Recent content by glloyd

I plan to drop in Frank, but I'm not competing.

To be perfectly honest..... it was so long ago I can't remember! They obviously don't have the field of vision that we're used to on modern cars, but they are useful. They do need to be adjusted correctly, and I think these have slightly convex lenses.

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Built by myself in the SouthernGT factory, it sailed through IVA and was registered as a new car in 2008. It took me 4 years to complete. Built as close as possible to a sixties race car but is fully road legal, and great fun on the road with nearly 500BHP and weighing just over 1000kgs and a...

Absolutely! I've used them for years after struggling with noise. The peace of mind, knowing I am definitely going to pass noise testing, is priceless!

A point I like about the Weber look EFI v actual Webers, having run both, is that the carbs have to be choked down to work properly (on the road anyway) so your 48mm could actually be 10mm less, whereas the EFI doesn't need this, so WOT sees the full fat 48mm bore. I did a speed run at an RAF...

Because over here Pat, our very helpful IVA inspectors can decide that it fails due to something on the bodywork, maybe an edge not having a big enough radius (I kid you not) or, whatever is the flavour for that day. As you can imagine, if it's painted already, it is a little bit of a pain!

You could still aim for the carrots and bits of coal though Malc?

Loved the Sloc. That was my favourite section of the Manx classic. There are some very young looking people in those photos! ;)

The size of the anti-roll bar, it's miniscule! Coupled with the long lever arm, it wasn't doing much 'anti!' How times have changed.

That trip was bloody good fun Mike! A real hoot! Unrepeatable now since the hotel burned down! This is my video of the third day, compiled for me by a very sarcastic teenager!

Indeed, but not such a good raft! ;)

It was realise a dream day yesterday as Tammy presented me with an all time bucket list high of flying a Spitfire. Despite days of teeming rain we had blue skies and fluffy white clouds with hardly any wind. Absolutely perfect. As chief photographer, Tammy’s ride was a Harvard T6 of similar...

Lured by thoughts of “Goodwood on a sunny day” and the fact that obviously it would be a lovely day for the coronation….. we entered the BHMC sprint - to be met with lashing rain all day! I actually like driving in the wet, but this was something else. The line was dictated by driving around...

Are they not fire extinguisher lines?