Quite a few people have taken me to task for my tardiness in updating the blog- I can promise you I have not been idle but I never get round to writing an update.
In the last few months I have been trying to use the Morris as much as possible and have been attending classic car shows so that I can shake my Help for Heroes tin and get some more sponsorship.
A few weeks ago I attended a show at Henwick fields in Thatcham. It was a fantastic little event and as ever the public were very interested in our little trip and extremely generous with advice and sponsorship.
On the way back from this event the car started to misbehave quite badly. She had been misfiring a bit for some time and despite checking all the leads etc. I could not find anything wrong.
On the 2 mile journey back from the show it got very touch and go with her lurching around and making the most disconcerting noises!
Fortunately quite recently I had read of a similar fault in Classic and Sports Car Magazine and the writer of that particular article (who also lives in Thatcham) got some good advice from the Thatcham Mini Centre and CJR.
I gave them a quick call and they confidently and correctly diagnosed it as a condenser fault. They told me it was an easy job and agreed to pop round and collect the car whilst also giving it the once over prior to the trip.
The car had one last hissy fit to throw- involving three enormous backfires and my close being filled with smoke- before the guys replaced the condenser and points and showed me what to do next time.
Best of all they generously only charged me for the parts (£10) so my 1960s car got fixed at 1960s prices!
Once the car was running again it allowed Lynn and I to partake in another piece of nonsense- taking some picture of us and the car in our 60s gear.
The plan is to use these with the local press release so not only readers of the blog can see me looking like a complete ass but so can the entire population of Newbury.
I have another show next week at Newbury race course and suggested to Lynn that we should do it in the outfits- she wasn’t keen but I will try and win her around because I really like the sensation of having hair again!
It’s less than a month before we set up so I promise I will do more updates- hopefully the local press will drive more interest and we will hit £2k before we leave!
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