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Congrats on the bittersweet sale of the red Carrera, but sounds like it's gone to a good home. Looking forward to seeing the trim come together on the green Targa. And that carpark at the Colorado Grand, oh man :love: Thanks for taking the time to share

@Bob Heine losing brakes in a 50s Olds while towing a caravan is certainly hairy! Great to hear you got back on the road with such little fuss though. Pretty exciting to share an engine update. The builder has started work, with the new 1100 block copping a coat of high temp 'raptor' brand...

Over the long weekend we went to 'Autobrunch St Ives' (cars and coffee when you're not from St Ives :p ). You know you're no longer in Sydney's west when there's THREE GT40s at cars and coffee. :oops: I had to get some pics of this beauty for you though Lyndon ;)

That's awesome to see him getting into it Gregor. And with your family's love for travel and adventure, there's so many amazing places a mountain bike can take you too. I've been mountain biking since the 90s, just as suspension and V brakes were starting to come in on affordable bikes. I need...

I had an EL Falcon wagon as my third car. Left me stranded on the side of the road countless times thanks to overheating. Despite that dubious relationship, I still think the EF-EL Falcons are chronically underrated and under represented in the street machine scene. Especially the XR models. We...

Ralf I'm not sure what the correct term is, but the trailer is braked mechanically via the coupling of the trailer itself, like this set up below. The mini still uses the original cannister style oil filter, absolute pain compared to the modern style ones. Without taking it apart yet, engine...

The fence looks amazing, great work by your contractor. I also love to see a d***head neighbour who is a pain the proverbial being dealt with by someone who's reasonable but also not prepared to take any ****, and knows how the systems are supposed to work as well. Nicely done.

Lyndon, so sorry to hear about your dad. He looks like he was still reasonably bright and sprightly at his birthday party? That's an amazing effort for a 90 year old. Proving doctors wrong must be in the genes ;) All things considered, being so close to the pallative care space and being able...

Amazing work on that van and tow vehicle. Having seen the red dust after doing the Oodnadatta Track in our family L300 van back in the 90s, I know how it gets everywhere. And likewise, hope you're doing okay

Jack I think the weight of the trailer itself from memory is about 650kgs? I can't remember the towing capacity but it is nowhere near 2T. My tow vehicle is a Subaru with 2T towing capacity, so there's some safety buffer in there with a total weight of around 1300kgs. It does mean I don't need a...

It's all a matter of perspective. The deck of the trailer is 1600 wide by 3000 long. When people recognise it as being a car trailer I get "That thing is tiny, what are you carrying on that?" type questions, with people typically expecting a golf cart. When people compare it to a regular box...

If I was getting something now, I'd get a mini projector that plugs into a laptop via USB. No stuffing around going to officeworks to get designs copied onto transparencies, much smaller and easier to store etc etc. So in a big milestone, we took the engine out on the weekend. It mostly went...

Thanks guys, was a great weekend. My facebook memories are reminding me that a year ago we were exploring Great Ocean Road, which was such an epic trip. There's a facebook group called 'Legends in our own lunchtimes'. It's inspired by legendary Aussie hot rodder Rod Hadfield, who stood by the...

In Rylstone, minis take over the main street as everyone trickles into town, inevitably swapping stories from the road, who broke down, who got what observation questions and so on. We checked things out, before heading off to Mudgee to try and beat dusk (and roos). Even driving a new modern...

@Coolabah :ROFLMAO: Yeh, no loops in stormwater drains of late. However I did prime my wife up by watching the original Italian Job the night before we went out to inspect the mini when we bought it. @Bob Heine is there anywhere you haven't had a drink and good time with locals around here...

Ralf, as Geoff confirmed the engine and gearbox are one. I'd like to think it has a screen to stop this stuff getting recirculated, but who knows. Sometimes the early 850s have quirks which were fixed for later models. There's enough bits to know something got smashed up pretty good, so it's had...

Not the best update. I was doing a routine oil change on the mini, prepping it for the 4 day Rylstone run this coming weekend, and found metal shavings in the oil. She's going to be parked up until we get a chance to pull the engine, just to make sure we don't do any further damage. We'll take...

Geoff, I hear you. Like you I don't know the answer either. The mental thing can go either way, heard lots of stories of elderly people with dementia who live in constant fear and confusion (and paranoia). And others who are near oblivious. My nan had a great time at her 80th birthday, and...

Sydney All Ford Day pics for your enjoyment ;) https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100064738296671&set=a.1217404993760766

The fuel leak on the Statesman is sorted. For the sake of time (and not really wanting to wrestle under a jacked up car on a slope) I had a local mechanic replace the fuel sender gasket, thinking that was the culprit. There was still a tiny leak afterwards, so I wriggled under to have a look and...