Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Talking of Heinz, there was a really interesting documentary on BBC about their factory at Wigan, if you missed it you can get it on ketchup. Banger Kenny, oldcars and chadders 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 The inventor of the hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat has died.RIP Scott Chegg. oldcars, stonedagain, dozeydustman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Row, row, row your boatTo the Isle of DreadWhere upon the dinosaursAre waiting to be fed One for the old D&D players there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Probably old news for you but at the weekend I enjoyed a trip to the Brooklands Museum with my professional institute, the IMechE. Essentially a giant yard filled with old motorcycles (stunning priceless Brough examples), bicycles (as above), cars (which I wasn't that interested in) and old British civil airliners which made you wonder where it all went wrong. I've never really been interested in Concorde before but learning about it was absolutely fascinating. With the London Buses Museum on site too one could easily spend a whole day there, which we did. Unusual highlight. Four speed! I assume this was a jet engine snow plough Bus porn BAC 111. Looks a lot comfier than the expensive seat classes you get on planes now D Spares & Tyres, yellowperil, MarvinsMom and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 People scoop bus, so you can collect them without stopping. I wonder why it never caught on? LightBulbFun, willswitchengage, yellowperil and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Last time I went to Brooklands was about 2004, I won the autotest at the Midget & Sprite club 50th anniversary for Spidgets. I then retired from competition undefeated. Still amuses me how pissed off the second place bloke looked. He'd taken the spare etc out the car to make it lighter, it was tuned & tweaked & he appeared to take things seriously. I had a standard 1500 with a passenger & my Jack Russel sat on the shelf behind the seats. Oh & silly hats. chadders, gm, xtriple and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Correct. The third one is a "PP". All of them have working inside valve gear. The show was Scaleforum - held every year in Stoke Mandeville.Thanks for that. I'll try to get over for the show next year. Inside valve gear in 4mm is almost a dark art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Another PPI reclaim has come up, so that's more money for the CX gearbox fund. ... Inside valve gear in 4mm is almost a dark art. Until I started doing it for myself, I'd have agreed with this. But once you understand how the parts fit and work together, it's not necessarily difficult at all. Here's a crank axle I put together: Sloth in a bowl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Last time I went to Brooklands was about 2004, I won the autotest at the Midget & Sprite club 50th anniversary for Spidgets. I then retired from competition undefeated. Still amuses me how pissed off the second place bloke looked. He'd taken the spare etc out the car to make it lighter, it was tuned & tweaked & he appeared to take things seriously. I had a standard 1500 with a passenger & my Jack Russel sat on the shelf behind the seats. Oh & silly hats. Me In MG - Med.jpgYour hair appears to have migrated to the south side of your head since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I stood up too quick one day & it slipped. dozeydustman, beko1987, myglaren and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 After days of faffing about with Jag and a voltmeter that says it has bugger all electrickery left in it ( though it always starts easily enough) I was pleased to read 12.20 volts on a well rested battery that had done some recent work. So I am going to assume (oh dear...) that I do have an electrical system and a set of clocks that lie like an MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Still ploughing through old episodes of Top Gear - this last night, the origins of Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag oldcars and Fumbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 The Haulamatic 620 I spotted a few years ago DSC_3967 by RichardB5, on Flickr and its "Fuck knows" switch DSC_2628 by RichardB5, on Flickr were on TV last night at 13:13 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bkfr73/grand-tours-of-scotlands-lochs-series-2-3-point-to-pap dome, JeeExEll, The Moog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Reb pointed out to me on Facebook, that I appear to have inadvertently made the Rover 416GTi Bomb Disposal Edition. Bomb Disposal Land Rover by Martin Jones, on Flickr Also, apparently there was some sort of James May programme on recently involving a Renault 4, and my parents have watched it, my dad because cars, and my mum because intrigue about R4s. My mum has craftily used it to plant the seeds of me buying one... dome, oldcars, jumpingjehovahs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Cars of the People perhaps? I liked that series. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 dome and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 It's a bit sad really, but after last week's hospital shenanigans i am sitting here hardly able to get out of my chair, my blood count has gone up to 86 from 69, it apparently should be 130...Anyway I am bored and useless, the local BBC station have a theme at lunchtime, they choose a subject and will play requests related to it. Today's theme was cars, so I went in a request for Elvis Presley Cortina Trap... I got it played and made the DJ laugh, a career in local radio awaits. dome, stonedagain, privatewire and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I can polish my car now! Wish my car was one of these... mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 post count on my last post matches cubic capacity on Triumph V8 Oh and lads £230 Polo passed MoT today, needed a £50 Steering sensor. Failure yesterday on suspension bush! removed wishbone last night, looks newish as does the strut and disc!! loads of money thrown at this by previous owner. Pattern wishbone part was a shonky fit into housing, adjusted housing using gentle persuasion and torqued up again. zero cost mrbenn and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Some of you may recall the tatty and slightly broken Mercury Sable I bought from our Eddy on here a couple of years ago. Repaired it and then decided it would be a great idea to turn it into a replica NYPD cop car and move it on. It would likely live longer and be more desirable etc etc...Did that and sold it on down Sarf after a couple of successful car shows and bookings. Recently Mrs Beard got a text message from one of her friends stating "The Police car that Bob did up is in a car show in Lytham"! We were away, so excitedly I asked her to take a picture or two and forward them. Couldn't believe the car was still around, and back up north two years later. She had seen, and been in the car so must recognise it.....Wrong. How she ever thought......Oh never mind. Made me laugh. Comments on taste optional. Banger Kenny, BeEP, The Moog and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I do not normally pay any attention to this kind of article. the info is largely out of date and irrelevant. BUT http://time.com/4723114/50-worst-cars-of-all-time/ This reads like a who's who of Autoshite fabulous STUNO, chadders, catsinthewelder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Just got home and it’s a lovely evening so sitting outside enjoying the sunset and an aperitif. richardthestag, RobT, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I JOINED AUTOSHITE TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! jumpingjehovahs, Datsuncog, mrbenn and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Happy shite day! Buy my car to celebrate myglaren and DeeJay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Further to my post in the new news thread on the modern forum, I'd just about come to terms with spending the day at a yarn festival that my step mum and step sister want to go to, but poor health means they'll struggle to drive, so I've stepped in... Turns out dad was planning on kicking them out of the car at the venue before it came to a stop then going to find trains for the day! Settle and Carlisle is close apparently. Then if we get back early enough he wants to go to speedway, which sounds good to me. I've just got to drive a 2017 1.8 Zafira C 300 miles... If dad's too tired to drive to Harlow from Peterborough I'll shove him in the gooner and get up the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Happy shiteday Parky. The 'tache looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Burp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Tea, biscuits & Vaseline? Datsuncog, yellowperil, cobblers and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Of course, how else do you get half a dozen digestives up your arse? DeeJay, D Spares & Tyres, Richard and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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