Jason's Blog

Forgive me for I have sinned It's been 5 months since I last drove my PI I know, I know - I've been busy in the country and others! Grab a coffee, this is a going to be a long one. When I last drove the PI, it was missing and would not pick up very well when you floored it - to be honest it's a new engine, the car had been off the road for 30 years and in the workshop for 5 (ish) so I was taking it steady but now it was time to fix it. I found the throttle spindles were worn and decided to change them for a mint Mk2 set I had. I then checked for injector dribble (it's an age thing) and sure enough I had a dribbley injector (No1) I took it off and found a couple of little black rubber bits in it - ah-ha says I in my best mechanic voice, Thar's yer problem. Fortunately no one was looking and I carried on as if I were sane - the black bits looked like the rubber seals in the metering unit breaking down - I remember Dave telling me that the PI kit was "picked over...

On the advice of one the discussion boards I visit, I took a long overdue look at British Pathe Limited and found some interesting stuff. The search engine takes a little getting used to, the previews are low quality and the full versions are expensive but you can get a preview for free. All sorts of stuff there including this one https://www.britishpathe.com/thumbnails.php?id=85444&searchword=world%20cup%20rally&searchword=world%20cup%20rally You can download stills from the movies and I was going to put a few up here as I figured no one would mind. Wrong - I enquired and got a nice email saying that they'd charge me so you'll just have to go there and download them yourselves. There's stills of BYE377H the 2.5PI of Buchanan-Michaelson sporting Rally Number 1. I never realised it had a red stripe over the bonnet - until Dave rubbed the paintwork off and showed me, then I found these pictures, that I can't show you! There is a very brief clip of the car driving...