They almost cme together! Though in fairness to my partner she drove her yesterday, with a huge grin on her face! The advantage of a girl brought up in't country! Should be a laugh come winter, over who gets the Focus and who gets Rita in the snow and ice? Fingers crossed my partner can even...

I'm slowly learning the driving quirks, I've had too many years driving souless modern vehicles, to be completely in the Series driving zone, but I'm getting there. Every time I drive her at the moment, I have such a huge grin on my face! I'm moving my partner in this week, so plenty of tip...

Thanks John, I'll try that.

Here are the pictures, I've found out why I lost the gears yesterday, the overdrive wasn't completely disengaged! You live and learn. I've been finding the odd bits of rust, so am slowly developing a list of things to do! I think I must be really quite lucky though, there are no oil leaks and...

She's home! It was love at first sight too! Dave the lovely guy who sold her to me for £1300, was dead helpful, no history but you could tell that she was well looked after. She's not pristine, but the chassis is Waxoiled and the engine has gone tonnes of torque. Thanks for the advice guys...

Hmmmmm, now wouldn't some music be nice, she does have a CD player installed and in fairness I'm not really expecting to be able to listen to it. Not unless the guy has installed Marshalls! God I'm getting so excited now, finally the car I've always wanted! 2 sleeps to go!

Thanks for the replies, some supportive, some not so, but all in good humour. I have 9 days off work from Saturday, I'm hoping to make it back by the following Sunday by the latest. She does look lovely, I will be checking fastidiously for Rust, especially near the under the skirt! Running...

Hi everyone, Well its been a long time coming but I've finally sold my souless modern vehicle and bought a Series III. She's a little white 88" with new seats and loads of beautiful character... Now here is the dangerous part, I've bought her blind, she does look lovley and the guy selling...