on tow

26th May, 2007 by Jonathan

Time to take Midgie to CCK and finally sort out her running problems. Spent a while setting up and checking the A-frame etc…

A-frame in place

New identity

Hooked up and ready to go

…and away we went.

Even with the a-frame, towing is not much fun. Because her steering was left free to turn, roundabouts became an interesting tug-of-war at each direction change, especially when it started to drizzle and we were going down hill. But, although it was a little tiring and nerve-jarring, the first 59 miles of the 60 mile journey were pretty uneventful.

Of course, the very last stretch was bound to be the hardest. As we went down a steep, narrow lane Midgie was fighting to overtake. Even at 20mph she started to snake and went straight for the grass bank. Within seconds she was up on her side and on the verge of rolling. Fortunately, we were keeping a close eye on things and as quick as she was in trouble we got her out of it. Amazingly, zero damage, just some frayed nerves!

So I drove her the last mile and placed her into Graham’s capable hands. His first check is going to be a chemical test for the head gasket as he suspects it may have failed at some point in the past.

I await his phone calls with bated breath.