320touring Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Congratulations! Keep up the good work your dad did on it:) reb, stereotype and Richard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 It's a good month for old diesel Volvos! reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Presumably they knew you'd not be able to afford any repairs anyway so were content with their £38. stereotype 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Today on "things nobody asked about":Shiny new bits! Also changed the 3 auxiliary belts and am about to change the injector seals to stop it from spraying diesel on the underside of the bonnet. Parts also at the ready to renew the rear brakes and cables, strut top bearings and probably some more things I've forgotten about. Amazing what you can accomplish when you drag yourself out of the house for a change. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog, davehedgehog31, aldo135 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Good stuff, sounds like it'll be right as rain once all that is done:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Oooooooh. Shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Today I made a safety critical addition to the 205. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk scdan4, The Moog, Jim Bell and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Might be after some 850 bits, if you're flogging 'owt Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Today I am doing a reverse collection mission. It begins with me engaging "yes, I'm a mechanic" mode and driving to the local(ish) scrappy. Will keep you all updated. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Might be after some 850 bits, if you're flogging 'owtIf you speak to Richard (previous owner of Mavis, current holder of Uma, and my father) he is better placed to know what is and isn't there. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 As you can tell, I'm loving waking up at 6am when I usually work evenings. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Ghosty and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Visit 1 of 2 (maybe 3) to U Pull It today. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Two wheels purchased. 4x100. £40, which is a bit much for what I need them for really, but I need them today so not much I can do about that. In related news, real men don't (/forget to) wear gloves. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 One of these cars is about to go to the Great Scrappy In The Sky. Guesses on which? Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Can I have the Clio's headlights if they don't have cataracts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Can I have the Clio's headlights if they don't have cataracts please?They're not the worst, but I'm en route to the scrappys and have no tools. Unfortunately I'm on a fairly tight schedule to get it away Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 No worries, they're a bit of a bugger to remove, bumper off job. Which scrappy is it going to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 This is currently what it sounds like:https://youtu.be/qTnHyd5DkhQNo worries, they're a bit of a bugger to remove, bumper off job. Which scrappy is it going to?It's going to nobles in Kirkcaldy. There's not much holding the bumper on to be honest, it faceplanted the ground in a big grassy field because of our expert* driving. Which is one of the reasons I didn't offer it on here for breaking, everything on it is at least somewhat broken. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 The nice eastern European man working at the scrappy was kind enough to lift it up and take the alloys off for me!He also found my "Goodbye shit car!" amusing.22 miles of exhaustless 1.4 clio made the run back in my friend's Civic 1.8 VTI with no back box sound positively serene.Also somehow didn't attract any police attention despite adopting a "it's getting scrapped anyway" attitude on the drive. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel, The Moog, captain_70s and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 I don't know whether I need the Grin, the Grump or the News 24, so I'll go for here. I will make two posts, one for people interested in the bigger picture (all none of you) and one for people who want to have a quick look at something funny car related. Some THINGS are happening at work, short term eh but probably for the best. I stood down on Wednesday afternoon and my last management shift is on Sunday, I had the worst mental health day I can remember for a long time yesterday so it was worked out that I'd swap to day rather than evening today and take yesterday off. Which I absolutely feel better for, it gave me time to talk through the torrent of awful and wonderful things that constitute life. So I now find myself in the unusual position of it being 7:30 and I am voluntarily awake, actually out of bed drinking coffee on my sofa. Big step for me as usually I wake up 5 minutes after I should have probably left to get to work if I am working in the morning.I have some packages (all chod related!) to pick up from the delivery office before work, I don't know what's in either of them yet and a third is arriving by courier at some point today. I only have two shifts left of the bullshit that's been bringing me down, and there is work behind the scenes to get me back with the store team run by one of the guys that trained me way back when nobody else believed I could do it. We proved them wrong and then some, and continue to do so, but circumstances that I probably can't talk about openly mean I had to make the difficult choice. All of this stress culminated in unleashing as yet untapped levels of verbal rage upon an older guy who chose (definitely a choice) to run out into the road directly in front of me. Thankfully he stopped in the middle when he realised there was no chance I could stop even from 25. Once my rational brain took back over I apologised as deeply as I could, shook his hand, then went Home (not my home but Home) to talk it all through. A deeply helpful experience, and it's honestly like a switch has flipped. Even better, the person outside of my family who I hold closest to my heart is making some real progress on her own mental health and that alone is enough to cheer me up endlessly. Overall a very mixed week. "But REB" I hear you say, "what does any of this bullshit have to do with your cars?"Everything! Nothing! Both!It's a lot easier to do things with cars when you're not in the depths of depression, and I think I'm well on my way to throw myself into things when the days get a bit longer and my designated shop monkey finishes uni for the year. If I can get out of bed at 7am with as broken a sleep as I got last night for work, I sure as fuck can do it to build the car I've been dreaming of ever since I drove this: Which may give you a clue to my plans. But only a clue, because mine are slightly different.Yes it just took me 45 minutes to write this post.Yes I'll do the fun one now. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Skut, dome, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 The current state of the 205's fuel system: https://v.redd.it/9vw3s2icdcm21 Sorry the fun one is so short.It took over an hour from waking up to want a cigarette though, so that's another grin. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Do you want a donor engine for £free?Comes with mouldy van. reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Do you want a donor engine for £free?Comes with mouldy van.Already arranged! Comes with a mouldy Peugeot #REDACTED# Don't want to give the game away yet Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel, loserone and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Glad he hear your crushing Clios and making yourself happier dude. Long may these things continue. reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 YAAAAAASSSSSSSS! Good to see progress in all areas:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Sounds like plans afoot... How you going to document your car transformation? Any chance of doing a project Binky type YouTube build? Might get some people to support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Sounds like plans afoot... How you going to document your car transformation? Any chance of doing a project Binky type YouTube build? Might get some people to support it.That's absolutely my plan, I filmed a little bit of the day we scrapped the clio, but my desktop is being a dick and won't play the files. Here will be the first to know. This is my YouTube channel just in case I forget! https://www.youtube.com/user/SheerBrightonRock (Edit: 10 points to Griffynshite if you can name the long running 1970s group 15 year old me named my channel after!) Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 It is also worth noting I just purchased a set of 206 "Florida" trims, so don't expect too much in the looks transformation! Cosmetics are expensive, and sleepers are more fun!! Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Excellent.... More things to watch. Good luck - and well done on mental health part, getting started can always be the hardest part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Excellent.... More things to watch. Good luck - and well done on mental health part, getting started can always be the hardest partIf the idea of an Autistic bloke wittering about his build interests you, you'll definitely enjoy it.I discovered a guy called PiggyPower recently, if you've not seen him I definitely recommend. Very down to earth and relatable. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Jim Bell and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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