Good job I didn't wax the flippin thing, the drive there turned into a bit of an adventure. I had my first ever classic car breakdown where you end up at the side of the road with steam coming out of the bonnet. Only had to do about 10 miles on the A1 but the landy decided it only wanted to do about 8! Either there were some very slow cars on the road or my speedo is a bit dodgy but I overtook several cars even though I didn't think I was thrashing it. However, while alongside the last car it became very obvious that I had steam coming out bonnet so I had to get past quick and drive down the next exit. Pulled up after the slip road and could see rusty water spewing out onto the wing. Opened bonnet to find I'd blown one of the heater hoses (my fault, I knew it was perished but was waiting for a new heater tap before I replaced it) so I left it running to cool down and then gently drove the last couple of miles to the show.
Luckily, one of the stands at the show had some suitable hose so I replaced the busted one, topped up with water and set off for home. However, a mile down the road and I resembled a mobile steam sauna again. Pulled up and found that the other heater hose had blow. I fixed this by looping the new bit of hose round to bypass the heater and then drove home to find how cold a landy can be, especially went the vent flap seal in knackered and the cold air blasts onto your hands on the steering wheel.
So the cost of driving a round trip of 20 miles was; **** loads of fuel, 2 blown hoses, water, antifreeze, a side light bulb, a dashboard bulb and all my credability. Still, it was all a lot of fun!
Oh, and to the bastad who drove past in the defender when I was broke down pretending not to see me, hope you can't get up any hills (it was red).
Here's a few piccies so you can pretent to be at the show;