Fumbler Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Autoshite- Your timecapsules are out concern. What a nice touch. I'm sure the MOT people might find it. Perhaps grin too... or fail it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Really enjoying the videos, and love the spirit of shite addition. The inner sills look ok compared to the outers! DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 It looks clean and tidy in the underbonnet area. Glad the bulkhead looks good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 (edited) Fantastic work! As people have said those inner sills look remarkably sound. It doesnt look too grotty in the usual Visa spots underneath the bonnet either.That water pump leak either looks like a crap paper gasket.. or more likely it hasnt been bolted on properly . Oil leak looks like the filter hasn't been spun on tight enough either. Edited December 8, 2018 by Braddon81 DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Autoshite- Your timecapsules are out concern. What a nice touch. I'm sure the MOT people might find it. Perhaps grin too... or fail it. Nobody will find it, it's been welded onto the inner sill so after I weld the outer sill in place it will be hidden for eternity... DodgeRover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Forgot about the "inner" part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Are you going to paint it AS beige and pick out the lettering in orange, before you hide it from view 'forever'? DSdriver, LightBulbFun and DodgyBastard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Properly laughing at that! Unfortunately this is now a thing and either we'll have to setup some kind of trust fund or track that car for the rest of time like a migratory bird. Either way I am happy to add to that fund in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 The person who did the crap work on the car before was probably in "that'll do till it goes for an MOT, fails and gets scrapped" mode. somewhatfoolish and DodgyBastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Egads... haven't seen those hose clips outside Skodas and Ladas... they're the invention of the devil himself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 “Your motoring is our concern” in action LightBulbFun, DSdriver and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 ... haven't seen those hose clips outside Skodas and Ladas...Need to get under more bonnets then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 This is fantastic!!! I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour. Welding and fabrication to this standard is not cheap, there's absolutely no way in hell he's ever making money on this if you include his time so anyone suggesting otherwise...... Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk DeeJay, DSdriver, Scruffy Bodger and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 This is fantastic!!! I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour. Welding and fabrication to this standard is not cheap, there's absolutely no way in hell he's ever making money on this if you include his time so anyone suggesting otherwise...... Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk I think most places charge around £30 an hour and I reckon I've spent around 10 hours on it so far, so that and the cost of the sills, consumables and the costs really start adding up. Luckily I'm an amateur and not charging anything for my time so when it's finished and ends up looking a little bit shit it won't matter so much. Coprolalia, oldcars, Skizzer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Now listen here, we’ve all seen Wheeler Dealers so we all know that your time and skill is worth FUCK ALL and doesn’t count. So back in your unit and get welding. gm, Kringle, oldcars and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I think most places charge around £30 an hour and I reckon I've spent around 10 hours on it so far, so that and the cost of the sills, consumables and the costs really start adding up. Luckily I'm an amateur and not charging anything for my time so when it's finished and ends up looking a little bit shit it won't matter so much.So much per inch in the decadent South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Now listen here, we’ve all seen Wheeler Dealers so we all know that your time and skill is worth FUCK ALL and doesn’t count. So back in your unit and get welding.Always makes me laugh when they add up the costs at the end. "Oh and 80 hours of Ed's time at £50 an hour means a profit of......oh fuck." Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk SRi05, richardmorris, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Egg, I've sent a £5 donation over to this worthy cause as promised earlier in the thread egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 This is fantastic!!! I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour. Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk Cheap haggis! Ye blasphemous Sassenach heathen ye! Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Egg, I've sent a £5 donation over to this worthy cause as promised earlier in the thread And received with thanks. dozeydustman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 As others have said if FOAD/shiteknight doesn't require the extra, put it towards the forum hosting, or Captain 70's new engine, or whatever the next shite in the community fundraiser is. egg, oldcars and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 There have been 34(!) contributors to the fund now. Total funds raised = £257.72 Of which £234 has been transferred to FOAD, as per the weekend update, and £23.72 sits with me while I mop up the odds and ends from donors. This will be transferred to FOAD as needed. Thanks all. richardmorris, danthecapriman, DodgyBastard and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 jumpingjehovahs, RayMK, HillmanImp and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I've had a bit of a development with the Visa, I have been in contact with the original owner who gave me two options of how to proceed. His words were: "there are 2 options:a) You keep the car, if you want it. You have earned it If you don't want it, we would gladly take it back and finish getting it back on the road. First the MOT, and when it was legal again, the clutch. It needs brake pipes, dampers, a wheel bearing and a tyre. Fairly normal stuff for the sort of cars we drive." I'm happy with option B. Joey spud, D Spares & Tyres, Mrs6C and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 And before anyone complains about being out of pocket, they will get their donation back if they require it. Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk oldcars and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Did you make him cry again , this time with happiness ? Hero oldcars and DodgyBastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 If they take it back can we have a live handing over ceremony a la Car SOS. With backing music of your choice. You should at the very least introduce them to this place. They sound like they'd fit in, or at least understand the place. Mrs6C, egg, chaseracer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 If they take it back can we have a live handing over ceremony a la Car SOS. With backing music of your choice. You should at the very least introduce them to this place. They sound like they'd fit in, or at least understand the place.Yes, all of the above! Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk chaseracer, DSdriver, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Option b, with woollarding. I kind of Hope it goes to the same MOT tester, "So who fixed it?" "Well, some nice bloke I didn't know appeared then took the car away to somewhere I've never been, fixed it and some random people I've never met paid for it. Then it came back" Scruffy Bodger, egg, D Spares & Tyres and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Option b, with woollarding. I kind of Hope it goes to the same MOT tester, "So who fixed it?" "Well, some nice bloke I didn't know appeared then took the car away to somewhere I've never been, fixed it and some random people I've never met paid for it. Then it came back" It won't be going back to the same tester, they are also the people who carried out the half arsed repair work so far including the brand new water pump that is currently leaking.The owner feels that the garage will still refuse to pass it because of the lack of rear seat belts (which it doesn't need) and won't take their word for it that it isn't a legal requirement etc. alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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