Tamworthbay Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Really common here. Buying a new RHD car or buying the parts to properly convert a LHD model of car to it's correctly manufactured RHD counterpart with factory parts is prohibited, yet fitting a giant fanbelt with woodscrews to the dash and steering with it isn't.PhilThat is crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Especially as most of the carriers here use Jeeps of some description, which have definitely had RHD type approval. Ends up with a dashboard full of warning lights (airbag removal, seatbelt warning system etc etc) but by the time the car's some with it's usually so far gone it's worth just having flung the fanbelt option on and rolled around in first and second gear constantly on the brakes with the window open in all weather. You can imagine how nice* second hand ones are. Phil Tamworthbay and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On Tuesday night I drove over summat in the Streetwise which caused a minor thump underneath the car. 10 mins later the gear changes started getting really noisy, sorta metallic sound when changing down/up. Didn't sound healthy at all. Fearing the worst, I parked it up outside and pushed the 620 into commutawagon duties. Finally had a chance to get under the Streetwise today. World's simplest fix evah. The exhaust heatshield had been whacked by whatever I hit and was rubbing against the gear linkage. Bent it back. Job's a good un. Gotta love simple fixes purplebargeken, chaseracer, Amishtat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Crepes. privatewire and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.Prohibited for vehicles under 25 years unless you go through the expense of Federal homoglation. (All part of "imports aren't going to hurt our car economy", whereby the manufacturers then went to Mazda and Mitsubishi etc and bought their designs to build) Richard and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Is it steaming backwards or is there a strong wind from behind?i'm guessing that Tornado is running tender first in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Just seen a Sierra BASE in Shaun the Sheep the Movie (Well, I'm pretty sure that's what it is) beko1987 and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Managed to get a mahoosive splinter yesterday in my finger right on the bone. No way was it moving yesterday. A soak in a very hot bath followed by some judicious poking has finally got the bastard out. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Rover 75 driver in crap brown paint job of an estate car ..... joining the motor way from a set of traffic lights , he was on the outside , I was on the inside ,,,, for some reason he booted his car , swerved in front of me on my lane .... and braked .... he not realising I already had him down as a cunt for buying such a gawdy looking car ..had noted his plan and I had nipped into the outside lane and was showing him a clean pair of heels before he realised he was still on the brakes ... he did not look happy .... soft arsed SFB myglaren, purplebargeken and Tamworthbay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Rover 75 driver in crap brown paint job of an estate car ..... joining the motor way from a set of traffic lights , he was on the outside , I was on the inside ,,,, for some reason he booted his car , swerved in front of me on my lane .... and braked .... he not realising I already had him down as a cunt for buying such a gawdy looking car ..had noted his plan and I had nipped into the outside lane and was showing him a clean pair of heels before he realised he was still on the brakes ... he did not look happy .... soft arsed SFBWhere's the dash cam footage. Tamworthbay and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it.Yup, Grumman went through all the type approval for the Kubvan to be RHD as it was built to purpose. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 . loserone, STUNO, privatewire and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Back on the RHD/ LHD bit, the rubbish truck that calls here is modified so that the driver can operate single handed. our rubbish is in bags not bins, the picker has to fling the bag through the opening in the side of the truck.Driver has a standing up driving position on the left only a small step to the ground and he can very quickly grab the bags and toss them in. The bags are not big. The regular driving position is there and used for ordinary driving. Jim Bell and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it. Prohibited for vehicles under 25 years unless you go through the expense of Federal homoglation.(All part of "imports aren't going to hurt our car economy", whereby the manufacturers then went to Mazda and Mitsubishi etc and bought their designs to build) Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it. Really common here. Buying a new RHD car or buying the parts to properly convert a LHD model of car to it's correctly manufactured RHD counterpart with factory parts is prohibited, yet fitting a giant fanbelt with woodscrews to the dash and steering with it isn't.PhilLake placid/Jim thorpe not long ago LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 20190224_091250.jpgCrepes.did pancakes earlier but they were bought sugar and lemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Lake placid/Jim thorpe not long ago would love to own/import a Grumman LLV some day (wonder if there are any in the UK?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I think there are! I have a feeling one of my old friends in Liverpool had one a few years ago. Not a lot of help, I know, because we've lost touch; but encouragement, surely? In other news, I had a lovely day out yesterday with wife and dog in Bowness, beside the lake (Windermere). The sun shone, we got a parking space, we even had a cruise on the lake. Beautiful. chadders, The Moog, MarvinsMom and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjehovahs Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 would love to own/import a Grumman LLV some day (wonder if there are any in the UK?)I can’t recall who, but I’m pretty sure there’s one on here somewhere Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirton Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Used to be one in Crediton about 25 years ago LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I've also seen one in Durham. Albeit 11 years ago. LightBulbFun and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 According to my Mrs I "sneeze camply" Well there you go. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk mrbenn and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 .FB_IMG_1551048394921.jpgDid you take that or is it from somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Did you take that or is it from somewhere else?Not my pic no fella. Just ran across it on Facebook. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Roads Policing Unit @MerPolTrafficFollowFollow @MerPolTrafficMoreThis #motorcyclist though it was ok to wear a hard hat and a bungee cord to secure it instead of a helmet. #itsnotok #reported #notworththerisk12:49 PM - 19 Feb 2019 https://twitter.com/MerPolTraffic/status/1097840489594871808 NorfolkNWeigh, wuvvum, Sheefag and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I think that's a shining example of the old saying "if you have a ten dollar head, get a ten dollar crash helmet" Sheefag, Skizzer, somewhatfoolish and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 According to my Mrs I "sneeze camply" Well there you go. Sent from my VFD 710 using TapatalkAccording to my kids "Dad you are so gay" I'm sure they mean it as an insult, but I can't see it is. iainrcz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I was 55 yesterday, proving to myself that I'm still an idiot . I started and ended the day with a shag, had a 20oz T bone for lunch then on the way to B'ham airport maxed the Passat for the full length of the M45( it goes as fast as a Troll's Golf) . Tiny 3/4 life crisis!Today is my 30th wedding anniversary , which is pearl ( Mrs N has already vetoed the obvious present!) we're going to Swansea for her work, so I've booked that fancy tower restaurant and given it Billy Big Bollocks by ordering a bottle of champagne for when we arrive.Tomorrow I'll probably turn my toes up, but be happy. paulplom, Brodders, twosmoke300 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I was 55 yesterday, proving to myself that I'm still an idiot . I started and ended the day with a shag, had a 20oz T bone for lunch then on the way to B'ham airport maxed the Passat for the full length of the M45( it goes as fast as a Troll's Golf) . Tiny 3/4 life crisis!Today is my 30th wedding anniversary , which is pearl ( Mrs N has already vetoed the obvious present!) we're going to Swansea for her work, so I've booked that fancy tower restaurant and given it Billy Big Bollocks by ordering a bottle of champagne for when we arrive.Tomorrow I'll probably turn my toes up, but be happy. Exactly a day younger than me. On Saturday night I discovered (by being told, not literally doing it) that something called 'Sploshing' is actually a thing. Oh how we laughed. Do NOT FFS Google it with your partner or kids about though. Or at work. NorfolkNWeigh, eddyramrod, privatewire and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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