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Had a great day in the week. My Celica was involved in a photo shoot for the Classic & Sports Car magazine, taking Malcolm’s place I must add, mine and a Mk2 Capri and a Vauxhall Firenza were there. Many pictures were taken including a lot of driving shots which I think will make great pictures. Simon Hucknall who organised it drove each car which was strange for me as I’m the only one who’s ever driven it apart from the mot tester. Apparently it will be in the September edition, so looking forward to that. Nice that my car has been getting some recognition lately. Hopefully all good for the club. IMG_1965.mov IMG_1966.mov

Cooling down under the cherry trees at Prescott Hill Climb.

I used this chap for my gen6 ECU repair, £75 - took around a week from posting it out to getting it back https://www.johnmears.co.uk/ecu.htm

Well done mate , your car is becoming a bit of a magazine star recently ! Look forward to getting a copy when its out I didnt know you used to have a Capri , got any pics of it ?

Yes I checked the MOT history before I went to view the car and asked the seller about that. He thought that tester was being very over zealous and had taken some videos of the underside and it looked fine. I've also had a look since and I didn't see anything obvious. I also trust the garage I use and specifically asked them and they have no concerns either. Of course it is something I'll keep a close eye on anyway but I'm happy enough that any corrosion if present is very minor. It also highlights just how subjective elements of the MOT test are. One tester sees fit to note something. Another says something is so minor they don't see the need to mention it even as a observatory note.

Cheers bob 👍🏻

Well done Phil 👏🏻👏🏻

Of course the happiness could change however... Took my new toy in for its MOT and whilst it's failed it's only in emissions which were a little over, the VSC warning light which definitely wasn't on until the test and a headlight. The chap at the garage (who I know pretty well - decent bloke) said overall the car is a good 'un and with a bit of fettling he's convinced he'll get it through on a re-test. Assuming he does and that it only costs me an oil and plug change I'll be delighted. No obvious corrosion or anything else fundamentally a serious problem so fingers crossed Ginny is back on the road in the next day or two.

If lambda is spot on then high CO is likely to be cat itself or an exhaust blow on the engine side of the cars lambda sensor. It can also be imbalence between cylinders caused by injector issues or air leak in one of the intake runners but that's less likely. With unknown history and if there's no obvious exhaust blow I would start with cat.

As the car is new to me and the boy we're not going to do a great deal to it over the summer. Get the paint as good as we can, wrap the spoiler and scoop. He's 12 and brought up on GTA and Forza etc so he wants to fit under-glow - not my thing but it's his car! And then just enjoy the car. Take it to a few shows and drives at the weekends and stuff. Then over winter we'll take the bonnet off and respray it, put some form of anti-corrosion treatment on the underside, the rear discs and pads may well need doing but then etc

Sly' probably didn't mean they would reuse it on another car, but they might be tempted to sell it for the scrap value which used to be around £200.

The difference between the most zealous tester and a reasonable one can be enormous! Some will create an advisory out of surface rust on heavy-section metal which would be good for another decade... or two.

The Girls together Hetty ready for France and passing Dijon as heading to stay that way and Roxy sporting her new rear Curren Spats and ready for anything at a drop of a hat

Just watched that an I must say my room got very dusty at the reveal. Didn't realise the car lives in the best city in the world nor that Tim hails from here. I did know about Mike Brewer's dealership as I drive past it every day. My (ex) brother in law bought a car from his previous showroom across best Bramall Lane too. Great episode and the end result was a spectacular looking car. I'll have to keep an eye out for it round town. Well done to everyone involved from on here

It is mentioned on the previous mot, so keep an eye on it. Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Nearside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Offside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))

As @Bumblebee said they are a pain, I doubt you'll snap them but they will no doubt be stuck in the metal sleeve. my advice is to drop the whole lot and change the bolts and bushes. Also make sure you soak the ARB bolts. The easiest bolt to shear on gen 7s. Your more than welcome to look at my build thread. Has loads of gen on a rear subframe swap. Double check but here's your part numbers for the toe and camber bolts you need .

Thanks mate appreciate all the info. Knew it would be a pain to get them out. Will pick up some new camber, toe bolts, rear arb and poly bushes on stock geometry and see how that goes.

All rare cars,nice to see them together.Yours sits nicely on the slot alloys . MK2 Capri's are pretty thin on the ground,I probably see a fair amount of MK1's and especially Mk3's at shows but MK2's not at all.I've never been a big Vauxhall fan generally,but the Firenza has good lines on it and the 'droop snoot' front end is pretty iconic.I had a neighbour years back with a Vauxhall Magnum 2300.It was finished in a metallic type green with a black vinyl roof,and sort of Rostyle-type wheels and always thought it looked pretty cool,aggressive looking double headlight front end and a dash with many gauges,battery status,all sorts.Coming from a world of base Escorts back then with no extras,a dash like that was pretty wicked.My friends sister had a Viva 1300S in a copper-ish colour with a cream vinyl roof and a similar dash.Was horribly unreliable but had the double headlight arrangement and the dash looked smart .Still remember the plate,RDY 970S. Long gone now probably.

Those camber bolts are for the front not rear, not sure if you realised that. To change out the rear camber bolts and toe bolts il warn you now. It can be a pig of a job. Worst case bolts will need cutting if they are stuck in the bushes. Bushes will need replacing. You'll need a good day to do it on your own on the drive. Quicker to have the bushes burnt out at a local garage and have them press new bushes in if you don't have the gear. Plenty of copper grease on the bolts when you bolt it back up Also check the rear subframe around the camber arms mountings. They corroded badly

We were at a car meet at Cotswold Airport recently. Grabbed the opportunity in front of the 747 while we could!

The cut scene has been posted on FB and YouTube today