Bring me back an AZ-1 or Pao, please and thank you 🫶

…carburettor set up properly. Melody may look most of her thirty-eight years, but she certainly doesn’t feel it. A well-tuned Metro 1.3 is no slouch, and handling as it should, they’re such a laugh. (4/4)

Come the summer, however, the gearbox was suffering, so the engine came out for a fresh coat of paint, a rebuilt ‘box, a new oil pump, mounts, exhaust, and rocker cover. Finally, we installed a new steering rack, refreshed the headlamps, had the Hydragas suspension revitalised, and the… (3/4)

Over winter, we replaced the alternator, wheel bearings, front brakes, ball joints, and gave the 1275cc A+ a damn good service. The tarnished pepperpots and incorrect tyres were irking me, so I bought some flashy gold minilites. (2/4)

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But with a longer wheelbase and 4” added to the width, the TC felt much more grown up, and the Coke-bottle styling? Well, just look at the thing. Magnificent. If you’d like to see the video, comment ‘CORTINA’ below. (3/3)

Long before Gene Hunt and Sam Tyler began stamping on toys, the 2000 GXL was perched atop the enlarged and now pan-European range, Ford’s new overhead cam Pinto engine matching double wishbone front and all-round coil spring suspension. (2/3)

European road trip car sorted 😎

The sum of every ideal.
Happy birthday!

From Beetle to Golf: How Volkswagen Changed in the 1970s
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I was eyeing up nicking the tape deck
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From Beetle to Golf: How Volkswagen Changed in the 1970s
youtu.be/l0cLqkdvZDw