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I would like to thank everone who posted a warm message expressing their feelings on my wife's passing away.
It has been a great support for me.

Regards Hans

Guys, I have to bring you all the sad news that last Wednesday my wife died after a short stay in hospital. Although she had cancer she died of a cardiac arrest. So I may not be online for a while to do posts and answer questions. I hope in a later stage I will return here after I have recovered fro...

I wonder, how does it hold in the rain ???

As I was writing my posts about the motorhomes in the 'Show us your real old cars' topic, I got the idea of showing my real cars as a scale model. I do not collect just the 00 scale diecasts like Lesneys, but also the 1/43 scale models of my real cars, and I suppose many more collectors do so. It's ...

Yes, loved the film, but I can't see Norman carrying a authentic J40 under his arm, let alone run with it, as I cannot even lift my J40 on my own..... Thanks for the links zBret. The second link doesn't seem to show prices, and the third one refers to your first link, which is the main J40 parts sup...

12 Pound ? What would that be in todays currency ?
Great film. I never saw that before.

Not really. I am missing the bumpers, the wheel covers, and the headlight rims. The other chrome parts need to be rechromed. The main problem is that, when I bought the car, it was converted to electrics by means of a battery and a car dynamo. The pedal mechanisme was missing, but I made one myself ...

Yes, I was quite lucky to get it for that price. It was in 1978. I just found out that the museum has closed down for over a year now. The stock was auctioned in januari 2013. It was a beautiful little museum with old cars, lots of model cars and antique teapots. I visited it many times. The first p...

I bought the Austin J40 about 30 years ago from the motormuseum in Mouldsworth Cheshire for 90 GBP. I actually still have it. It's awaiting a restoration for many years now, but sofar I did not get any further than taking it apart. They fetch nowadays thousands of pounds in restored condition, and e...

Here's the last episode of of the tale of all my owned motorhomes. After having sold my Knaus motorhome with a dislike of Kent, I got a 2003 Fiat with Elnagh body. This one served us without a problem. But you may have noticed that over the years the motorhomes had gone bigger and bigger. This one w...