hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 this morning I borrowed : 1 banana transit flatbed loaded on jacks + tools (powered and otherwise) 1 set of wheels with tyres 2 pack of tesco's chicken and mushroom slices not enough tobbaco no coffee all of my overdraft oh and a bit too much optimism Jim Bell, UltraWomble, michael t and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 this threadwas supposed to be called - a ray of light at the end of the tunnel, but the other way round the m25 was slightly shorter. twin wheel banana cruises at 45mph Coprolalia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 A hairymel production. I wonder what it could be! I imagine the answer is just over the Horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 couple of hours later i had 'Arrived'* bearing in mind i had already agreed to buy the car from a couple of crappy photos (for more than any other vehicle since 2004 swear down guv!) i felt a sinking feeling HillmanImp, garethj, andrew e and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 bah Angyl you can guess where this is going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 That scares me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 by this time i was franticly doing manmaths. walk away and loose 25% deposit + min£100 for flatbed (fuel, courtesy beer and courtesy fuel) or cost of car - (already lost deposit/collection cost) = not walk away? fuck it thought (and also fuck firefox and chrome - sorry for the jumbled pics!) The Moog, michael t, trigger and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobietoo Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 judging by the state of the house windows I would have run..... but this is Autoshite so expecting pez shot shortly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 You don't see many of these. Other than a bit of ELM disease it is a 'minter'. A couple of strips off gaffer tape from around that window and those wings could be fixed. Did you bail out on it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 obviously i investigated further the vendor had been unable to open the bonnet, so checking it actually had an engine was my first point of inspection fotorabia, Cleon-Fonte, danthecapriman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I was going to say I would have bailed, but I wouldn't. Because I wouldn't blind buy any car, let alone a 1978 one. I'm crap at this Autoshite thing..... Much bigger balls than me. Laseraligningfoofooflanges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 That's lovely, that is. Crumbly McFlakeyface. richardmorris, andrew e, Urko and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 inner wings look OK? Are they mouse or rat turds? My Merc had both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 judging by the state of the house windows I would have run..... but this is Autoshite so expecting pez shot shortly... house owner 'was' a bit of a horder by the looks of it. don't know why you would want to fill your house up with lampshades, carrier bags and books normal* people fill their houses with car parts - obviously that isn't a problem also truck is banana therefore denzil shot needed Chris2cv and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 That scares me. pussy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Other than a bit of ELM disease it is a 'minter' you mean its mostly hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Holy ffukc what have you done. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 A couple of strips off gaffer tape from around that window and those wings could be fixed. true autoshite spirit For Fiats Sake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I wouldn't blind buy any car, let alone a 1978 one i had four or five crappy pics, mostly closeups of random bits of undersealed stuff, wormcasts and grass thats not blind there were no pictures of the bastard brambles intertwined in the grass however For Fiats Sake, Coprolalia and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Are they mouse or rat turds? My Merc had both. didn't even notice the turds - the most interesting thing under the bonnet was the number of 'special chrysler' snail carcasses, which were also present in my sadly overcooked sunbeam project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Holy ffukc what have you done. havent done it yet DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 moving round to the drivers compartment the wing bottoms are a bit frilly and the door doesn't feel 'mercedes' solid there is air conditioning in the drivers footwell though oh look a newspaper oh look oh Jim Bergerac, danthecapriman, Sigmund Fraud and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Without being too number plate rain-man-ish, wasn't the number plate of your original Sunbeam project ELM???T? If so, it's MEANT TO BE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I think I remember seeing this one on the blue forum when the lad was asking how much it was worth. Iirc, the photos showed the nicer* parts, rather than the remaining 80% of the car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 walk away and loose 25% deposit I'd have written that £0.50p off and gone home personally. DeeJay, rantingYoof, alf892 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Without being too number plate rain-man-ish, wasn't the number plate of your original Sunbeam project ELM???T? If so, it's MEANT TO BE! yeah a couple of hundred numbers apart - i think its a bournmouth number possibly but have not googled extensivly pretty pressed plates as well Dick Longbridge and DeeJay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I think I remember seeing this one on the blue forum when the lad was asking how much it was worth. Iirc, the photos showed the nicer* parts, rather than the remaining 80% of the car... 'vendor' was middle man for his work collegue who had inherited the property apparently. nice guy - he is planning to recycle useful bits of the minor, which is pretty far gone to be fair his pictures were a bit random - my counterpoint is - how many people are shoving a load of money on a horse this weekend just because of a random jumble of letters? Jerzy Woking, Chris2cv, michael1703 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I'd have written that £0.50p off and gone home personally.my overdraft facility is several orders of magnitude bigger than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LessThanEqual Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 DSCF2670.JPG8 days after I was born, Jesus. hairymel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 after reading the local paper i attempted to access the boot area. the catches were jammed so i climbed in the back, removed the parcel shelf and dissassembled the offending items first impressions were not good once the tailgate was open i gave it a little prod reassuringly the boot floor is full of water, as i don't want to poke around looking for holes ugh about this time the vendor Mark turned up Bucketeer, Coprolalia, michael t and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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