Ever since I sold my Imp back in 1980-something I'd regretted it, so when I got the chance to buy another one I jumped at it. Isn't she beautiful 
I've called her Imp y Celyn, after the Welsh Bard in Terry Pratchett's Soul Music. The only connection really is in the name, but of course she now lives in Wales, and judging by the amount of rain we usually get here this could easily be Llamedos. Celyn is Welsh for holly. In the TV series Red Dwarf the space ship is controlled (for want of a better word) by a computer called Holly. At one point in the series the crew met their counterparts from an alternative universe, and the alternative computer was called Hilly. Hilly, Hillman... OK, the connection is extremely tenuous, but it's the best I could do. Anyway, Imp y Celyn it is, aka Celyn. And she's mine, all mine  ) |
Love at first sight 1728x1296 01-imp01.jpg 2006-05-27 17:23:00 Buy Print |
Celyn at home and finally on the road. She's driving like a dream :-)) 1280x960 02-DSCF0030.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:40:17 Buy Print |
I'm sure there used to be more storage space than this... 1280x960 03-DSCF0022.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:36:35 Buy Print |
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... but somehow with the spare wheel in place it looks awfully small in there 1280x960 04-DSCF0023.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:37:07 Buy Print |
Note the thing with the black hose coming off... 1245x797 05-DSCF0024.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:37:43 Buy Print |
...the photo doesn't show it, but the hose is actually rather perished. I'd better get a new one :-( 983x841 06-DSCF0025.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:38:06 Buy Print |
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On the whole though, the engine's pretty good 1280x960 07-DSCF0027.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:39:02 Buy Print |
I might get a new radiator sometime though 1280x960 08-DSCF0028.JPG.jpg 2006-07-13 21:39:29 Buy Print |
Water leak 1280x960 DSCF0024.JPG 2006-07-19 15:23:59 Buy Print |
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Not a smudge - it's steam 1280x960 DSCF0025.JPG 2006-07-19 15:24:29 Buy Print |
N/S wing mirror 550x487 DSCF0027.JPG 2006-08-27 12:45:35 Buy Print |
