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Its the worm tyres that did it

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PS The winter tyres on my BMW have 8mm of tread and big grooves and sipes. Something else worth thinking about.

The proper Lamborghini built M1 or the 1M coupe?

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PS We need pics in either case!

Progress over the winter of 2015-16 was slower. Partly this was the hiatus caused by the 964's engine woes, partly because the garage in my house was barely had big enough to let me slide sideways around the car once it was in. I had to wait for fine days to be able to roll it outside. Luckily down ...

While all this was happening, the gearbox was sent to Jez at Carrera Performance for a rebuild. It was producing no worrying noises, but 3rd gear synchromesh was tired. It needed very little, a couple of synchromesh rings and the usual bits and pieces, and I escaped with a bill of just over £1,000. ...

I tried one a couple of years ago; great fun to drive like Fiats of old. The bar-stool driving position, non-existent rear legroom (behind a tallish driver) and lumpy ride made it a no go for me. They do seem expensive though, compared to hot Minis or discounted BMW 135s at £25k.

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One thing I hadn't expected was to find so much media residue from the blasting process. It was in every nook and cranny - even when the car was complete and running I kept finding small amounts every time the car was moved. I spent much time with the vacuum cleaner trying to get rid, but I imagine ...

yoda wrote:

I walked around these twice looking for the hatch

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Anyone who's undertaken a 911 restoration will understand that while stripping a car to its components is the work of a few days, putting it all back together again takes much longer! While the shell was being stripped and blasted I started cleaning up components. https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5587/...

About 5 years ago I was running a new Cayman and looked for a set of cheap winter wheels to save the Porsche from salt and poor winter driving. I found a nice low-miles, one owner Golf VR6 for sale for a couple of thousand pounds; heated leather seats, a/c, smooth (and very heavy)six-pot sitting ove...

Mr. Shoestring: 1. I mentioned it it another thread I started, but that kind of $hit workmanship is inexcusable from a name brand shop. They get all this flowery press from the Andrew Frankels and Chris Harrises of the world, whose cars they sort with fine tooth combs, then put that out, but at the...

The painting process took a good few weeks. One decision we'd made concerned the undersides of the car. The factory underseal was in very good condition, so much of it was simply painted over, while the wheel arches etc were coated in a modern anti-chip finish. Later on I used copious amounts of Din...

Nice colour. When I decided to have my Lola race car's body gel-coated in 'Gulf Racing Blue' it quickly became obvious that there are a 1000 versions of that colour! The RAL number I thought was right turned out to be quite dark, I expected a colour shade like the image above...Baby-Blue. http://i6...

I suppose the easiest option would have been to return the car to its original silver. Several factors dissuaded me from this course. Firstly Charlie-The-Paint wasn't too keen on the additional work applying metallic paint represented and wasn't quite as confident of getting a good result (his reaso...

The big Essen event was a perfect chance to choose the colour for my car. Present were 911s in every shade and hue, from the brightest of the 'safety' colours to classy but more subdued metallics, so I could compare and contrast to my heart's content. But first of course, we had to see what would be...

Yes, Jim Clark driving Ian Scott Watson's car in a gymkhana in Edinburgh (1956) From a ride through the borders I undertook a couple of years ago. Chirnside is a quiet village of grey stone buildings, a couple of miles from the Clark farm: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3906/15355228856_73ccab63c1_b...