cros Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Seen in Crowland a couple of days ago. spike60, beko1987, strangeangel and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 On forecourt at Halls Garage Morton, low miles, awaiting door adjustment. Lord Sterling, RobT, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 IMG_20170413_181551317.jpgSeen in Crowland a couple of days ago. That looks like it's had its rust permanently* repaired* with Finnegans Number 1 primer. Surely they don't still make it?? It was rubbish. Skut and cros 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 That looks like it's had its rust permanently* repaired* with Finnegans Number 1 primer. Surely they don't still make it?? It was rubbish.. Hope not. Here's a foot well I treated back when I believed the shit they claimed for it; it blistered through within weeks but I put a bit of WD 40 on it every now and again to avoid scraping off the whole sorry mess and starting again. 10 years after its STILL IN SERVICE. strangeangel and Squire_Dawson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Finnegans only made shit, hammerite/smoothrite was utter cack and cost a fortune, and still does. richardthestag, Skut, hennabm and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hammerite has it's uses: I painted a wooden (well mdf) toilet seat with aerosol Hammerite and it was still perfect when I binned it after 20 years. Absolutely useless for car use though. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Old hammerite was ok as long as you put shit loads on, new stuff is terrible whatever. scdan4, chaseracer, Eddie Honda and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Fiats Sake Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 My steeds of choice. drewd, uk_senator, cros and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Old hammerite was ok as long as you put shit loads on, new stuff is terrible whatever. I think that's cos they've had to stop putting Lead, TNT, Uranium, Cyanide,DDT, etc in it Eddie Honda, cros, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 Fuck me, my Landrover is hand painted with green Hammerite, the paint looks absolutely awful but, guess what, it's still in service. Rusty_Rocket, Eddie Honda, Skizzer and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 The Volvo is still in service. Here it is pictured last Tuesday after being used for my 50 mile round daily commute for a week: All it required was petrol, screenwash, a small amount of engine oil and a wash at the end of the week. Good car cros, Jim Bell, Zantimisfit and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 cros, Sudsprint and anonymous user 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Been in the village near me for years, K reg, used regular. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfetta Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 for some reason I painted my old grifter in red hammerite, looked fing awful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Not something you see every day, a flail trimmer on a train, but I suppose you have to cut line-side hedges somehow. The Leyland tractor which is chained to the truck and presumably still powers the thing looks like it's been there a while. SiC, RobT, beko1987 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 5 mins ago, Vilnius. Skoda trolleybus. Marvellous vehicle! Uncle Jimmy, strangeangel, cros and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It's always a flipping treat to see this bumbling along through our village. It's a bit fruity in places, so I'm amazed (and delighted) to see that it's just been MOT'd with zero advisories. Just proves that the key to longevity is low owners and picking off the jobs as they come up. White trims FTW. Not my photo - can't find mine - nor can I work out how to embed from FLICKR onto here (maybe as I'm not logged in there?) Anyway this guy Kevin loves a bit of it, and he's even papped my car before! https://www.flickr.com/photos/128691640@N04/ uk_senator, RobT, danthecapriman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The quality* repairs to this lawn mower were brought to you by the late FATHA_SA and Yours Truly. STILL IN SERVICE. Uncle Jimmy, alcyonecorporation, BorniteIdentity and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It's always a flipping treat to see this bumbling along through our village. It's a bit fruity in places, so I'm amazed (and delighted) to see that it's just been MOT'd with zero advisories. Just proves that the key to longevity is low owners and picking off the jobs as they come up - for example easing that sticky door and replacing a rotten window frame at your local MOT garage. EFA primeradoner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0ldCh0d Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Does my Astravan count? It is in service again,,,, cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 IMG_1316.JPG The quality* repairs to this lawn mower were brought to you by the late FATHA_SA and Yours Truly. STILL IN SERVICE. Your mower is literally 2 years older than me. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Does public transport count? In Bucuresti we still have in service some of the Tatra T4 that were bought in 1975. Here's one of them: Yoss, alcyonecorporation, LC Torana and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 H reg 205 came to collect an old Iveco lump from me today. The bonnets only up cos I was having an admire of the TUD3. That's right, 1.4 front, 2.5 rear, 100% class. strangeangel, Shep Shepherd, holbeck and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 TUD in a 205? That's the work of a beautifully twisted mind mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 A local haulage company are running an 05 Reg Scania 114c and a 55 reg Foden, both 8 legger tippers. These seem a lot older than the DAFs and Volvos I often see transporting Mid-Wales in the direction of the M5, 30 tonnes at a time. So, genuine truckshite or not, especially as they seem to still be in the liveries of former owners, with only the name changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Our local window cleaner uses this. I've been stalking him for some time to get a snap of it. strangeangel, mk2_craig, cros and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Dunmanway today-still in service. cros, Vantman, somewhatfoolish and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Dont have any pics, but I always notice the lorries used for fairground rides are usually really old, some even older than me (born 1987) although I suppose by comparison to most trucks they probably have lived easier lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 New 1/11/84 in Hong Kong... still in service. (Any excuse. I fuggin love these) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk danthecapriman, AlabamaShrimp and cros 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Brightbus at Anston? These are a regular sight near me, school contracts they use them for, see them a lot on the A57 chucking loads of black shit out the back. A mate of mine used to drive these, awful in the wet he said. They used to have the sliding windows originally at the front for traffic in HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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