scruff Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 It’s 02:46 somewhere on the south coast and for a long, drawn out reason I am sneaking across a sleepy seaside town in a Portugal registered two door Range Rover ready for the next part of today’s collection mission. Updates may be sporadic... Coprolalia, Split_Pin, Bren and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Have a great trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy Mann Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Good luck, looking at the starting vehicle I have high hopes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 That's one of the best opening collection thread posts evah Twiggy, AMC Rebel, robinmasters and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 All the best hardy warrior. Bring us something nice back. binhoker668 and AMC Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hopefully its a double bluff and its the 2 dr Rangey The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 He's got a bulb out. But loving this already... The Moog and binhoker668 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I'll feel very let down if he's going to collect a bulb Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk Christine, pompei, HillmanImp and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 He's got a bulb out. But loving this already...Which bulb? He’s got his fog light on hasn’t he? scruff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Surely that would be on the other side, unless he's not in the UK? Edit, sorry, it's just clicked that it's not a UK car, I'll go and stand in the corner. The Moog and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Changed vehicles at 3am and set off for Dover, but unfortunately it's not going to plan Prognosis is dead alternator... spanners are out Aston Martin, Angrydicky, binhoker668 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 What are you collecting with that a fiat 500 ? HillmanImp, Wingz123, The Moog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Changed vehicles at 3am and set off for Dover, but unfortunately it's not going to plan IMG_1681.JPG Prognosis is dead alternator... spanners are outAnd the Scania bows carefully to its opponent before the battle begins. Round 1. Fight! robinmasters, dollywobbler, Wingz123 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Alternator overloaded? "Prognosis is dead alternator" + HillmanImp, pilninggas, Tickman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 It’s 02:46 somewhere on the south coast and for a long, drawn out reason I am sneaking across a sleepy seaside town in a Portugal registered two door Range Rover ready for the next part of today’s collection mission. I read this in the voice of the narrator on the opening titles of The A-Team. Even at this early stage this is already in the top three collection threads. The Moog and HillmanImp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilninggas Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 A portuguese registered strange rover in the gloom or insipid coffee and 20 B&H. Yeah, like it lots. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The chod-collection bar has been set high enough already with S80 V8s and diesel-powered Oldsmobiles bought at auction and Japanese estate cars driven back from eastern Europe. This thread has exceeded that bar already and I still don't even know what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Unfortunately the Scania's alternator has been pronounced banjaxed and no one in the locality can get one until Monday. A big thumbs up to Mick Gould Commercials for tracing the mysterious electrical problem, they are well versed with old school lorries and proper fault finding. We were on our way to Belgium to collect two prime pieces of British tat, that will now have to wait until next week (DFDS freight has a ten day window) but sadly with someone else driving the Scania as I've got to go to real work. However the weekend is not lost as while drowning our sorrows with PG tips in the cafe I updatesa mate with our progress and he casually asked if I'd be interested in buying back an old vehicle of my mum's which she had owned for years. On top of this there was a vehicle to be collected fresh from the channel island ferry at Poole, as the exhaust had completely fallen off. So..... rantingYoof, clayts450, Angrydicky and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Are you Vince Gilligan per chance? 'Cause you're doing a fantastic job of weaving a story which gives literally no clues as to which direction it will take next, and it's damn addictive. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 After getting the Scania back (joys of a fully mechanical engine) we pigged out at the transport cafe in Cowfold and had a rethink. My chumrade (and wagon owner) had a old 90 on its way over from Guernsey that evening and the driver had already been in touch to say the exhaust had completely fallen off. We therefore set pace in a Land Cruiser and trailer bound for Poole. While this was going on, as alluded to above I was offered another vehicle. Back in the 00s my mother's daily transport had been an unfalteringly reliable 1968 Series IIA Landy; sometime around 2011 it had needed some welding and had just been parked up in their garage. My folks wanted me to have it but at the time there was no space nor money to do the required structural refabricating so I very reluctantly put it up for sale. A really good mate in the New Forest showed interest and with a "first refusal back" agreement it went to live there. Lots of chassis and bulkhead work later it was on the road but never really used much. I had sworn I wouldn't get another LR especially at the prices they can now fetch but I could not say no. And we could pick it up on the way back from Poole. Poole harbour was reached at 18:00 hours. 90: For sale if anyone's interested, needs quite a bit of work or would break well. Ex RAF Ascension Island and later Cyprus, been in the Channel Islands a good few years and a bit crusty And here's the IIA. Apart from being considerably dirtier it looks no different to when my folks had it. Angrydicky, dave21478, The Moog and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 I failed completely at photographys for reasons which may become clear. By the time we had all had a chat, swapped pound notes for a bulging history file and keys, looked at steam engines and other old tat it was getting dark and starting to rain. The others fancied dinner but I decided to press on back to my parents in Worthing and get some much needed sleep. The mother of all thunderstorms was about to hit southern Hampshire and the Landy had done two miles since it was MOT'd last July. Despite clear recent evidence to the contrary I figured I did well in the miracle market so pointed the series towards the M27. I've had loads of these but two years "clean" (I thought I was cured, seems not) so it took a mile or so to get back in the zone. 55mph cruise in torrential rain didn't seem too horrible and we paddled our way back with no drama. It's always driven well and with the recent addition of an SU carb it's quite peppy, if a tad thirsty. I sneaked in late and my parents reaction in the morning was brilliant. We had only been talking the previous evening about it and that it was sat in a barn going dusty. After a hearty breakfast I put more frigging petrol in it and headed off the 160 miles home. It didn't miss a beat and my boy was delighted. My friend's bad luck had continued however. As I trundled through the night time monsoon they had finished dinner and followed in my narrow wheel tracks when the front diff on the Land Cruiser kersploded at Fontwell....!! binhoker668, drum, Supernaut and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 If you want to go out in bad weather, get a Landcruiser. If you want to come back, get a Landrover. I think the old saying goes something like that anyway. What a belter man. Loads more pics please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Here's the flight deck I'll take it to work tomorrow and get some more pics but I do like this as well wuvvum, Jim Bell, nacho man and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Engine room. 2286cc of pre-BL Rover Co four potness. I'll give it a general service this weekend but there isn't much that immediately needs attention; the SU needs a better choke cable or the original one freeing off and made to work properly. This is just as well as the A35 needs some love and I really don't want that to just sit and fester. Oh yeah, here's the front. Lights in middle = proper. pilninggas, dave21478, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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