Waste of money?

In the last year, lots of people have suggested to me that I had wasted my money on the Beast. Well, to all of you doubters, it's a very useful way to dry groundsheets and caravan awnings.

The great tune up - my cock!

Hello all. No recent updates as it's fannied again. It's still the Rover part, nothing wrong with the Triumph bits at the moment. The engine has decided to play silly buggers again. Gary (rebuilding a TR7v8) popped over a couple of weekends ago to have a look at the positions of the water hoses on the engine. As he was there, and because he knows a bit about cars, I convinced him to have a "quick" look. 3 hours later, feck all difference - except that the new Facet fuel pump is in. When I say in, it's bodged in the engine bay with lots of jubilee clips and hose pipes rather than on the rear bulkhead where it belongs. I may just add a photo at some stage - if I can be arsed. Until then, here's the pump ...

Next stage then ... to finish off the under sealing. I did the passenger side. It looks quite good actually! Now with the car turned around (thanks to Gary and Simon!), I can get to the other side. As for the engine ... feck knows what to do. I don't think it will be on the road this summer. In fact, I have a nasty feeling that it will live in the garage for a decade before I sell it to Ed for the price of a curry. Cock!

Fiat Panda v Triumph TR8

Went into the garage over the weekend to put the seats in and fanny about with the chewed electrics. I thought I would just give it a test first, and listen to the burbling and popping for inspiration. Bastard!

If I hadn't just spent lots of dough on a Pajero, I would be making use of Coco's scrappage thing and doing this...