Pontiac Trans Am UK

Had no luck sourcing any spark plugs locally, or in the UK. The local shops tried their suppliers with no joy and http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk had some compatible ones in their catolog, but none in stock. So this left me with no option but to get the trans am towed. I called two local companies, didn’t even get an answer before ringing M & J Autos. We had a chat, he said he could shift it for £30 and explained that he’d recently bought himself a 1972 Ford Mercury! He guessed rightly that the car would be a similar length to his, about 16'-17' and said we’d need a low lifter with the car weighing about 1.7 tonnes. He ended up being a little late, but that wasn’t a problem because he was a great guy and went out of his way to drop the trans am right on my friends drive to save us pushing it.

Seems like I’ve neglected this blog a little bit, just like I have the car. The plan was to spend my spare time in April getting the Trans Am ready for it’s MOT and some leisure time during the summer, but I’ve been unexpectedly asked to leave the garage where I’m keeping it as soon as possible, which has lead to me trying to get it running this week. Picked up a new battery, but the terminals are the opposite way around to the current battery and the connector leads aren’t long enough for the new one. Will try and change it tomorrow. We got it connected up just to try it out though and the starter turned but the engine didn’t fire. Started getting the plugins out to clean them and inspect them, but one of them broke in my hand, so will have to get new ones now. Hopefully will be able to pick some up after work tomorrow and have another pop at getting it going.