Wrap up of the season 2025.
At the beginning of June I was thinking if I should sell the car. I had no interest in it and it did not bother me that the car was still in the winter storage. I said this out loud to my wife and after half an hour I went and get the car home.
Did not wash the car last autumn so had to do that Right away.
At the end of June I participated to Pohjanmaan Classic Motorshow (Bothnia Classic Motor Show in Teuva). Had another HJ beside me, it was a HJ61.
Finnish youtubers made a video of the event. Show starts from 42min ->. They also filmed my car couple of times. Hope you foreigners can get subtitles on the video.
Got the organizer price. This was "Small block" price, meaning euro cars. Other trophy was "Big block" for USA cars. It was a surprise that old Land Cruiser got the attention.
Next event was in the beginning of July. It was a event organized by Jakobstadnejdens veteranbilsällskapin and the event was Botniarundan. It is organized annually but this year it was also the national event of SAHK (Finnish car historical club). SAHK is responsible of the museum car inspections. Meaning over 30 years old cars can be registered as museum cars in original condition and are free from taxes and mot every 4 years. For this event I had to prepare. Changed door seals. These are also Precision aftermarket as trunk seals.
After changing the seals rain water came in and had a lot of noise in the cabin on highway. So had to adjust door frames a bit and got that sorted.
Finally I also got the winch cable reeled in.
Had my wife in the cabin preparing for some catastrophe like mee spooling in the winch but luckily that did not happen. Nearly finished I got the wire wrinkled and loose from the spool so I had to start over. After an hour it was finished. Enjoyed of the 2H sound, luckily it does not have any VAG 1,9 diesel rattling. I also added steel wires to replicate the original ones. I had some original seals also. I did not have proper tongs to get the "teq" logo on them. Instead I pressed them with vice grips.
New wash after that and some better wax on. This is some kind of show wax with a lot of carnauba and very little durability.
Also found a retro cooler/lunch bag. Taffel makes potato chips in Finland. This is from the era my mother had a small grocery store. Store ended 1993-1994 so it is allmost period correct.
Day before the event they arranged a Restoration quality inspection at Jakobstadnejdens veteranbilsällskap headquarters Vagnslidret.
After the inspection I got a bag full of material for the event itself. Also got a number plate.
The event itself was very well organized. The route was about 80km and there were checkpoints with some trivia questions or other activities where you got points from right answers etc. Weather was also nice. Only downside was car problems. The car started to studder at the middle of the event.
But got to the finish line. In the picture is 2 out of 3 off road cars in the event. My friend participated with Land Rover Discovery. Third was a Jeep Cherokee but did not see that car.
And some memory from the restoration quality inspection. First class diploma and the total grade of 4,75/5. So not bad at all.
Here is a video of the event. In the beginning there is some footage of my car.
Bothniarundan Veteranbilsrally / SAHK Retkeilyajot Pietarsaari (2025) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieWtv8TrcX8&t=218s
And the awards. My turn was the last to get price.
Bothniarundan prisutdelning / SAHK palkintojenjako 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9m2TEZB50
