retro, classic and cool cars braving the heat
Yes, finally time to get the ’35 Zundapp KK200 running. After all, having had Zundapp added to the RTA database for the Bellas it should be easy to register the … Continue Reading ’35 Zundapp – Time to get it running.
The 1935 Buick Series 40 was coming along a treat, suspension and steering sorted, engine was already ‘updated’ albeit to a throttled 200ci inline six, so nothing extreme. Wheels done, … Continue Reading ’34 Chevrolet Master
Long story short, we bought a house in Ireland, a house with a bit of land and a barn/shed a little bigger than the house. A nice well-built, waterproof bard, … Continue Reading Little grey Fergie
When I was a kid, I’d often walk past the train station in Bedford, I must have been about 14-15 at the time, so mid 80’s, I always remember seeing … Continue Reading ’69 Lotus Europa S2
Following a successful trip through Oman in the ‘vert; a Herbie; and a Porsche 914, Ian, Howard and I started planning our next jaunt. It just so happened that Ian … Continue Reading ’35 Buick Series 40
EBella I’m writing these overdue updates on a plane and can’t access the site to see where I got to, so let’s just say I made the Bella electric… bought … Continue Reading Boosted eBella
Jensen – argh the frustration – it spent much of the summer at AAA dialing out all the niggles. The steering is sorted, electrical gremlins have been eradicated. All the … Continue Reading Jensen Interceptor SRT8
Zundapp Bella R204. It was a passing comment from Majella one day, when she reminded me that I bought the original Bella some 7 or 8 years ago so that … Continue Reading ’56 Zundapp Bella R204
I think I mentioned previously that I never really got on with the colour scheme on the Katana – the Rizla look and paint was great, but the yellow frame … Continue Reading Katana reborn
The Hayabusa or should I say Yoshimura X-1. Imagine my surprise, scrolling through Emirates Auction site one day and I see a Hayabusa listed, but the photo jarred. It clearly … Continue Reading Yoshimura X-1
One that came as stayed was a ’92 Lotus Esprit SE High Wing. Neglected for too many years in Garhoud, the car finally came up for same and I snapped … Continue Reading Lotus Esprit SE High wing
The ‘vert. Well, we’ve seen some adventures – a trip down the Oman coast from Sohar to Salalah being the highlight, but that’s worthy of a story in itself. Right … Continue Reading A new look for the ‘vert
The 356 – I sold, regrets, probably, but none I’m ready to embrace yet. It wasn’t really being used so I decided to let it go. To a good home … Continue Reading Goodbye to the 356
As summer creeps in, we’ve managed to squeeze in a couple of meet-ups with some pretty cool air-cooled friends
The problem when you don’t do an update in eight months is that you forget all that has happened, or worse, you finish the project and haven’t told anyone – … Continue Reading Huge progress on the ’66 ‘vert
Retro Rides Dubai 