Drive Classic Cars - Cambridge
Member of The Historic & Classic-car Hirers Guild.
January 2026
Just before Christmas we met up with Bobby from Bobby Talks Car for the filming of a review of our Mustang. The review went live on 12 January.
February 2026
Here is a quick update on our MGB GT. It had reached the stage where rust was bubbling up in all the usual MGB places, including front and rear wing seams and around the headlights. The car went into the bodyshop for a bit of a tidy up. This resulted in new metal being let in in various areas followed by painting.
The repairs were such that both front wings needed painting, as did both doors and both rear wings.
The point was reached where so little of the car had been untouched that it was more sensible to repaint everything and in doing so eliminate the patchwork of different shades of Teal Blue.
And so the mission creep began. Painting the entire shell made the bumpers look scruffy so new stainless steel ones have been acquired.
The opportunity has been taken to change the seats for better ones that are not damaged. This has shown up the carpet resulting in the purchase of a Newton Commercial, ultimate carpet set. Since this required removal of the seatbelts these will now be changed.
Oh dear. That makes the dashboard look like it is letting the side down. The answer is to replace the veneer with new in Burr Walnut.
When all this is finished the car is going to have been transformed.
22March 2026
The Sheene Mill Wedding Venue Open Day took place today. We had some games and golf holes outside, in the garden and cars out front. This resulted in a static display booking for our Armstrong Siddeley wedding car for one day this summer.
26 March 2026
After a short wait the MGF has arrived with us. It was up at the MG Owners Club workshop at Swavesey when we first viewed it, where it was being serviced and MOT'd. With the work done we met Gary, the seller, who was dropping off his other Trophy 160 for similar attention.
Having sorted the paperwork it was roof down for the trip back to base. Lovely.
1 April 2026
We took advantage of a dry and fine April Fools Day to give Idris his first decent run of the year. We stopped in Wroxham for a quick picture before swinging into the outskirts on Norwich to pick up a golf club for one of our garden games.
Idris had clocked up just over 175 miles by the time we arrived back at home. It was a very enjoyable way to spend the day, as well as a reassuring way to blow the winter cobwebs away before the hire season gets under way.
