rantingYoof Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 When Mason dies via electrical failure this should get its engine. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 You and wildlife! You should stop driving in the countryside. I'm fairly certain it was quite near where he hit the deer in the Abarth too. He should just avoid that specific bit of countryside. Same area, different road's, both at silly hours of the morning on the way home from work.And both cars are black. I see a bit of a theme here. When Mason dies via electrical failure this should get its engine. Rover squeezed a V6 into the same car for the 45/ZS, so should't be too much of a problem plonking his V8 in. Supernaut and rantingYoof 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Bloody hell guys, calm down! Got to get the car road legal in its current form first. aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Buy Billys 420, swap front ends and maybe engines if possible, win at life. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Buy Billys 420, swap front ends and maybe engines if possible, win at life. But don't bother painting the 420's front end, for the full AS effect. trigger, Tayne and Vince70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Bloody hell guys, calm down! Got to get the car road legal in its current form first.stop postin and git on wi it then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 stop postin and git on wi it then! Pending Mr Coffees' schedule I shall try to have another look this weekend and attempt to fit the new cat, and even do a service on it too. Can't guarantee anything though. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 A video was recorded yesterday, on 17-Coffees' phone though. Said video shows him getting into the Civic, putting it in reverse, and... the car just reverses. The brakes didn't stick or anything. We even drove it forwards and backwards on the driveway yesterday and stabbed the brakes a couple of times, and it started to clean up the discs quite nicely! Every time I look at this car it gets better and better. We even sprayed the front of it with a hose and it looks as good as new*. captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Said video... Now keep in mine the car has't been moved in around a year and a bit, im impressed! Pryor to that it had't been run in about a year. Will give the brakes a good clean up, both in just having a good run on the way to the MOT test as well as giving the calipers a good check & clean up before hand. It's also worth noting that the car is willing to do a burnout,(Blame supernaut) much to the delight of my parents when they see the divot left in the driveway... I've decided that even if Supernaut doesn't buy it, if he lends a hand helping get it back on the road he can get a cut of the profit from the sale or at least put the money towards 'Shed IV' Aka the 316. Shep Shepherd, Coprolalia and captain_70s 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 That's cool, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 That does indeed look and sound awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Good to see this moving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Saw this up huntly way, Didnt ken if it'd be any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Different engine, different colour and different body style. 'fraid not! At the weekend, Tayne gave me an interesting suggestion. Pre-book the Civic for an MOT at my local trusted garage, and just tell them it might fail on emissions, a new cat is in the boot, and just leave it with them. They'd make short work of it on a ramp and with the proper tools. Otherwise, no progress has been made since that video was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Why not just fit the fucking cat? Sent from my 5022X using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Why not just fit the fucking cat? Sent from my 5022X using Tapatalk Because it's on the driveway of the parents of a guy who works nights and every second weekend, and I work normal daytime hours during the week. The logistics of actually getting a day when we're both available to work on it are... difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I'd rather throw £50(?) at a garage than attempt to change a cat on my drive, too. dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I threw my cat at a garage and now I'm on meds. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk The Moog, Lacquer Peel, Supernaut and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Is your cat ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 It rattles a bit. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 No emissions, though. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Don't throw cats in public, you'll get done for littering. They_all_do_that_sir, Supernaut and Rocket88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Saw this up huntly way, Didnt ken if it'd be any use? I was thinking about that again today, but it seems he's not breaking it. A passenger side headlight would be nice, as the one on the car at the moment is very full of moss / mildew / damp green stuff. An attempt will be made to polish it off at at some point though. See how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Glad you worked oot why I posted it;) Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 A minor update. We went and awoke the Aerodeck from its slumber today. After a jump from a spare battery (actually the one from 17-Coffees' LS400 as he took it out when he mothballed it for the winter), it fired up and ran fairly nicely. I even took it for a drive round a section of private* road and it goes alright. It definitely needs that new cat fitted, and some fresh fuel probably, lots of condensation from the exhaust, and it's a bit smelly. It's definitely not a Citroen Xantia though! I thought something was wrong with it, because the steering actually has some weight, and you can actually feel bumps! We didn't manage to clear the SRS light, even after borrowing Tayne's OBD scanner thing. It only connected to the engine module and not the SRS module though. 17-Coffees is going to look up the special technique for cancelling the SRS light on these, then after that I reckon we should just chuck it at a garage and ask them to MOT it and fit the new cat, then just see how it does. I carried out a seamless* repair on the crack on the rear bumper today. It's already held together with cable ties, but you need to cover the sharp edges for the MOT. Oh, the left headlight doesn't need replaced either. All that green mossy shit was on the outside, and wiped off with a rag fairly easily. xtriple and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Photographic evidence of moving...Wolf? Is that you? by C C, on Flickr Supernaut and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 What are these like to drive? I like the way HH-Rs drive, I guess these are similar but sportier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 What are these like to drive? I like the way HH-Rs drive, I guess these are similar but sportier. Do you mean HR-V? The HHR was a Chevrolet, that looks like this: Anyway, I can't really pass judgement as I only got it up to 30mph. Seemed alright, though. It has a slightly better 1.6 than the HR-Vs too, as it's got VTEC YO so makes a bawhair over 120hp. Should be enough in a car that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 HH-R is the code name for the Civic - based Rover 400/45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Insurance boughted. Tempted to phone my local garage tomorrow morning and book it in for an MOT and necessary work during the week, and dump it on their forecourt this weekend. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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