That wasn't meant to happen...
Posted 3rd November 2009 at 22:17 by Jonathan
I thought it had been sounding a bit throaty lately. Mid-overtake it happened. ROARRR chink… chink… Oh bugger! That’s what too much use of the loud pedal does to an old car, or the very, very deafeningly LOUD pedal as it had now become. Turned out my MG had spat its new exhaust centre section clean out of the downpipe. I managed to tie it to the gear selector rod with an old bit of wire I had stashed in the boot for just such an occasion leaving only the first four gears selectable for the last couple of miles home, so no real harm has been done.
I must admit I’d taken pity on the Maestro having not driven it since its fleeting visit to North Yorkshire in August. The tax is up soon and by mid-October opportunities to take classics out in the dry are few and far between, so that’s it now. It can stay in the garage until I’ve put aside yet more money for fixing broken BL cars. It has to be said though, D428 has excelled itself this summer. It’s almost the car it should always have been.
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Well, at least that sill looks tidy!Posted 16th November 2009 at 07:50 by matthewsemple 
