THIS WEEK IN OUR FLEET...

2020-02-26 -

DAVID SIMISTER EDITOR

❚ 1977 RELIANT Scimitar GTE Following up some tips from Scimitarsavvy readers after its last Our Classics spot about the best places to fettle the GTE before its next big outing.

JAMES SADLIER MANAGING EDITOR

❚ 2003 PEUGEOT 406 Coupé

I’m no longer Two-Pugs Sadlier! The 2.2-litre turbodiesel has finally headed off for pastures new. Attention now firmly focused on the V6 instead...

MIKE LE CAPLAIN PRODUCTION EDITOR

❚ 1997 JAGUAR XJ6 3.2 Sport

Just got back from a week off from CCW, which included visiting family 150 miles away. Wish I’d taken the Jag because it’s such a capable cruiser.

JON BURGESS NEWS EDITOR

❚ 1994 JEEP Cherokee Limited Depressed that three separate parts factors had no spare relays, a bodged MGB overdrive switch now flicks the dipped beam on and off.

CHARLIE CALDERWOOD STAFF WRITER

❚ 1999 BMW 318Ti

Stuck in a Catch 22 as the worse the weather gets, the more the interior needs a clean – but the less inclined I am to do it. Poor BMW.

CHRIS HOPE FEATURES EDITOR

❚ 1980 TRIUMPH TR7 FHC

Rain contiunues to spoil play. The chances of me getting the TR7 out for a decent run in February are disappearing fast...

RICHARD GUNN SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR

❚ 1993 FIAT Panda 1.1 Selecta The Panda has been deposited for an MoT. Will it pass? Or, more likely, will it need too much work? Fingers crossed...

NICK LARKIN EDITOR-AT-LARGE

❚ 1989 AUSTIN Maestro

Maestro is being paraded before a couple of welders for quotes before a hoped for return to the road as part of a major fleet sort-out.

❚ ALSO ON THE FLEET David Brown 1999 Rover 200 BRM.