Some ideas sound easy… right up until you actually try them. This was meant to be a simple garage challenge: identify car fluids by smell, blindfolded.No touching. No tasting. Just your nose, a glass, and confidence. That confidence didn’t last long. The Challenge We lined up a set of identical glasses, each containing a different … Continue reading "We Tried Identifying Car Fluids by Smell (Blindfolded)"

Some projects start with a car. This one starts with scrap. My goal is simple:turn scrap into £1,000 so I can buy my first classic car restoration project. No sponsors.No shortcuts.No pretending. Just forgotten machines, real work, and seeing if any of it is actually worth something. The idea This series isn’t about flipping fast … Continue reading "Scrap → Classic Car"

Black Betty arrived the hard way. We didn’t ease her into life.We didn’t start with short test drives.We didn’t warm her up around the block. We pointed a 1934 Triumph Dolomite straight at Bavaria. A thousand-mile journey.Across borders.Across languages.Across common sense. And that’s where Black Betty stopped being a car —and became a responsibility.. The … Continue reading "Black Betty — The Trip That Made Her Ours"

Some cars invite you in gently.Others make you earn the conversation. Courage — the Lagonda 3½ Litre — does the latter. This wasn’t meant to be a restoration day, or even a problem-solving one. The intention was much simpler: take Courage out, drive her as she is, and see what actually happens when a pre-war … Continue reading "Courage – 1933 Lagonda Sedan 3 1/2 Litre"

Corto — A Patient Car Corto is a very patient car. Most of the time, it simply sits and waits quietly for attention, never demanding urgency. It feels like the kind of car that understands time differently — one that isn’t interested in being rushed or constantly used, but is content knowing that its moment … Continue reading "Corto – 1963 Maserati Sebring 3500 GTi"