[John Tancredi]

Originally Posted by Mike_Brace

Thanks for all the kind comments. I must say at times I do find these a little difficult to write especially at the end of a day (often the only time available) and always worry I may miss a relevant bit of info or tip. The great thing though is that there are quite a few of you on here who have quite a lot of knowledge and I know I can rely on you do add to what I have written and so provide further help for those tackling these jobs for the first time.

Mike

Thanks muchly Mike... Have saved + will give to my mechanic as the old girl is due for a cambelt change quite soon.

I've actually been in the throws of deciding what to do about my fleet - seven cars now! - as Her Indoors is saying that I'm getting obsessed and going a bit over the top (is that bad?). So I offered my 240 to another local ex-UK 240 owner in case he would like it... Fortunately (for me) he came back saying he was short of space... so I GET TO KEEP MY 240 for a bit longer! The story now is that I should actually use it, rather than just look at it... which is what I tend to do with my classics... so I'll probably need to invest in a bit more catch-up maintenance before winter (is summer here now of course!)... but I'm really looking forward to getting it out there on road on a daily basis!

On a separate note, you mentioned recently about how few 240s are seen these days on the roads. Funnily enough I saw THREE 240s locally within the space of a few minutes just last night! Normally I can go for weeks without seeing any - there were never many in NZ anyway. Maybe people are finally (re)discovering them... Would be wonderful, eh!

All the best, John.