Heanor, Milton Keynes, Aspley Guise, Swanbourne…
First call of the week found us in Heanor, near Derby where it was great to meet Barry, who had got in touch last year to see if we could come over and carry out some work on his fab 2003 TF 135, in Solar Red (code CMU).
Both front wishbones replaced, both top ball joints replaced and a full cambelt service carried out for him and he’s all now set for the summer months. Big thanks to him and his lovely wife for the cuppas and cakes.
An early start on Thursday to head down to Milton Keynes for work on Peter’s 1996 MGF VVC, in Flame Red (code COF). He’d noticed some time ago that the nearside rear had sunk down quite substantially. So he opted to have all four of the spheres replaced. The sphere in question certainly had come to the end of its days! The car is now looking a whole lot better and back to its correct ride height for Peter to enjoy driving again.
From there we went over to Aspley Guise where it was lovely to see Phil and Liz again and their 2001 MGF 120, in Solar Red, that they’ve owned from new, it was also sitting a bit low, but only required a pump up. Thanks to Phil for the tray of tea and biscuits and a quick catch-up before we headed along to our digs. With an early finish I made the most of the fab weather and took myself off for a very long yomp around Lindford Lakes and the surrounding area, which made a nice change to discover somewhere new.
Following our stopover in Milton Keynes we headed along to Swanbourne this morning, where it was lovely to see Sue again and her 2003 TF 135, in Le Mans Green (code HFN) which was in need of a new head gasket. All carried out for Sue in time to enjoy the summer months ahead. Thanks to Sue for the teas, after a chat with her and her husband we headed home, with the obligatory stop-off for Jon on the way to Hotel Chocolat!
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