Our 'Self-propelled Pump'

 Tiny went to her first show last weekend, The Whittlesea Big Bash. We had the pleasure of escorting a VIP for the day and being part of a collection of over 100 classics on the day. Some highlights below.  Spitfire lining up using my ladder! Pictures below,   

Got a few Classic shows coming up I am hoping to make over the next few weeks if the weather holds up. Doing a bit of a shakedown, Tiny has been sat for a while over the summer waiting for some shows to actually happen!  Took Tiny for a test run yesterday and when hot the past few times I have taken her out she has been misfiring and just generally being a bit of a pain.  Also when first starting there is sometimes a BANG and the final section of exhaust hangs off.  I have a manifold vacuum leak which is causing a bit of a whistle when idling and is a job I have not got round to properly having a look at. I think it has been leaning the mixture off a tad as she has felt more gutless than usual which might be causing the troubles. I had a bit of a poke this evening and two of the manifold nuts on the intake were a bit slack - went through each of them and gave them a pinch up some 1/2 a turn!  I also tightened the carb body down and swapped out a fibre spacer which looked a bit worse fo