Check out our most famous Jaguar for rent, the well kept and
well maintained Jaguar XJ6 Series III in our 'Cars for rent - Classic' page. Although a modern classic, it still has
that Jaguar style. Do enquire on our very reasonable rates for the year end and
beginning of 2015 wedding season. Do book early to avoid disappointments as we
are quite busy during this season.
The part 3
of this series of articles on the Mercedes-Benz W108 restoration is certainly
overdue and it’s finally time to do it. If you guys have been following the
part 1 and part 2, this article will not be difficult to understand. Hahaha.. Well,
this is the last bit of this restoration project that I took on last year. Carrying
on from part 2 where I mentioned that the car was painted, the part 3 will
reflect it’s final touches in getting the car ready which includes getting all
the small bits polished and ensuring that the car will be a complete one once
ready.
Car in for some carburettor tuning
There were a
number of mechanical items to be sorted out which included fine tuning the
refurbished original Zenith carburettors, sending the fuel tank for a full
clean up, getting new clutch master and slave cylinders and a few more (I’ve
only mentioned what I would consider the major ones). Once all the above were
sorted out, it then came to the final cosmetic detailing which included a full
interior clean up and also a brand new set of tyres and to accompany the tyres
were a set of white walls and it’s sparkling colour coded chrome wheel caps.
It still
had a few more interior fittings to do before the car was sent to a motor show
for display and below are some of the shots of the car once completed. Some of
the photos may make the colour look a little different as they were taken from
different cameras but the first picture above is the most accurate one just in
case you were wondering what the actual colour looked like. All in all, I must
say it was quite a challenging time restoring this car especially when it came
to sourcing parts but it was well worth it. Now time to move one to another
project which may be another Mercedes or a Jaguar or perhaps, an American? Hhhmmmm...
Well, let’s see what time has in store...
Whenever
most people think about a small British sports car, the name MG is probably one
the most common makes that comes to mind. The MG Car Company founded in 1924
produced some of the finest sports cars during it’s glory days. As a follow up
to our earlier article on the MG TD 1950, here is another iconic MG known as
the MGB.
The MGB was
produced from the years of 1962 right up to 1980 and it was the replacement of
the equally famous MGA, which I will do a write-up later on. The MGB appeared
in two different variations, namely the roadster (convertible) and the coupe
(hard top) which was also known as the MGB GT. The MGBs came with a 1.8 litre 4
cylinder engine. All in all, close to 400,000 units of the roadsters and about
125,000 coupes were built. There were some cosmetic changes done to the front
and rear bumpers during it’s final years to adhere to certain regulations but
they were changes which personally I think killed the car’s good looks.
MGB GT
There was
also a very rare MGC model which had a 3 litre inline six cylinder engine and
during it’s two year production period only abut 9,000 units were built. And
finally during it’s final years, a 3.5 litre V8 Rover engine was put into a MGB
GT body and this has to be the rarest of all with slightly more than 2,500
units built.
The
pictures below are those of what is probably the best restored and kept MGB in
Malaysia. This particular car is owned by a very passionate owner who took his
time to restore it by sourcing for parts all over the world and finally to what
it is today. This particular car has won numerous awards in the Malaysian
classic auto-show scene. It may not be what I’m portraying in the pictures but
it’s definitely a stunner in real. Do enjoy the pics below and the attached
short video documentary.
The months
of October and November are certainly not to be missed when it comes to those
who love and appreciate automobiles in Malaysia. These two months are when a
number of notable automobile shows are held including the one we are talking
about today, the Asia Klasika Motor Festival or also simply known as Asia
Klasika 2014 that happened over the last weekend. A little bit away from
tradition, the previous shows were held together with the NST Car of the Year
event but this time the organisers decided to move on their own and it
certainly was not a letdown.
1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer
Historic
Motoring Ventures being the organisers, held the event at the beautiful and
scenic Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside Hotel. With the number of cars in attendance
it was no surprise why they needed a big space as there were easily a hundred
over cars and motorcycles on display as well as some for sale at their ‘The
Pullman Sale’ section. What an impressive array of cars they had which included
a good blend of British, German, Italian, Japanese and many other makes from
various countries.
I’ve
included a few photos below. As you may realise I did not take photos of many
cars as I only took those cars that naturally attracted me. I will caption the
photos for easy identification but I must say the two favourites of mine have
to be the 1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer as well as the Mercedes-Benz 500K Roadster
which I have previously featured. Haha.. I definitely can’t run too far from my
obsession with the British and German Automobiles.
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