LVVS 2010 open day
What have you got in your shed? Other people's work-in-progress is always fascinating Ever since dropping in on this pioneering society's museum last year, I've wanted to visit their open day when they open up the big doors and drive their buses all around the city of Lincoln. Not only that but a load of their mates bring their buses and coaches over as well. In the end I got a good deal on rail travel (two singles were cheaper than a return and way cheaper than driving up) and went up for a couple of nights to get my fix and see the Imp in the cathedral. As a supporter of lost causes, I was very pleased to see that someone else cares about the Austin Gypsy. The Lincoln Vintage Vehicle Society have been setting the standards of commercial vehicle restoration for decades. Looking around their workshops was particularly interesting for me. There was an early Austin Gypsy with rubber suspension - later ones had cart springs and fell victim to BL's post-merger rati...