Monday 26 September 2016

Fleabug

Yesterday the 25th of September my Uncle bought out his new toy. It is a Volkswagen offroader buggy. My Uncle calls it Fleabug. Now this thing hasn't had a lot of TLC ( Tender Loving Care ) in a long time so that's what my Uncle and I have in mind.  Fleabug looks like a dune buggy with a red roll cage and a silver fibre glass bonet. He has his engine at the back. For the first issue the gear box does not allow you to change gears very well. Secondly, there is a crack in the chassis and lastly it needs the steering to have a faster reaction to turning. You have to turn the steering wheel a quarter turn before you get some turning. Now that the negatives are out of the way I'll give you some positives. So, the good things are; it runs well, everything works and it doesn't need a trailer. Fleabug has a cool arrangement that you just bolt a draw bar on to tow. I was the first out of my family to ride in Fleabug. Uncle and I tore up and down the road at full bore. The road is gravel, of course. I had a lot of fun and that is the main thing. I am looking forward to Uncle coming out with Fleabug over the summer.

Sunday 18 September 2016

If I were a car I would be ...

I am a car, I was built in 1969 in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States of America. I'm a shiny Le Mans blue with a L88 cowl scoop on the bonet with the blower and supercharger out the top. My wheels are factory Rally rims. I have a 4 - speed manual rear wheel drive transmission gear box. My model is C3 and I've also got lake pipes. With a 350 horse power Chevrolet engine thats  enough grunt for me. My number plate reads 69 CORV and I do 14.8 secs down a 1/4 mile strip. I am a classic American muscle car. What am I?

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