Ordered steering rack gaiters from Martin Robey - half the price quoted by SNG Barratt, hope they're not half the quality.
Drove to Brooklands for the Penrite Award lunch. Editors of classic car magazines meeting to discuss nominations for the Penrite Person of the Year Award. Enjoyable and interesting. Brooklands quite busy but it's mild and dry. Quite a few young mums with children.
Rotten drive back, caught in a jam on the M25 round the north-west section. Car never missed a beat but the slight shudder at 65mph is annoying on these long dual carriageway runs.
I thought it would disappear when the Dunlops were fitted and the wheels balanced but it hasn't. Unless a weight has flown off, I must suspect something else. Propshaft maybe? I would have expected to feel it through the gearstick if it was in the drivetrain, but there's no evidence of that.
I'll need to get the tracking checked after fitting the steering rack gaiters, so I'll get the wheels balanced at the same time.
THIS IS the story of life with a classic car. I drive a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 and write about it here. I'm Martyn Moore, former editor of Classic Cars magazine. This is a two-year story about the roller coaster ride of classic car ownership. The most recent entries come from a classic car rally in 2005, the last journey I made in the car before putting it into storage. Use links on the right for earlier entries.
