Mike Hardwick's Blog

Hi - a brief (I hope) introduction to me and OBV3X, my trusty TR7 dhc (that's 'trusty' not 'rusty'!)
We've been together now for just over 4 years, I bought her from her first owner, a Canadian called Rick who lived in Hull. She had just under 28500 miles on the clock!! Only problem being Rick liked his toys - like, for instance,

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3 extra dials perched on top of the dash in a big pod which did wonders for visibility - not!! And two huge great round fog lights on top of the front bumper - made it look like a rogered frog. And a boot lid luggage rack with seperate strakes secured to the boot lid with no less than 14 - yes, 14 - self tappers! Oh, and a tow bar, and a big chrome plated roll bar behind the seats. Not forgetting a TR8 twin pipe exhaust cobbled together at the front to meet the down pipe - flat spots all over the rev range! And - the bits I didn't take off - a set of 6x13 Compomotive 5 spoke alloys with 205/60 rubber, and a neat set of rear fog lights built into the rear bumper.
She was Cashmere gold with golden tan check trim, and it was love as first sight! Promise I'll post some piccies once I've found out from Johnny E what size I've got to reduce them to before I can down load them!