Big day for VYR7G

[tomtrout]

After 25 years without a tax disc my old 69 Vixen is now road legal. A pic of my car in the "waiting room".

The buzz of handing over my MOT cert at my local post office and receiving a free tax disc for the old girl was a great feeling. Those of you who have tackled a project like this will know the feeling and for those who haven't then I can only recommend giving it a go - it's been great fun- well most of the time at least!

[Hansoplast]

Congratulations Tomtrout.
Hope your work didn't last 25 years.

However restoring can be a lot of fun too.
And doesn't costs petrol.

Hans

[benters]

Top Work. . .my MG goes for its MOT tomorrow after a rebuild lasting a few years ! fingers crossed

[ATE399J]

Yup, l remember that big smile! Congratulations.
When l did mine it was still registered as PLG so the log book had to be sent away to be changed to "Historic". When it came back they'd changed it to "Disabled". Perhaps they were trying to tell me something...???

[bluezeeland]

Pukka, well done !

[Mr Tiger]

Well done on the MOT and restoration of course. Funnily enough I got mine taxed today too. This is the last time we will get a paper disc as I think they are being discontinued as of October.

Chris

[vixen1700]

Mr Tiger said:

This is the last time we will get a paper disc as I think they are being discontinued as of October.

Chris

Probably get an April '73 disc from this fella then: http://www.poplargreg.com/taxdiscs/discs2.htm

[prideaux]

A BIG Well Done Andy
You have done a fantastic job she looks fantastic
Andrew

[Mr Tiger]

vixen1700 said:

Mr Tiger said:

This is the last time we will get a paper disc as I think they are being discontinued as of October.

Chris

Probably get an April '73 disc from this fella then: http://www.poplargreg.com/taxdiscs/discs2.htm

Good idea! I should try to contact the original owner though. Who knows I may even end up with the original 1971 disc.

Chris

[Grantura MKI]

Congrats on a job well done.....you should be proud!!!!!
Best,
D.

[alphaone]

Car looks great, and its nice to see another one will be back on the road

[Astacus]

Yay!

bring her along to the pre 80s bash

[oliverb205]

Well done, I can still remember the buzz of getting my orange Vixen S2 MOTd for the first time back in 1986. Hope to see it out on the Hampshire lanes sometime.

Fancy doing a write up on the rebuild for Sprint?

Oliver.

[tomtrout]

Thanks for the kind words. The restoration has taken me just over 3 and 1/2 years. I started work on it the moment I bought it home and it has been a rare week when I haven't at least tackled one little job. Although I must admit that a few of those jobs have had to be revisited at a later date!

It's interesting that the second owner of this car had it for 19 years and never did get to drive it. Seems a shame but I can understand why these projects sometimes never get finished.

I will indeed be venturing out onto the lanes of Hampshire and although I've been a member of the TVRCC ever since I bought the car, I've yet to go to a meeting. I think I will go and park it up next to one of the big V8s next month. I wouldn't have felt quite right going to a car club meeting without a car to go in!

Oliver, when I get some time I was thinking of writing a little piece about my project and I will send a draft to Sprint to share my thoughts and experiences on buying, restoring and now driving my Vixen. Thanks for suggesting the idea.