SO what did you you do with your Stag today?

[KOY 23]

Nice one Russ. Have you still got the wings and tail? Can a new young driver get classic insurance or do they have to wait a few years?

[GDPR]

Hannah started off as a named driver on Nicola's - that's not an issue as they both drive it - we call it Hannah's car but in truth it's Nics. Footman James offered to insure Hannah in her own right for £850 at 19 and a years incident free driving so a young driver with a classic isn't too difficult as long as they've been driving a year - when the Spitty is on the road, we'll probably do the same and Hannah can take over official ownership and insurance of the MG and Nics will share the Spitty - the current makes more sense as she will go off to uni and won't be taking the car. The MG is not insured as a classic but is currently £700 a year for the pair of them

[Pete]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]37068[/ATTACH]Back to DIY today, then going to start making plans for the latest acquisition. My 14 yr old son wanted the Vitesse as his first car, partly because Hannah got the MG and more because he is like his old man, a Triumph fan.

As the Vitesse is a 2 litre, insuring a young lad would be virtually impossible so have picked this up as a solution that suits us all.... as usual, loads of rust to deal with, but we have a couple of years and will be a great father/son project... must get my hands on a rollover spit (pun not intended)

I'm guessing the Spit is faster though? If so, it doesn't make sense.

[GDPR]

The Spit is 1500, and supposedly good for 100mph, whereas the Vitesse being a 6 pot, 2 litre and definitely capable of 100+ (I know and by GPS not that liar on the dash) plus 4 seats = more liability/cash payout in event of a big prang....

[Tdm]

Russ - I had two Spitfires when I was still a bachelor, a 1970 Mk3 and then a 1972 Mk4, but they only had 1300cc engines then.
I did though fit a BL Special Tuning kit to the 2nd one to give it a bit more "umph". Loved them both until the time someone ran into the 2nd one and wrote it off.

[mole42]

My car, my partner and I went to Hailes Abbey today - (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hailes_Abbey) North on the Fosseway (lovely drive) then home on the M5 (tedium, broken only by the wonderful Gloucester Services Farm Shop). Top down on the way out, that Rimmers screen helps a lot. Why does my Stag not know about the 70mph limit?

Another hundred or so miles after the head gasket / timing chain change.

Oh, and I washed it (for the first time this year) yesterday.

Richard

[XFSTag]

Russ
that brings back happy memories for me, one of the first cars i played with was a pagent blue early spitfire. I took out the 1100 knackered engine and stuck in a 1300 it went like the clappers.
I swapped her for a GT6 but always wanted another spitty
I would love one of them again keep us up to date with pictures etc. lucky lad they are a great motor, so much fun and so easy to work on
all the best
glyn

[StagJonno]

At last - the salt is gone, the sun was shining and a great 95-mile round trip on some fun roads on the way to the AGM of NECPWA (Nort East Classic & Pre-War Autos). Drive-It day only 2 weeks away. Yeah

Bring it on.

Jonno

[Jeff]

Fitted s/s steel sill covers sealing front and rear edges, slight leak from rad so daren't take it out, K seal ordered, oh and polished the paintwork a bit more.

[thebadleys]

Finished off painting the re roofed conservatory walls, refitted the newly plumbed radiator and got signed off by SWMBO to play.

So off on a drive up thru' Pendle then across towards Keighley then across the moors to Haworth via the Bronte moorland, on to Hebden Bridge then back home via Todmorden and Rawenstall.

Whilst going across moors towards Haworth I passed another Stag coming towards me, a Russet Brown one with a private reg, DVS, I think, a club member?

An excellent 70 mile trip before its out with the 3.7 diff, in with the recon 3.45, adjust O/S/R wheel bearing whilst the shafts free.

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[Rubce]

Rear brakes bled and rear wheels back on. MOT booked on Friday. Fingers crossed that vibration has buggered off!

Bruce

[Escape]

Got her to run at last, gave her name (Blanche), took her home and enjoyed the first run with the top down in about 1.5 years.

[Jeff]

Finished efi fuel system, pressure tested, no leaks and very quiet. Pulling 4.5A. Happy days
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Steve,

How did you weld the pump in? Petrol vapour wise? I assume you didn't experiment with a new tank?

Jeff.

[robbo]

Checked mine over ready for the mot. Set CO to around 3.6% on both exhausts with a Gunson gas tester and balanced the carbs with my new syncrometer which is much better than the old Gunson balancer I was using. Everything else seems fine so will get the mot done during the week.
Rob.

[new to this]

Steve,

How did you weld the pump in? Petrol vapour wise? I assume you didn't experiment with a new tank?

Jeff.

Jeff

he forgot about that toms smoke.gif