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By johnm
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#1844341
There was a fashion for windscreen and headlamp visors for a time. That would have been a nice 1950s Morris but for the raised suspension two tone paint and white wall tyres. Not overly impressed by the positioning of the added flashers either!

@Foo Gee Did you ever actually buy a car??? :D
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By Rob P
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There's some work to do to bring it back to proper, but a set of tyres (can you still get crossply?) and some sympathetic paint is peanuts in the 'classic' car world.

In real life the suspension hadn't struck me as raised. I'll take a better look in the week (I walk past the garage virtually every day). I might even ask the price.

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By Foo Gee
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The car dilemma still exists but I do have a new addition having bought an old (28 years) Daihatsu Sportrak with the highest bid on ebay. This is our 'go to the tip' vehicle but it is in such incredibly good condition I feel almost guilty putting anything unclean in the back.

I can't believe what a brilliant buy it has been although the price of these kind of vehicles just seem to be ridiculous. Thankfully, I found one which didn't seem to have much interest in it and paid less than half what one went for the previous weekend.

Back to the real dilemma, though. The Boxster idea got knocked on the head. My local garage won't touch it and I've been taking my vehicles to them for many years and have total trust in their honesty and their abilities.

They suggested a Honda S2000 but they are just getting a touch too old and seem to be priced the same as a Boxster.

I did start looking at either a Nissan 350Z or 370Z but the annual car tax looked a bit steep for my short arms and deep pockets.

Latest thoughts are for a Z4 2.5 litre or another, but newer. TT.

I'll still have to live with the 'hairdresser' barbs when I go to the garage but ça va!
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By Rob P
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Having your garage dictate your choice of vehicle strikes me as bizarre.

Routine servicing on my 996 was always done at a Porsche specialist anyway to keep the service history looking proper. There are good independent specialists dotted around the country. I used one in Great Dunmow.

My local bloke happily did all the rest, not that there was much for him to do, it was amazingly reliable and untroubled.

The Nissan just isn't in the same league I'm afraid

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By Foo Gee
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Dilemma now solved.

I rejected the Boxster on the grounds of servicing ease. It's more because my local garage is run by friends who I trust totally. Yes, I could go to another garage and get good service but the hassle factor just (for me) wouldn't be worth it.

I got very interested in some Z4s and was almost tempted but then I saw an ad on ebay.

Yesterday we got up at 5.30 and took a train, tube, train and the bus (engineering works) to go and pick up the car. We then set off home and drove for three hours dry and then 30 minutes wet in my lovely new (to me) 1967 Volvo Amazon. It is in fantastic condition and drives like a dream. Okay, not like a modern car but still has some guts and keeps up with most traffic without huge effort.

It was fully restored in 2008 and it hasn't got a mark on it. I will use it as my daily transport when dry and not icy or salty and keep it safely in the garage when those conditions prevail.

Yesterday, reading through the folder of information that came with it I suddenly realised I am now actually not an owner but a guardian for this beautiful car.
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By Foo Gee
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I'm struggling to find a company in the south (Hampshire would be good) that specialises in fitting windscreens to classic cars. The big national companies just won't have the skills required to fit a screen on my Volvo Amazon and I have tried searching to no avail.

Any suggestions based on experience would be very gratefully received.
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By Rob P
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Assuming yours isn't a belated April Fool post, what is the difference between fitting a windscreen on a classic car and any other windscreen?

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By PeteSpencer
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Parts availability:

When my elderly,now dear departed, Wolwo needed a headlamp cluster it was a special order from Sweden: took four weeks. :shock:
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By nallen
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Rob P wrote:Assuming yours isn't a belated April Fool post, what is the difference between fitting a windscreen on a classic car and any other windscreen?


Have windscreen fitters perhaps forgotten how to fit screens that wedge into rubber mouldings (using flat blades and cord to fit), and only know how to bond modern ones in place?
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By Rob P
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@nallen

That makes sense.

I had forgotten that procedure. I am guessing an Amazon specialist would be the place to start? Oddly there's two in Suffolk which doesn't actually qualify as 'near Hampshire'.

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By Rob P
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CloudHound wrote:Lots of Fantasy Garage fodder.

The Bentleys look the pick of that bunch.

Rob P