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I think BMW is the best bikes you can have. If i had a bike it would be a BMW GS1200. But my wife...she is afraid of bikes... Jorge

Your wife is right Jim. That's the way portuguese do it for more than 500 years. In 1499, a portuguese caled Vasco da Gama went from Portugal to India always by sea. In 1500 Pedro Àlvares Cabral crossed the Atlantic by sea reaching Brazil. 1519 the portuguese Fernão de Magalhães serving at...

Very nice hause you have Jim. I can see you have very good taste on bikes. Liked to see your bile friends meeting on your garage. I'll try to do the same when mine is finished. Good rides on that bike. Jorge

Hi Jim. Lovely place Terras de Bouro. Lots of mountains, trees and water. Portugueses are all around world. Thanks for reading Jim. Jorge

Thanks for asking ejm1961Tbird. I thought no one had observed the details on the WWII period photo. During WWII , in order to prevent aiding enemy aviation bombers, in 1st September 1939 the Blackout rules were imposed to all civilians of Britain. This Blackout rules period begun imediatly...

Nice thread. Nice work too. Please keep posting. Jorge

Thaks Crawler07. The tiles are being removed using hammer and chisle. It was applied 25 years ago, but still very hard to remove. Very glued and looks like glass. I could glue the new titles on top of the old one, but I prefer to do it the right way. This way the new one will be glued at least...

Nice place and with lots of potencial. Keep posting your future projects, on the bulding, cars or tools. Jorge

Pool update. After lots of pipes... and rebulding the new wall... time to start the underwater stairs... and to take off the old little blue ceramic. The new ceramic will be as the old one but whithe. Jorge

Back to the thread topic, let's talk about wall and floor finish. After considering several solutions finally me and my architect decided to do the workshop floor with a ceramic mosaic with 60x60cm( abot 2feet x 2feet). The walls will be covered with the same ceramic mosaic but with 60x120cm...

Re: Mg ta Yes Andres. Apart from the engine and some small details (like the centralized lubrification sistem on the TB) the last TA and the TB are very simililar. The TA had some small changes during its life. Mine is one of the first series. There were made around 3000 TA. The TA's were...

Thaks e-tek. You are right, one tread only makes it much more interesting. I was in your garage thread. Very nice your 240Z. Jorge

Re: The tale of workspace: bikes, than cars... Seam it's going to be a very nice thread. Please keep posting. Nice Scirocos. Congratulations Jorge

Congratulations. I've been reading this treath for weeks and can't stop... Jorge

Very nice. Congratulations...

Talking about English Cars... My 1937 MG TA when i bought it in England about 6 years ago Below during the 2nd World War. In these photo you can see lots of details tipical of that period. Whatch closer and you will find some. And before restauration (by the previous owner) when it was...

Very nice photos Andres. I also must pick my reflex instead of usig the iphone. You get much better shots. Jorge

Nice place Santiago de Compostela. Lots of history and peregrins. You should have done the " Camino de Santiago de Compostela". I never did but who knows one day i have guts for that. Jorge.

Nice... I would add MG J2, Bentley Speed six, closed Jaguar XK 120, Porsche 356 (better a spedster), Alfa Romeo TZ (i know where is one for sale), Austin Healey 100M (jealous of you), of course a red stratos (a friend of mine has one exacly like Andres, simply gorgeous)... The problem is to...

I think every thing is working right. They are a bit heavy but it seams to work right...