Silverstone Classic Weekend

Wow, hasn't Silverstone changed !

We went to the Silverstone Classic last Saturday in two of our frogeyes and had a cracking time.

The circuit has improved on so many levels since last year: Better entry arrangements, new pit facilities taking shape, more grandstands, the Wellington Straight back as part of the new Grand Prix cicuit, to name just a few.

It was great to catch up with some fellow Midget & Sprite Club members, including Gary Lazarus the editor of the club magazine 'Mascot'.

A real shame there were no 1958 frogeyes there (based on windscreen type) - we'll have to do something about that in a year or two!

Lots of classic racers giving their all on the track, what more could you want ??????

Another Day, Another Classic

Today we have a Triumph Herald in the workshop that has not been used for a while. As a result of sitting in the garage, the customer knew the clutch was seized becuase the peddle wouldn't go down. The customer got the RAC out to free it off but when we went to collect it to take it to the workshop, we found that the brakes were seized as well. Managed to get the brakes released and working again to make the short journey to the workshop. This Herald hasn't been used for a while so will need some work to be able to get it through an MOT. Hope to be able to look it over in the next day or so and talk the customer through what needs to be done. It's lovely to see people able to use their classic cars.

Another day brightened up for people!

It always surprises me how few classic cars are actually out on the road. It was brought home when we took an MG TC and a frogeye sprite for their MoTs today. We usually get people doing a double take with just the one, two together almost had people walking into lamp posts etc before lots of waving and smiling.

Arrival at the MoT station almost caused work to completely stop at the adjoining units - our cars were far more interesting than the Mercs, Porsches and BMWs they were working on!

What more could you ask for sunshine, classic cars and smiling faces!

Tea - Mechanics must be healthy

I read an article today which said that drinking six cups of tea a day reduced the risk of heart disease by a third. Tea is the cup of choice for us at Radlett Classic Cars as well as most other mechanics and tea breaks are frequent in garages. Although I think this is generally because the tea goes cold before you actually get a chance to drink it. The caveat in the survey was that it was undertaken in Holland and they don't have much milk with their tea, therefore there is some discussion as to whether the British tea will reduce the heart disease risk or not. In the meantime I will continue to have my cups of tea with the occasional chocolate digestive......just in case there is some benefit!