Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Off to collect new* car. Ebay buy not seen, I presume it exists! No mot off the road a year with a few issues. Norwich to Harwich. Mrs Sills driving so I'm chilling! Sigmund Fraud and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 That Marina is class & the ital looks good to. Are you going for a saloon next?I doubt it, I haven't got the space what I have got at the moment! Found out yesterday that my in laws garage that I was told I could borrow again has been filled with my brother in laws gym equipment! That's buggered me right up now! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I'm sick to death of those fucking shit Top Gear and piano jokes, they weren't funny 10 years ago.Was one of the Marina's trashed not fixed by a chap in the owners club? A purple car from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Audi chief Rupert Stadler arrested in diesel emissions probe The chief executive of German carmaker Audi, Rupert Stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. A spokesman for Volkswagen, which owns Audi, confirmed he was being held. Munich prosecutors said they had acted because of a risk that Mr Stadler might seek to suppress evidence. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44517753 Hmm. Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The little brass caps on the Hudson engine between the spark plugs are priming cups. As the name suggests, they allow you to manually prime the cylinders with fuel before starting the car. Fairly standard fitment for the period. cort1977, wuvvum, Stanky and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Prob a bit to modern and hated on here but this is what my £600 has got me today.Yep it's a golf in a party frock. 2.0l pez flavour, leather interior, electric roof. 129k milesBonnet has some dodgy paint related acneA hand full of broken parts to fixFuture classic! Who am I kidding its a cheap as chips VAG product. But I like as does Mrs Sills.As you were! Tam, worldofceri, The Moog and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I put this in for its first MOT test since I've owned it today. Thankfully it passed! The tester commented that it was in better condition that most 5 year old cars he tests which was nice! He did say that the CO reading was off the scale which I knew about as it smokes from overfueling so I must sort that out and the handbrake wasn't as good one side but being a auto it wasn't a bit deal. I've also been offered a 1970s Mazda 1000 today randomly, it's a friends ex partners father who's died who lives on the road behind, apparently his garden was full of old cars including MK1 Golfs and Minis and this Mazda is still there, i went to take a look but it's under a tarp but they want it gone. I'm waiting for more details on it but if it's not a shitter I'll be looking for a home for it hopefully (my Inn is already over subscribed with cars!) RobT, oldcars, wuvvum and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 ....I've also been offered a 1970s Mazda 1000 today randomly, .... One of these? I had to look it up to remember what it looked like. Haven't seen one since the, er, 1970s. oldcars and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 So I've been told, it's certainly that shape under the tarp anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Had an excellent skip find today when I spotted a "mid-century modern" piece hanging out next to a skip with a big note that read "TAKE ME". A knock on the door to confirm it was indeed free and Mike and I carried it home since it was literally around the corner but too big to fit in any of our cars. Someone's been at it with the upcycling chalk paint, which is the only issue. It doesn't look terrible, but it certainly feels terrible and the paint is well past the first flush of youth. What's amazing is that they didn't do any prep at all so with some soapy water and a putty knife you can literally scrape the blue paint off to reveal suprisingly good veneer underneath. Once fully cleaned I'll seal the lot with a satin varnish. Apart from the paint there's nothing missing or damaged, which is nothing short of amazing on this sort of furniture. When I'm done it'll get a coat of satin varnish to reseal everything and hopefully look like this unmolested example. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, egg, JeeExEll and 35 others 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Oh and because I am down with the yout, the Beetle only has a god damn playstation 2 in it!!! Inverter and everything. Word out mother fuckers, drops mike, limps off. ( Bad knee don't you know)!!!. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Lacquer Peel, jumpingjehovahs and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 So I've been told, it's certainly that shape under the tarp anyway!I think Johnny Smith might be in the market for a Mazda 1000. loserone and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Is the Mazda 1000 already on ebay? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-1000-/302773876225 There can’t be two in Ipswich. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 after our success on saturday, sunday we failed in our quest to get both mini's to murton park. getting within 50-odd yards of the lock-up containing the orange mini, we ground to a halt in th eblack one. no mire drive, though the speedo was still registering speed even though we weren't moving, along with a horrid clunck from the car when the clutch was disengaged. looking under the bonnet, i found that the n/s drive shaft was spinning happily away but not actually moving the wheels..... seems we broke a cv joint, and probably shagged up the drive shaft in the process.....bugger.....well nothing for it but get cocopop, run across to the FiL's and get the "thunderbird" (or is t Blunderbird, maybe Chunderbird, whether or not you care for a metro.)a quick turn of the key, and marvin burst (a bit grumpily) in to life. well we have ignored him for an age, or at leat a month or so. poor marvin....so armed with a ratched strap (cos the proper tow rope is at home in the back of the rover) our sad little convoy made it up to the lock-up. the broken car wa deposited inside, dunno when we'll get to look at it cos, well, we'll bet around to it, maybe.....so eventually we did get to Murton Park, though with the strangest looking morris mini 1000..... while there, we did see these gems too. ah well. maybe next year we'll manage to get both mini's to a show together!! Justin Case, Skizzer, Tadhg Tiogar and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Is the Mazda 1000 already on ebay? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-1000-/302773876225 There can’t be two in Ipswich.That's the one! Didn't know they had put it on there! Apparently she was only after £200 for it! chaseracer, Aston Martin and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 That's the one! Didn't know they had put it on there! Apparently she was only after £200 for it!Hope you aren't now seen as the robbing git who tried to steal it for a fraction of its worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Good commitment there MM, thanks for sharing the pics ETA: Did your missus carry the "PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH ME" sign around all day, or did it go on the car? no, kerry was just putting the toy cocopop on the dash board of, er, cocopop when i took the picture! but things breaking on old cars is all part of the joy* of owning such a vehicle..... when we changed the outer CV joint boots one of the joints was an absolute nightmare to get back onto the end of the drive shaft, we are betting that it was this alkward joint that has broken. and apparently i've taken the failure far better than kerry was expecting.. the swearing and shouting will occure when we are trying to fix the car, no doubt when we are trying, and failling to get it back together!! CGSB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 That's the one! Didn't know they had put it on there! Apparently she was only after £200 for it! She should not hold her breath. My son's '94 Tipo was won by a bidder that went to £621. He was a no show, a bit like the chap who won it a week or two earlier. The other Tipo that was for sale ( a three door) went for about £1200 and, guess what, the bidder did not turn up. It has been relisted. My son can't be arsed relisting again and has found a friend who will buy it - but not until the end of August. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 No delivery Fred because I only remembered to take two photos; my Saab turbo has gone to it's new home chez-chatsharris. That's my father in law there on winching duty: A pleasure to meet chatsharris; hopefully he's got more patience than me with which to learn the ways of the K-jet. Didn't do any Woollarding or any of that malarkey so you'll have to make do with a pic of the 900 on the trailer when I stopped to make sure it hadn't fallen off. CGSB, RobT, The Moog and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Hope you aren't now seen as the robbing git who tried to steal it for a fraction of its worth.I've since found out she was actually after £100 for it! I would have given her more than that for it but I haven't the room anyway. At least it's her son selling it and not some chancer. oldcars, Sigmund Fraud and New POD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Okay, I get upcycling, I really do. I hate the word, but some of the things people make from broken old rubbish is neat. This thing though hasn't so much as a veneer chip, a cup ring, a scratch... nothing. Before someone went at it with chalk paint it was actually perfect. It's satisfying to return it to the previous state, but also annoying knowing that it was originally in great condition anyway. HMC, GrumpiusMaximus, Eddie Honda and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 She should not hold her breath. My son's '94 Tipo was won by a bidder that went to £621. He was a no show, a bit like the chap who won it a week or two earlier. The other Tipo that was for sale ( a three door) went for about £1200 and, guess what, the bidder did not turn up. It has been relisted. My son can't be arsed relisting again and has found a friend who will buy it - but not until the end of August.I must have been lucky getting a Tipo buyer who turned up and paid in full. I had fancied that three door as it looks class but now I've got another car incoming can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Okay, I get upcycling, I really do. I hate the word, but some of the things people make from broken old rubbish is neat. This thing though hasn't so much as a veneer chip, a cup ring, a scratch... nothing. Before someone went at it with chalk paint it was actually perfect. It's satisfying to return it to the previous state, but also annoying knowing that it was originally in great condition anyway. That is classic mid-20th Century design. And bloody awful. (In a good way) vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (In a good way)have you seen Bill Bailey in his one man show recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Nyphur: and we all know those people are wrong. They could have just gone to Ikea and bought something that looked the same if that's what they wanted. oldcars and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Nyphur: and we all know those people are wrong. They could have just gone to Ikea and bought something that looked the same if that's what they wanted.Yeah but Nan's old furniture is cheaper, innit. vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The Starlet has departed the fleet, but it's ok, because my driveway looks like this. spike60, Tam, MorrisItalSLX and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 It's like a little yappy dog sniffing the nose of a big labrodor! oldcars and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The rebuild of the Perkins engine in my series 2A is finished. It needed a bleedin' good bleeding to get it going. I wasn't convinced the lift pump was doing much, so as I had a repair kit on the shelf, I thought I'd take it off and take it apart. New spring and diaphragm was a PITA to fit. Finally got it to cough into life. It's running fine with its new piston rings and big end shells. There's a small leak passing injector 3 which improved when I cleaned and reseated it, but it's still not 100%. Here's a vid of it running.. Squire_Dawson, Tickman, MarvinsMom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The rebuild of the Perkins engine in my series 2A is finished. It needed a bleedin' good bleeding to get it going. I wasn't convinced the lift pump was doing much, so as I had a repair kit on the shelf, I thought I'd take it off and take it apart. New spring and diaphragm was a PITA to fit. 20180617_144535.jpg Finally got it to cough into life. It's running fine with its new piston rings and big end shells. There's a small leak passed injector 3 which improved when I cleaned and reseated it, but it's bit 100%. Here's a vid of it running.. Is the lack of a video of it running due to all those bits you had left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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