Wednesday, October 7, 2009

A Mark 4 with good manners.

Finally had a decent blast in this dear little thing. Here it is with its brand new number plates. That back plate, by the way is mounted on a very neatly done metal trapdoor for the spare wheel which hinges downwards in the same manner as the original doors probably would have done except that these doors are conventionally hinged and have exceptionally good catches operated by a spring loaded leather string in the door pockets a-la MGA.
It starts so easily on the turn of the key and idles nicely without even getting in. On the road it is so easy to drive and does everything perfectly, except perhaps, keep the rain off, but you just need to go a bit faster to solve that problem. That green one that ended up in Germany was like that. Wait 'til Jane reads this. After a short drive of Barry's at Eastertime she wanted one.

6 comments:

Colin said...

Green one in Germany is a bit more of a beast with its twin Webers and hot cam etc. When I checked it out 6 weeks ago was in great nick altho quite a bit longer in the nose than an original Mk 4. Had done the Targas in both Tassie and Sicily

Anonymous said...

The tyre hatch is a much more elegant solution to a hatch or a boot-lid, imagine a '7' with one of these - almost invisible (in a black tail) or maybe even a glass rear panel with floating taillights similar to a Maserati Ghibli.
Styling ideas are endless.
PeterG

Jane said...

Ok, you're right. I like it, and when can I have a go?

Colin said...

How bout some more pics John?

John L said...

The green one had a bog standard Datsun 1200 in it when I drove it. It seemed perfect and very quick in that form. Don't know about the nose but the chassis and body were quite a few inches longer, which, as you know is easy to do with them, so you could stretch your legs out a bit more, which is nice. Jane, you need to be in Australia to "have a go" at this one. Colin, I've got a nice new black Canon A480. It lives in my pocket. I'll get some more shots.

Colin said...

I emailed you a library of shots from PT Picassa after your fun the other day