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Oh yes. I look forward to reading your posts on this forum. I don't do Facebook or any other social media.
Keep up the posts and I especially appreciate the pictures.
Ralph

Today, being the 1st April I hot-footed it down to my local Post Office where they deal with Road Fund Licensing.
We first registered our Midas Silver on 1st August 1981 and so today it met the criteria for the Historic Vehicle Class.
I presented a completed V10 "Application for vehicle tax ...

Whilst visiting the workshop of Practical Classics I suggested to Danny Hopkins, the editor, that some kit-cars were of "classic", status.
When I told him of our 1981 Midas, he showed interest and asked me to submit a photo with the story of the car.

This I did and it has now appeared in the just ...

On 1st August 2021, our MkII will be 40 years since first registration. DVLA site shows that it can be exempt from road tax but cannot be changed to Historic Vehicle Class until 1st April next year.

Well done for persevering with the bumpers. They are going to look great.

"Been there; done it; got the tee-shirt."

Seriously, keep going and eventually you will have a presentable finish.

Great thread - I am always checking for your latest posts.

I was able to visit the show and the Midas stand on the Friday.

Congratulations to all involved in setting up and manning the stand - excellent job.

We would also like to express our thanks to John Orson for arranging this great get-together.

It was a real pleasure to see the range of models and to talk with their owners and to those who are still working on theirs. I am sure that they went away inspired by the show of completed cars.

And ...

Since fitting replacement rear coilovers on my MKII a few years ago, I have endured ringing/clanging noises from the coil springs themselves - presumably when they touch the body of the shock absorber as they compress and rebound.

Whilst searching the web recently, I came across others who have ...

I too have a pair of Huntmaster seats in black with headrests and subframes from my MkII. Black vinyl with black velour. Free to a good home. Currently in Suffolk.