The Bluebird Project

klingon wrote:Wow! thats cool!-want want gimme gimme!

From a rebuild that car went to Switzerland then Holland and home with minimal problems considering the mileage and work involved in the restoration. Sound familiar?

I'm no expert but I thought the Interceptor rand from 1966–76, just ten years and about 6,000 produced? I know Ginger Baker loved them, and tried to drive one across a desert once, but it couldn't do it, so he left it there! Quite right about the Interceptor production although the company carried ...

@ Wallis-no wish it was!-just a stock photo,mine was a lot rustier than that!-think I paid somewhere in the region of £300 pounds for it so you can guess how long ago that was-swapped it for a series 1 e type roadster-sigh! :cry: I'm sure the CV8 in the stock photo you happened to choose belongs to...

In no particular order and by no means an exhaustive list, an AC Ace, 4.5 Litre Bentley, Aston Martin DB2, Aston Martin DB3, Jaguar XK 120, Jaguar XK 150, Mercedes SL, MK1 Jaguar, Radford Mini Cooper, Aston Martin DB4 GT, Jaguar E-Type 4.2, Morris 1000 Traveller. I'm not aware of the Jensen, if he ...

I know Donald Campbell had a series 1 E-Type at the time of his demise but can anyone shed light on his previous cars? I believe he once owned a Jensen Interceptor.

jonwrightk7 wrote:i hear the short sighted circumcisor has got the sack

At least the Tax on his tips won't be so bad this year. (I'll get me coat...)

Based on a conversation I had sometime ago with a warbird operator the pilot may not be insured to make an impromptu guest appearance whilst on their way to another show or out on a test flight. Whatever happened to the good old days before insurance companies ruled our lives?

bluebirdsback wrote:Just looked out of my back window and was amazed to see the Vulcan doing a low level pass over my shed.

Is the roof felt scorched? Great start to the day though.

Thanks for the welcome aboard Bill. I'm plugging away at the diary archive but it's dragging me away from working on a regular basis, once I catch up with the diary there's only the forum posts and links to do and I'll feel up to speed! I had built up an impression from the Sky News documetary that ...