Just to be the first today for the snow pick.. Here we are arriving at my house (me and the 71 Van). Only 5 months after purchase! It was a nice sunny day when we set off from Hereford in June.
Top tip: fitting an A-frame during a brief blizzard is not for the feint hearted! I must be getting old, as I went to warm up and waited for the snow to stop before fitting the lighting board.<br><br>
In the time it took to get 1 mile from my ex-works to the house the snow froze solid onto the windscreen, but that didn't stop the enthusiasm of driving up the drive!
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It's so nice to drive the Minors again - even for a short distance after clearing ice and snow from the screen with my bare fingers.
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
i know all about the snow i got my saab stuck in a snow drift at 430 this morning ,walked home got dad outof bed then got my tractor and pulled the car out and went to work the long way
Scraped 6 in of snow off her this morn, fired up straight away and did 20 miles without a hitch........ pulled away in 2nd....lovely.... although the black ice on the way home this eve was a little more unpredictable
Life is too short to own only one Minor
Gulliver 1969 Traveller, Green Machine 1967 2 door, Roxy 1967 4 door, Delilah 1960 convertible, Pheonix 1958 4 door, Francis 1953 4 door, Marilyn 1949 lowlight (1970 pick up & 1971 van both awaiting restoration)
Ondergard wrote:
Blimey! Was that recently? How did you get that back on the road?
No, it was about 15 years ago and a passing lorry with a HIAB turned it back on its wheels for us!
It straightened out pretty well and i drove it for a couple of years afterwards before taking it off the road! <br><br>
Whiteabbey living up to its name!!!!
I just arrived home from nightshiftand thought I would take a pic of this.<br><br><br><br><br><br>
Its started snowing again and the green ones already turning white!
DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:Whiteabbey living up to its name!!!!
I just arrived home from nightshiftand thought I would take a pic of this.<br><br><br><br><br><br>
Its started snowing again and the green ones already turning white!
Whiteabbey! I've stayed there, back in the late 1970's, when I was Assistant Leader of a Methodist Youth Club from north east London. A very weird experience to go to church on Sunday, and find it packed out, including young people, then come out on the the chapel steps after the service and watch hundreds of people pouring out of churches up and down the street.
Lovely people, though - even the folk from Rathcoole!!
Went to girlfriends in her car to pck up mine that had been there for the weekend, started straight away but couldn't get mine out the car park and no one around to push her so had to nab girlfriends Mazda to get home, least it has a heater that works but no fun to drive.
Will have to rescue Ezmerelda tommorow I hope !! anyways girlfriend will want hers back (wish I could steal the heater without her noticing )
DAVIDMCCULLOUGH,
Lovely pics -I was hoping for a few more of those - The crashed Minors might scare people!
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
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