Crooner Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hello there.Long time watcher, first time poster.(one of those annoying types who looks, belly laughs at content and oft ponders about entering and winning roffles and does cock all about it.) Humph!Anyway, as been as you've all shown me yours, I thought it's only fair I show you mine. Ahem.You may of had a peek at one of my motor via Junkman's post a few months back when I crossed his palm with a few portraits of the queen in return for some nicely bent wire that should fit on top of this someday.Anyway, the Renault is off the road at the mo. because I used it for four days when it snowed early this year and the underneath turned from an impressive vista of nice, unmolested, original metallic blue and black underneath, to a patina of rusty, flaky shite that really shocked me. It really had rusted badly, albeit only surface rust, in four days. Christ on a bike!, I knew they rusted in the day, but that is ridiculous!So to save my 40 year old car from the ravages of the Great British Gritters, what do you do? Obviously, you buy a 50 year old car to bomb around in!And so to my Morris Minor. This is a real love/hate car. It should be all cuddly and nostalgic but in reality it's a rattly, rusty annoying little shit of a car that I spent more time fixing than driving at first, but that is turning around a bit now. Like taking it for a 3 mile test drive, buying it then finding that the clutch starts badly slipping after four miles. Bugger. Then having to sort out the shite load of little bits that happen to cars that have only driven 100 miles in probably the past ten years, and then pressed into daily use. I've fitted a Sharp radio cassette into it remembering that in the day they were the dog's bollocks in radios, spending days trying to fit speakers sympathetically, fixing the radio by buying new tape belts and fitting them and demagnetising the head (remember doing that?)and making brackets so it sits neatly on the dash, fitting a new wing aerial and finally wiring it up to find......... they sound shit. Humph! Still, I have to admit, I have loved doing all of it, and reliving my youth when I used to change cars like my socks, and messing with all kind kinds of, mainly B.M.C/Leyland stuff.Well, any way, There's loads more to tell, and a big pile of stuff I really need to get rid of, as We're moving out our works premises, and, as you do, I have secreted tons of stuff here over the years. All the kind of stuff that absolutely no one else wants, but if any of you are like me, get exited about finding and thinking that I'll use one day, but never do.Anyway, what's the next Roffle?Gulp! Jerzy Woking, eddyramrod, SiC and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Have you got a bigger picture , could be any pile of rust from that pic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hi and welcome! Do you have some more pictures with more pixels? They're ever so tiny and we'd love to all see what it is. And so to my Morris Minor. This is a real love/hate car. It should be all cuddly and nostalgic but in reality it's a rattly, rusty annoying little shit of a car that I spent more time fixing than driving at first, but that is turning around a bit now. Like taking it for a 3 mile test drive, buying it then finding that the clutch starts badly slipping after four miles. Bugger. Then having to sort out the shite load of little bits that happen to cars that have only driven 100 miles in probably the past ten years, and then pressed into daily use. I know the feeling. Pretty much the same thing happened to me and my MGB - except it hasn't been pressed into daily service, despite having it a year. Getting there though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hello again - good to see you've signed up. Hope you can make it to the Glossop meet again at some point.The chair is serving me well, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Next Roffle, your Morris Minor?I may* buy a few tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Some can be terrible and cause much misery, whilst others are exceptionally good and a sound buy. But you could apply that to practically any old car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Renault 16? Would love to see some larger pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Welcome sir, look forward to more on your Renault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel2 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Welcome to you! A former R16 owner and fan here, too. Can you post some bigger pictures? It looks so small it might be a Renner 1/16.. Dodgy using an R16 on British roads in the winter; all of mine dissolved before my very eyes. Squirrel2 Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Nurse ! The magnifying glass please. Welcome aboard. We need to see the 16 in all its magnificence* please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Welcome to the dark side good Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Welcome to autoshite. Your collection of vehicles is worthy indeed! I would like to hear more about them, as I've never owned either. Also: clayts450, Joloke and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel2 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Excellent! Look after that 16TL. They are rarer than a very rare thing in the UK these days. Squirrel2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Welcome in fella. You are doing it too right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Yes those cheap Chinese tyres are really grippy. Hangs off the side of cliff. Whilst out in the Moggy yesterday, this happened.It's a Minor, it's probably had three new speedos and two new engines since it was new, but hey! Still got that fizzy feeling when it happened. Junkman and Faker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Renault 16s? Too common. There are more Autoshiters with them than Minors. ☺ I have both by the way. Although my Moggy Minor is in a dress and goes by the name of Wobseley Junkman and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Have I seen this R16 in a car park a few times next to Ducie Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 You have indeed. If you spot it, or the Minor, there again, brakes must be applied, tea must be consumed and general nosing should commence! Squire_Dawson and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 How the bleedin' hell do you attach a picture off a phone when replying off a phone? Click on "Full version" right at the bottom of the page. Then choose "More reply options" just below the reply box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Snap! Must get mine dusted off and MOTd and into some proper use again. D Spares & Tyres, Asimo, Faker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 You,Sir, are a gentleman and indeed a scholar. l shall try it out forthwith. When I went to the NEC earlier this year, of all the lust worthy motors there, this is the one that made a little bit of wee come out. Just saying........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 I didn’t know there was such a thing as headrest envy. Everyday is a learning curve. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 See. Because useless. Faker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Crooner's R16 chez les Junktowers. richardmorris, Shep Shepherd, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooner Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Where as now it's looking more like this.Oh well, there goes another summer. D Spares & Tyres, Junkman, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Mine hasn't progressed much Next year's project... Junkman and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 In 10 years project...FTFY Laseraligningfoofooflanges, D Spares & Tyres, Talbot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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