I’d recommend a CTek charger - mine is model no. MXS 5.0. My Puma sits in the garage all winter and it has kept the battery in good shape for quite a few years. It also has a ‘reconditioning’ function which gave a failing battery on my wife’s car a new lease of life. They are a bit pricey but...
Just to add to this and recent references to ULEZ in other threads, I asked Ford for a copy of the Certificate of Compliance on my Puma as I was hopeful it might be compliant, since it is an early 1999 model.
However the COC came today. The individual HC and NOx readings are blank/showing...
Fan blades for me. I’ve got a set of both types but prefer the blades - the quintessential Puma :grin:
I also do like the look of the ‘F1 alloys’ on the Puma Black edition, but these must be very rare nowadays as I never see them on eBay
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I heard a ‘rushing air’ type noise whilst driving this evening, only under hard acceleration. After I parked up I had a look underneath and spotted this hole in my exhaust back box, which I assume must be the reason!
Not too surprised as my garage told me there was a minor exhaust leak...
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I live in Worthing and can confirm that Chipwick is still going strong! I second Yog - Ian G on this site is good for parts..he runs PumaBits and has helped me with several items over the years. I’m on my 2nd Puma, an early one in silver on the props
Thanks Barry I agree, the food is superb and we did a boat trip to see dolphins today which was special. So many older cars around here, I guess either used car values are high enough in Portugal to make it economically viable to keep older cars going, or they simply last longer with less...
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I’m on holiday in Portugal and was really pleased to come across this early Puma in the apartment car park in my favourite colour. The props are a bit scratched and the headlight lenses bleached by the sun, but I couldn’t see a spec of rust on the arches.
I guess the climate on the...
I finally got the clutch done last week, along with some other work, at my trusted Indy garage.
It feels as light as a feather now - didn’t realise how heavy it must have been getting, as it drives like a new car now :grin:
The manager said the car is in great shape for its age...
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I don’t normally buy magazines, but I noticed that Modern Classics have an article on the Puma this month so I had to buy it. They’ve done a nice 6 page spread and it’s very enthusiastically written. Makes me want to go out in mine!
https://www.modernclassicsmagazine.co.uk/
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Hi Barry your Puma looks great as ever.
Very useful to have the scrapper for spares. If I had the skills or the space i’d do the same. What do you think about saving Puma windows? I’ve seen some side windows for sale but not sure, as will be awkward to store. I’m assuming windows/screen...
Good luck with the book Steve
Has it just been published? I liked the introduction. It looks as if you put a lot of work in - and it is now on my birthday list. It will be interesting to learn more about the development of the Puma and i expect will be a good companion to ‘Puma: The Inside...
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Interestingly there was an R Reg Puma on last nights’ new Fifth Gear Episode (which is sadly a bit hidden on ‘Quest’ TV channel nowadays on Thursday nights). Link here - about 22 minutes in:
https://www.questod.co.uk/show/fifth-gear/video/episode-4/EHD_226379B
A piece going over a...
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My Puma is still on its original clutch and seems to have started slipping (when accelerating in a high gear i’m getting a lot of revs but no action initially, especially when going uphill) plus the bite point seems high. It’s definitely been getting worse this summer.
Anyway I will...