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I do have a habit of disappearing from here for a while, must do better! Update time: Brakes are finished and fully functional. Next task was the fuel which includes a gallon or two of leaded petrol from 1985. I drained the tank and removed it from the car. The petrol was all still very liquid...

It was a real treat to see it in our rear view mirror.

We were followed yesterday through North Petherton on the A38 (heading south), in Somerset by a very nice Commer Karrier in cream. Is it known to anyone on here? I was thinking of Colinthefox as it is his neck of the woods.

That's a bit too close to home for comfort!

I've been out of the loop for a while and missed the reveal; Wow! Harvey looks fantastic, both inside and out.

Ah, a phut phut bang! Have you noticed that at steam fairs all the steam engine owners and vintage car owners are talking to each other, admiring each others engines and visiting the beer tent. The phut phut bang owners spend their time sitting resolutely in isolation in a deckchair next to...

About time I gave an update. Before I start thinking about getting it to go, I thought I had better make sure it can stop, so I am gradually replacing the whole braking system, only to find that one or two elements are unique to this particular variant of the 17 which was in production for only...

He's been in touch to let me know the journey was fine and he is very pleased. He likes the originality and wishes to keep it that way. I did have one person who just wanted it for its engine as it's the earlier 1.6.

After 24 years of ownership Bertie has moved on to pastures new (well, Wolverhampton).

Someone stole my thesaurus. I can't describe how I feel, I'm just angry!

As I understand it the Rocket was without parallel, but with a little perseverance managed a novelty win. I couldn't fit cycloped.

Is that Rainhill where the railway trials were held?

Sounds a bit HubNut!

Very nice. Welcome to the world of doing things differently simply because!

Good luck with the sale. I think you could have posted a few more photos though!

Looking very nice, I like the signwritting motto on the doors.

After much searching, I managed to find the correct wheelnuts from a supplier in France for the Amil alloy wheels I refurbished . Not cheap at £82 for a set, but with new tyres fitted they are on the car. I can now start to refurbish the original Fergat steel wheels. It also has most of the...

Epic job

Looks superb. Cable ties can come in very useful. After a lot of swearing and skinned knuckles trying to attach some hog clips on a particularly inaccessible frame under my seats I reverted to cable ties which made the job much simpler. Lets see how long they last in use.

Thoroughly enjoyed that Paul, thank you.