THIS WEEK IN OUR FLEET...

2020-08-26 - DAVID SIMISTER EDITOR

❚ 1977 RELIANT Scimitar GTE

Back from the MoT testing station, but with a small to-do list rather than the 12 month ticket I’d been hoping for. Still, it’s better to be safe than sorry…

JAMES SADLIER MANAGING EDITOR

❚ 1999 PEUGEOT 406 Coupé Pondering whether it needs to be joined by another Ford Puma at the Sadlier household. I loved my old 1.4, but it’s time to snap up a 1.7.

MIKE LE CAPLAIN PRODUCTION EDITOR

❚ 2001 MGF 1.8i

Two-week holiday meant that it didn’t move for nearly three weeks, so I was expecting the battery to be flat. But no – it fired first time of asking. Result!

JON BURGESS NEWS EDITOR

❚ 1966 VOLVO 121

Still working through the list of various niggles preventing it being used on a more regular basis, but it’s now been joined on the fleet by another old Volvo. More on that in a future issue...

CHARLIE CALDERWOOD STAFF WRITER

❚ 2000 PEUGEOT 306 1.8 16v

I’ve had need to put some proper miles on the 306 for the first time this week and it did well. Faulty air-con is a bit of a chore, though…

CHRIS HOPE FEATURES EDITOR

❚ 1980 TRIUMPH TR7 FHC

Cooking up plans for some proper drives in it. I would have been getting it ready for a trip to Goodwood for the Revival about now, but then it hasn’t been a normal year, has it?

RICHARD GUNN SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR

❚ 1996 SAAB 900S convertible

Took it to Bournemouth to see family so its al fresco qualities could be truly appreciated by the seaside. It rained each and every day…

NICK LARKIN EDITOR-AT-LARGE

❚ 2003 MG ZR

MG’s inoperative heater dials have now been replaced so no more enforced hot air in the cabin during heatwaves – oh, the relief!

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

Steve Berry 1970 Reliant Scimitar.

Richard Kilpatrick 1992 Jaguar XJS.

John Lakey 1984 Opel Monza.

Nick Larkin 1960 Austin A55.

Alex Riley 1981 Triumph TR7 Conv.