sorting, he's going to give it a proper service though its only done about 1000Km since it was last serviced in 2009. And sort out the door mirrors – Mike has offered a RH door mirror, thanks Mike!

[mds141]

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[citsncycles]

Yep, go a door mirror sat in Timex ready to drop it off on the way home his afternoon - the base could do with a coat of that autoglym bumper and trim restorer as it's a bit faded, but the rest is good, including the lever on the inside! Andy found a LH sun visor while looking in his stock for mirrors so Timex will soon have a full set!

Gotta say, lovely looking car, even under the bonnet - those twin Solexes look fantastic! Can't understand those stories about how they couldn't get that set up in a RHD shell though!

[mat_fenwick]

Yep, go a door mirror sat in Timex ready to drop it off on the way home his afternoon

Is that the one I bought from Richard? If so it's well travelled!

[citsncycles]

No, this is one Tim gave me - the one from you will be going on Timex.