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ex-Bill Shaw Racing Rover P6

I’m not one for the history of the Rover P6, so it was news to me that one was raced in the day, the early 70’s. I believe that Bill Shaw prepared a car for BL comp department, the car … Continue reading

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I lost 2nd in class

I’ve being looking at the results for the enjoyable Autumn Lanes Rally detailed in my previous blog. I could see that we were 6th in class 1, but the 2nd in class 2 finished 2 places behind us. Our ’74 … Continue reading

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Changing the window scraper rubbers

Today, I suffered in the heat and changed the window scraper rubbers. The first door I attacked was the drivers door. This also had a screeching window winder, so the two tasks were done together. An hour and bit later … Continue reading

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My Granny, niece and rear seat belts.

I took my Granny out in the Rover for her birthday dinner. She said she was travelling first class, she’s so kind my Granny! One more birthday and she’ll be the full century. My niece was rattling around in the … Continue reading

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MOT : Failed

The car went for the MOT today. It failed. The slave cylinder was too close to the exhaust pipe. This car was originally an automatic so it had no slave cylinder, our slave cylinder is located too close to the exhaust pipe. … Continue reading

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Insurance

As it’s a ’70s car we insured the car in the ’70s manor. Pick up the phone and find a pleasant person on the other end. Explain that two people want to be insured for a limited mileage. Not a … Continue reading

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