Recent content by Grant V

Funny how an Espada looked HUGE when we were growing up, but is tiny now compared to a 5-Series BMW.

I don't know what the standard size garage is in the UK, but here in SA it's 6x3m, and it fits comfortably.

I had a new exhaust made for my Indy and decided to take the car for a drive. Apart from a few laps around the neighbourhood, this was the first time I got to drive and experience an Indy on the open road. Wow - what a car!! There's a bearing inside the gearbox making itself known.

I took the Rote Sau out on Saturday for the first time since January, participating in the Historic Tour. It was a bit 'Laurel and Hardy', but fun nevertheless: https://www.rotesau.co.za/historic-tour-september-2023

I'm planning on taking it with me, along with 5 cars and three race cars. This may change.

It's on hold at the moment. We're planning on moving to Portugal in the next 18 months or so, so my focus has been to sell off a number of cars and tidy up. They've all needed some form of work to make them more saleable, so that's been keeping me busy. It's wonderfully liberating letting cars...

I've finally updated my website and cover the manufacturing process of the original style rims I had made: https://www.rotesau.co.za/2022

Two weeks ago, I competed in the annual Passion for Speed motor races at Zwartkops in Pretoria in my Red Pig. This was the first time that I competed in a serious race in this car and it was very surprising. Last year when we tested the car, it was unstable when braking, so we fitted a double...

That's a fairly recent purchase. I've owned a 1985 928S for 22 years, which had 80 000km when I bought it. It has now just had the engine overhauled at 467 000km, only because it blew a head gasket for the first time ever and the engine had to come out anyway to do the job. This is hands-down...

I'm progressing quite nicely with the Indy and I'm now effectively just waiting for the carbs to come back and then the car can be started, and I can take it for a whirl. I've found that there is so little info around in terms of how you can do things. For instance, you can't google or find a...

Yes, correct Oneball. They're rare now - possibly only thirty left of the 209 built.

Morning chaps, The two BMWs were out last Saturday at a retrospective event for old Wesbank Modified race cars. There were only a handful of cars out, but hopefully there will be more of this in future. You can read about it here: https://www.modifiedbmw535.co.za/fordandfriends13aug2022

Over the past few months I have been compiling a website covering the history of the two Wesbank Modified BMW 535i race cars driven by Tony Viana and Deon Joubert in '91 and '92. The site is now live: https://www.modifiedbmw535.co.za/

This is the first time I've ever experienced a purpose-built race car. The Pig, as well as my old Fintail historic racer, are just converted road cars, but the BMW is very, very different. Its got an Xtrack dog box that I had to learn how to use and I have yet to perfect it, but I love the way...

Yes, I need to get that done.