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Scooter Rebuild Part 1

ITALIAN EXOTICA has a habit of attracting hefty price tags and we’re not just talking about the four-wheeled, prancing horse badged variety. Classic Italian scooters have a huge following, and within...

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Project Landcrab II

ORIGINALLY, THE plan for the Landcrab involved turning the Limeflower lovely into a rally-replica – but plans have a habit of getting distracted and horribly veering off course. The first bone of...

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Morris Marina Pt1

AT DEP-O we know one answer to my opening question and Adrian clearly has one but for some people, the appeal of the Morris Marina completely alludes them… “Why a Marina? Everyone asks that,” says...

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Project Landcrab: The Story So Far…

Devoted Dep-O-istes, with very good memories, may very well recall that once upon a time we were covering ‘Mad’ Mark Swingler’s Landcrab project. Well, after – er, ahem months – we have been able to...

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Landcrab Goes Green

’Snot bad is it? Sorry, I mean, it’s not bad is it? Very possibly, this could be one of the first fresh coats of Limeflower to grace a fine Austin motor car since the glory days of British Leyland. And...

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Driven By Guilt

AFTER A GOOD dose of old carness at Race Retro and hearing about how much progress Gez has made with the Landcrab, I took a long hard look in the mirror. Plan A – to replace the daily hack cum...

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Project Landcrab: We Can Rebuild You

GETTING MAD Mark to paint the Austin 1800 its rightful Limeflower, was a bit like blowing up a rubber johnny. There was a lot of huffing and puffing, with no initial sign of progress, but now all of a...

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Our Cars: SC’s MG Midget

A day of fevered spannering and finally the Little Red Bugger is running sweetly. Put this nugget of info together with the above photo and well, all’s well that ends well – surely…? No. I can’t be...

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Cash Plus Classic Show Multiplied by Old Car Nut Equals…?

So here I am, it’s a damp Friday afternoon and I’m home from work early. The house is freezing cold as the heating hasn’t come on yet and I’m sitting in the front room with the telly off. Every noise...

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Our Cars: GH’s Prinz Lives Again!

Just look at the happy facial expression! Original link: Our Cars: GH’s Prinz Lives Again! - Dep-O Magazine - Motoring mag for old, retro and classic cars

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Our Cars: CS’s old Metro GTa at Goodwood

An oldie from the Dep-O attic – Christian going hell-for-leather around a wet Goodwood Motor Circuit in an A-series Rover Metro GTa – filmed at a Charity Track Day over five years ago! Doesn’t time...

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Our Cars: Down Under SC’s Midget

When I tell people that I’ve spent days – now getting on for weeks – painting a Midget’s bottom, you quickly realise who knows about old cars and who does not… Lurking in the dark and filth beneath my...

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Keeping The Landcrab Regular

I don’t think I’m alone in having those idle thoughts – usually when you’re stuck in traffic on the way to somewhere important — about using your classic as an everyday motor. Sacrificing a little of a...

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Bodger’s Guide to Repairing Clearcoat Car Paint

We take our usual on the cheap approach to repairing clearcoat car paint which has fallen prey to the dreaded lacquer peel. You’ve all seen cars where the clearcoat has started to crumble away – or in...

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MX-5 Miata Thermostat Housing Fix

We take our usual on-the-cheap, bodge it and scarper approach to the common Mazda MX-5 (Miata, Eunos Roadster) failure point – the thermostat housing. Or more specifically, the bypass houses which run...

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Mini Victories

Regular readers will know that we have a few cars tucked away in the mighty shed, and we spend a lot of time ‘cherishing’ them. When I say cherish, I mean carrying out distress repairs when something...

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A Mini History

After posting ‘Mini Victories’, a few people dropped us a line wondering what exactly is the car we’ve been working on the shed. So here’s the answer – it’s a Downton GT 2+2 De Luxe. The resemblance to...

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Our Cars: Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000

During my still unaccomplished mission to replace the daily modern, I may have pointlessly burnt off petrol by the gallon, but I have been reminded of one valuable lesson. In their classifieds, vendors...

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Alfetta 2000 bids goodbye to tractor soundtrack

I can understand why people think I’m mad buying an old Alfetta 2000, but then I jumped in with both eyes wide open. Put simply, the one reason I took the plunge was not what I knew, but who – and in...

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Replacing Alfetta Rear Wheel Bearing

Replacing an Alfa Romeo Alfetta rear wheel bearing is one of those jobs with a grizzly reputation. So when one of mine came up as an MoT advisory, I had a word with Alfa specialist Les Dufty at...

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