A40 Farina Club

It's that time of year again to wish our wonderful KB a very happy birthday sir.

Ooooh, ‘appy buffday youth….

Hip hip hooray
It's Keith's birthday today
Hope it's GREAT xx

When I saw my name on the forum, my immediate thought was "Oh bugger, I must be dead", but dear Mr Parfitt was just being kind enough to mark my birthday (for which, many thanks, Scotty).

Happily I can report that this 78-year-old is still above ground and making noises. Gab, however (ten years younger than me) suddenly felt her age last week and decided she'd better off without a working clutch.

Thanks to Derek's recommendation I rang Mini Spares (01707 607700) and three days later a new UK-manufactured metal-bodied master cylinder and slave have arrived and await fitting

If only the human body and brain could be so easily repaired.

A very happy belated birthday Keith! Hope you had a good day? Is Gab okay now too?

All good, thanks Sam. Mechanic Gary is currently run off his feet coping with customers' cold weather bumps, scrapes and leaking pipes so Gab can wait a bit.

It means the VW bus is earning her keep; if only the interior heating arrangement was (a lot more!) efficient.

I was waiting at the traffic lights, wrapped up to beat the sub-zero temperature INSIDE the bus when a movement caught my eye in the wing mirror. A cyclist was warming his hands on the warm air coming from the engine while I - sixteen feet in front - was busy dying from frostbite!!