In decent as opposed to sh.t order?

   Does anyone who may be looking in or lurking own a classic caravan.?
One that comes to mind is the Portafold.
Pat.

I'm at the planning stages of the restoration of my Spitfire 1500, this
currently involves drinking tea and spending my hard earned on building my
tool collection. Before I splash out on a load of stuff I'm never going to
use can I have some input on what the 'must have' tools ...

Last week I put my DS through an automatic car wash. The "wash" bit
went OK, but the drying vents failed to lift up as they went up the
windscreen and hit the car fairly hard. Luckily the vent edge was
rubber coated and the screen didn't break, but the whole car was

I bought some last year but can't remember where I bought them from in
Manchester! doh! It was in Salford I think somewhere.
Anyone know where I can get them?
thanks

Hi again, chums
I have a few small (50p) sized patches on my aluminium roof where the
paint has not stuff properly. I can easily chip the paint off, and the
metal underneath is very sound ... but what do I prime the patches

My red E-type has a very nice paint job, which is marred by a few
chips and a 50mm x 5mm scrape caused by a garage door.
I got a quote from a restoration paint shop, and because the chips are
distributed over half the panels, they wanted £1500 to fix the paint

how old does a car have to be to get 'free' vehicle tax - i've been told 20,
25 and 30 years and the DVLA website is pretty useless
any help appreciated
Alex

I need to do some corrosion prevention in two narrow spaces: where the
aluminium roof of my DS meets the steel bulkhead (bolted) and along a
spot welded seam on the bulkhead just below that. Can anyone suggest
suitable stuff for putting on/in these cracks to seal them and prevent

I have been offered a ford Capri 2.8i
the owner has told me its a Brooklyn.
its in lovely condition and would love to have it but he is asking £2500 for
it.

Just a quick question. I had a look at a car the other day, and though it's
a bit rough it's not all that bad overall.
However, the owner proudly told me he'd used that foam stuff in the box
sections. I'm fairly sure that's not a good thing, and time to walk away,

Not looking for a show winner.
Something that will look good enough when driven though, and keep going
with tinkering and fettling rather than spending days in the garage.
After having fun for a year with a Jap turbo 4x4 coupe, I've worked out

Spitfire 1500 (o/drive) gearbox strip down.
Got to the stage of removing rear mainshaft bearing from gearbox casing.
Haynes Manual states 'special extractor, but..........use of 2 screwdrivers
behind rear circlip to rear bearing, and tapping end of mainshaft with soft

Auto, Home and Marine Fastener Assortment Kits. Perfect for the garage,
trailer or shop.
We carry the following kits: Drill Bits, Sheet Metal Screws, Self
Drilling Screws, Drywall Screws, Deck Screws, Wood Screws, Machine

Now that I have found this excellent site
http://www.differentials.com/install.html I can rebuild one of my many
knackered BMC A-series diffs - except that suddenly I can't get the parts. I
only need the pinion shims and crush spacer, but Moss Europe has stopped