The joys of old cars

I haven't added any thing t the blog because I have been out enjoying the car. I have put about 1000 miles on it since I got it on the road, and have enjoyed it immensely, none of the trips have been too long but just being out in it is enough.

I would say though that the shortest trip was the most heralding, I had just gone up to the bank and as I pulled out of the parking lot to come home when the prince of darkness struck. I got to the middle of the road and it died, no life at all, so I was able to push it to the side of the road. I did some trouble shooting and found there was no spark at the plugs. I was standing with the bonnet up and a familiar face stopped and asked if I needed help, it turned out to be a fellow member of the OECC (Old English Car Club) Wayne. By this time I had decided the problem was the coil as it was the one ignition piece I didn't replace. Wayne said he had one for a Rapier of the same vintage just a block or two down the road, he went off to get it. Well it wasn't that so a call to my local tow truck I got it home, and tinkered for an hour or so to find out that it was the new rotor that had failed, couldn't tell by looking at it but I guess it was shorting the spark to ground. A new $5 rotor from the local auto store fixed that, and started my spares box that now lives in the boot.