You know that feeling when you invest every penny you have in a classic 1978 Datsun 260z, pay thousands reconstructing it over 18 months and then, just as you've got it working properly, some coward drives into it whilst it is parked and flees the scene, apparently not realising they’ve hit it so ...
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Further to my last, light-hearted post about having to abandon my car, I do hope whoever managed to smash into it, pushing it off the road and into this sign has the decency to report it or get in touch. I'm quite pleased though, because I had just had it fixed and was wondering what to spend my tho...
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WOE IS ME. Here is my story for the local newspaper, the Daily Grind: Snow Reason to Panic Bloody disgrace, Lisa. A little bit of snow and the whooooole country grinds to a halt! All over Britain,copywriters like this idiot are taking their 35 year old sports cars down frozen country paths and...
Continue reading ...Back in August, I posted this photo of my car, a rare 1977/78 Datsun 260z, which I had just got back on the road. It had just spent 9 weeks in a garage, having £1200 of work done to it, whilst I went through two motorbikes... Then I got it back and took it DRIVIN'! Then my starter motor went and...
Continue reading ...On Monday, I fully intended to go for my next run. Unfortunately, I found an interesting 1979 Datsun 260z in my home town. Naturally, I had to go and test drive it. Sadly, it left no room for running... It did, however, set a trend for the next few days... On Tuesday, I also intended to do m...
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