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Trip Report: BMC/BL Day, Peterborough, 2013

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
Swans on the Nene

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“Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away.” And so we reach the subject of the first ever Trip Report on this blog and I have to try and come up with interesting way of saying exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged British Leyland, Peterborough, show | 1 Reply

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Trip Report: Citroen Car Club National Meet

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
I can see why hard-core 2CVers get fed up with Red-and-White Dollys, turning up at shows and not putting in any effort!

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I’ve been living the full-on life of a British Leyland car owner in recent months, with the Land Rover and the Metro in regular service. Such a heady existence can only be carried on for so long, though- too much … Continue reading →

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What Is The Best Car Ever?

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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Strange as it may seem, I have now been chattering away on this little, cobwebbed corner of the internet on a (usually) weekly basis for an entire year. I’m going to do the standard-issue self-congratulatory ‘Review of the Year’ type … Continue reading →

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Five More Cars I Wouldn’t Mind Owning One Day #2

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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BMW E24 6-Series A throwback to the days when BMW was a respected but still slightly niche builder of thoroughly decent and respectable cars but without the awful veneer of pretentious Ultimate Driving Machine bollocks that pervades the brand these … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars I Wouldn't Mind Owning | Tagged BMW, Daimler, Datsun, Smart, Subaru | 3 Replies

Let’s Go For A Drive: Standard Twelve Coupe

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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If, like me, you find cars just as interesting as artefacts of their time than as things to drive around in in 2013, then the subject of this week’s road test is a doozy. For everyone else, may I suggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Let's Go For A Drive, Road Tests | Tagged Standard | Leave a reply

Modifications, MGs and Cowpats

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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Tonight’s blog subject may come a little out of the deep off-side, but I’m going to talk about the subject of modifications to classic cars. From the start, I’m going to say that I, personally, don’t go in for modification … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion Overload | Tagged Frontline, land rover, MG | Leave a reply

Further Thoughts On The MG3

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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This is the first post about MG Motor that I’ve done in a while. Partly this is because, with the MG6 diesel proving to be a predictably damp squib in terms of sales (making no difference at all to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Toss | Tagged MG, MG3 | 2 Replies

Five More Cars I Wouldn’t Mind Owning One Day

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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Humber Hawk If you like old American Iron but can’t face the prospect of actually driving a Chevrolet Bel Air through your average English market town, or of fuelling even a 4-litre ‘economy’ straight six model, then the default alternative … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars I Wouldn't Mind Owning | Tagged Daimler, Honda, Humber, Peugeot, Volvo | Leave a reply

Let’s Go For A Drive: Volkswagen Golf Mk2 GTI 8v

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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Well, well, what’s this? A road test of a Golf? And a sporty Golf, what’s more! I apologise to anyone who was holding out for a test of a brown Chrysler Sunbeam 928, but I assure you that normal service … Continue reading →

Posted in Let's Go For A Drive, Road Tests | Tagged Golf, GTI, Volkswagen | 2 Replies

Endangered or Orphaned?

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Balloon_Fish
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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for those of us interested in ‘crap’ old cars, because they made a rare appearance in the public eye that didn’t involve being cretinously mocked on Top Gear. Last week no less a … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion Overload | Tagged Austin, Ford, Vauxhall | 3 Replies

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