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  1. Whilst at the NEC in March, a new home for the Ruby was arranged and I agreed I would deliver it in May. It is now May so it is about to happen. As with all these things, the destination is nice and handy* being a mere 470 miles and 3 countries away in south Wales. As it would be a waste of diesel to travel back with an empty trailer, I am collecting a new toy on the way back. I would make this a live thread but being Billy No Mates I am travelling on my own so will just update everytime I stop so you can enjoy* the journey and tomorrow this will turn into a collection thread! This is the state of play as I prepare to set out at 6:30 am on a Sunday
    15 points
  2. Accident on the M^ at Birmingham saw a 45 minute delay on the boards, but the faithfull old TomTom took me around it. I think I may have upset a few people on Walsall High Street but it saved me 20 minutes! Saab dropped off in Monmouth in deepest darkest Wales, no pics as a fairly recognisable location. Now at my digs for the night at Michaelwood Services, with the excitement building for a collection tomorrow! Distance to Saab drop off point 484 miles with the diversions, and from there to my digs 48 miles. Tomorrows collection point is showing as 36 miles so a reasonably early start should see me on my way to get loaded and head home. Did I mention I was doing a collection tomorrow? The view from my bedroom window:
    13 points
  3. The only bit of chrome on the whole bus is on the grille, which is rather incongruous. I had some pssst psst in the shed so had a crack at dechroming the grin. Oot ya get. Before. Add pssst. After. Represent. RUGGED FINISH VID_20220522_121335562.mp4 All done. Probably needs more black now.
    12 points
  4. I t doesn't look quite as ugly from a distance.
    11 points
  5. It's a rainy Sunday so I thought I'd have a go at improving the asthetics of the unquestionably ugly Rexton. First, off with the 99p LOL DECALS. For this effort, I will employing heat, and petrol. In that order. Nicky fucken Clarke. Hottest you can get. Jack it up to 11. You first. Unfunny wee bastard. That's better. Factree. Ha haha. No. Delete. Factory settings restored.
    11 points
  6. sutty2006

    Truck Shite

    Local show this morning
    11 points
  7. Another great car day with the help of fellow shiters. @beko1987says he enjoyed yesterday and prepping the MGB GT for display and was at my house at 8.30 am today for round two with the E-Type. I thought I wanted two white Jags so arranged my red one to be coloured white. Turns out to be a scam as the white washed off! Now fully machine compounded and polished with a hybrid ceramic coating toping it, looking great. Beko also gave the Sovereign S1 a good bath but did not have time to polish it. My job today was to clean the bumpers on the E Type which are in poor condition and need rechoming really. Several hours with Autosol metal polish and tin foil has them looking a lot better. My other task was to clean and feed the leather seats in the Sovereign. Then I got a message from @Andyrew was I home as he had some bits to drop off. Come into the parlour said the spider to the fly! I wanted to put the E-Type away undercover as Beko had done such a fantastic job on it, but had been afraid to drive it after @Talbot broke down twice in it. Now I armed Andyrew with a towrope and an Alfa 156 V6 with towbar and had him follow me. Of course fully protected by the Alfa the E-Type did not miss a beat. We also put the Sovereign away as it also looked smart. Thanks for all the help.
    10 points
  8. Early start this morning, Chris had already shuffled things about so we had space! Jag got rinsed, foamed, tightwork, wheels, rinsed, washed, rinsed, dried, DA with a light compound to bring the paint back up, then a da with poor boys blacklight, then a coating of the ceramic wax. Glass got done too, and Chris went round the chrome work with some autosol and tin foil and bought it up very nicely! The Daimler got a rinse, wheels, and then a good wash as care had to be taken of the sunroof, then the glass in and out and it came up really really nicely just for a good wash! We then polished the rusty marks from prior water drippage and called it a day just as the sun came out which was handy as it's too hot for car cleaning now!
    10 points
  9. So after a few beers last week, I was thinking, why isn't there a comparison site for used cars? Something that can aggregate the results from the likes of Autotrader, ebay, gumtree, fb marketplace etc. I think there's probably stuff out there for new cars, but not for the stuff i'm interested in (sub 2k shite). I find myself jumping between browser tabs and saved bookmarks. So after a few evenings of hacking together some extremely shoddy code, i've built a proof-of-concept for the idea here: https://autoscraper.co.uk So far I've got something working that can search autotrader, gumtree, ebay and AA used cars. Motors.co.uk is my next challenge then Facebook marketplace... It's absolutely unfinished, there's no mobile support, the order of the results is confusing, the search is limited and the name makes zero sense 😂 Feedback, ideas, suggestions, criticisms, contributions absolutely welcome! I'm not really sure where i'm going with this, i'm just having some fun learning some new stuff about web scrapers. I'll post updates as I do them.
    9 points
  10. Saw something worthy of this thread today. Yes, that's the actual Sweeney Consul just casually sitting among everything else at the Moggerhanger Park show.
    9 points
  11. S Reg Rover 75! £1000. A leggy diesel manual though, on the plus side it looks relatively rust free, and the sills look fairly solid apart from some light crispiness Edit - as it transpires pretty much all of that was horseshit. 140k isn't really leggy, and the sills have been repaired poorly. That's what the initial excitement does when you find something you wanted! But not now it has come to light it isn't really an S reg, so the seller must be talking out of their rear end too.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/681787312903877/ Needs a smiley plate though!
    8 points
  12. Shameless repost from 2019 - that's the bride's sister conducting the repair ....and her dad turning the key.
    8 points
  13. This weekend, this little car built on Syros got to star in a car rally of historic cars here on Syros. My co-driver was a lovely old guy who worked in the factory making them 50 years ago. Lots of media attention, even a TV spot for my ugly mug to chatter away in a Norfolk accent
    8 points
  14. Split_Pin

    The new news 24 thread

    We were child free for a few hours today as my son was at a birthday party so we went for a coffee in the red 93. I'm getting to grips with the remap now as it's completely changed the car. The car now has 360nm of torque which is 5 less than an E46 M3, which was noted for that figure at the time. Its incredibly quick now with a very fast throttle response and just wants to get on it all of the time. I checked with Karl at Noobtune if the autobox could take this as it seems a hell of a lot of torque but he says he's never had a failure reported back yet. One of his customers in Thailand, where autos are apparently more popular, has a Saab with an engine delivering 500nm just to see how far it can be pushed. No destruction noted as yet. My wife says it's way too quick for her liking though. Result!
    8 points
  15. 155V6

    Shite in Miniature II

    I only went to one local car boot this morning & came away with these Called into a nearby antiques place on the way home & picked this Dinky Scammell I'd seen it yesterday,but left it because of the missing front bumper.However,Steve Flowers sells reproductions,so that'll be another part to add to the list when I get round to placing an order.
    8 points
  16. Little update on my Chatsworth 75; after chasing the front end wobble I bit the bullet and got a set of wheels and had them refurbished. It's solved the wobble completely, which I'm very happy about The car looks pretty good too on them, if you ask me!\
    8 points
  17. Cleared. Needs a flatten and polish to knock back a few small bits of shit.
    8 points
  18. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1430672 Escort Huntsman, 1 of 2 left £9450
    8 points
  19. It was great meeting you today, pity we couldn’t get the Volvo to run right but at least there’s some progress of sorts. I was going to do a collection thread but the journey was pretty uneventful so I’ll stick the pics here. Wuv treated me to a ride out in his Renault 6 which was amazing fun! It’s given me the mojo to get my crocks on the road, especially the Visa! The drive home in the Laguna was great, it’s a pretty nice car. Hopefully I’ll be able to improve it and fix some of the issues it has. IMG_8444.MOV
    8 points
  20. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284800857824?hash=item424f7436e0:g:DewAAOSwEB5ic9j3
    7 points
  21. More news from today, @Talbot was able to come over and work on the chassis rails which were the last MOT failure issue that needed resolving. A quick recap on the situation The yellow chalk marks the problem areas, both sides of the spring mount. I had removed the filler neck and tank by this point which gives a clearer idea of the issues. We unbolted the top mounting nut of the damper and flipped the damper itself down out of the way, then pushed the rear beam downwards to release the spring and get better access to the problem areas. Talbot got stuck in with the angle grinder, starting with the rearmost (left side of pic) area. This needed cutting back to amost the spring mount on the right, and to about 1" to the right of the factory holes on the left but didn’t take long. While this was going on, since I had nothing to really do that would help I set to with the spring. I removed both rubber mounts and cleaned them up with water and a brush, cleaned and sanded down the spring itself and used black spray enamel paint to recoat it. I also took the opportunity to protect the mounting rubbers by sliding some silicone hose over the ends of the spring top and bottom This should slow down the wear in the spring mounting cups. While I was fiddling about, Tablot had made serious progress on the cutting, fabrication and welding on the chassis rail He’d let in two sections of 1.6mm steel, a horizontal and a vertical to reconstruct the rail rear of the spring mount. He then set to work on the fore section. This was a bit more difficult, as it was right above the bracket for the rear brake pipe, and caused some issues. To start with he moved the ABS wiring out the way, then the only option was to disconnect the brake pipe union, remove the clip for the flexi section and bend the copper line well out the way. I put a bit of old carrier bag over the reservoir cap in the engine bay and we cable tied the finger of a nitrile glove over the end of the copper brake pipe to catch the drips of brake fluid The bracket was bent downwards to give access to cut the rusty old steel out and a new square section was welded in. While this was going on I sanded down the brake pipe clip which was pretty cruddy. We were both amazed that the union actually came undone without shearing, as it had definitely not been apart in the 18 years since it was built! With this done, Talbot ground down the welds as much as possible, then zinc primered the bare metal and followed up with a coat of black enamel aerosol paint We also sanded back the surface rust on the suspension mount and zinc primered that too for good measure. You can see in the second pic above just how difficult it was to get at the rusted out section which lives underneath the hardline → flexi joint of the brake line for this side. With the brake pipe reconnected we bled the system, noting that the fluid was actually in very good condition which is good news. I topped the reservoir up with some dot4 I had on the shelf I nipped out earlier and put another coat of black enamel on the new metal and will do another one tomorrow morning. I get paid next week, so will order some underbody wax and spray that all around before refitting the fuel tank and filler neck, slopping a couple of gallons into the fuel tank from a jerry can and then getting it booked in for a new MOT at some point next month. I’m away in the Netherlands with work the first half of June so will probabaly be later in the month but we’ll see. I’ll get the garage to change the rear beam bushes at the same time since I have the parts, but not the inclination to fit them!
    7 points
  22. ..But anyway. Having spent a clear week wobbling about atop a metaphorical fence the arrival of the elusive V5 means this has come home with me: I assume since it's here that I must have driven it home but I only really remember stopping for petrol since I did most of the drive on fumes. Proper Waftwagen this one. Also gave us the chance to get a sneeky peek at @Rocket88's new acquisition which was very cool too. Big thanks to the man himself for his patience while I dithered over this one. Updates to follow, if I remember....
    7 points
  23. Possibly not... These were actually sold to the public and were made in the USA - as it's a Pontiac/Saturn underneath. Details here - https://www.autoevolution.com/cars/daewoo-g2x-2006.html#aeng_daewoo-g2x-2006-20 https://www.carscoops.com/2007/04/seoul-show-daewoo-g2x-aka-saturn-sky-or/ And here's some more sporty Daewoo's - only concepts unfortunately - Daewoo Mirae, 1999. Daewoo Joyster (yes Joyster, calm down at the back), 1997. Daewoo Bucrane, 1995. Plenty more Daewoo concepts here - https://oldconceptcars.com/category/1930-2004/daewoo/
    6 points
  24. It's been a while, and I've been very busy. I decided to crack on getting the driver's seat installed. This involved fabricating a couple of adapters out of angle iron. Simple in theory, but actually quite time-consuming in practice. I've installed aftermarket seats before, but those were using premade adapters. I've never had to make my own from scratch. It involves bolting the unfinished adapters onto the seat rails, and then taking the seat in and out of the car about 50 times, experimenting with mounting locations, mocking things up, and then eventually crafting the feet for the adapters bit by bit and welding them on. You then eventually end up with this: And then the seat simply bolts on: Looks fairly decent. The brilliant thing of course is being able to position the seat at the exact height and distance from the wheel to suit my 6ft 5 frame. And of course, they have proper seat runners, so varying them is easy. That done, I decided I couldn't be bothered to do the passenger seat, so I turned my attention to the windscreen wipers. The original wiper motor broke last year, and I was unable to fix it. You can buy a reconditioned exchange unit, but they're £100. which isn't really good value for a motor that's fairly crap in the first place, and only has one speed. However, I had all the wiper system components left from a K11 Micra that I parted out a few years ago, just begging to be used. Now, there is an episode of the Project Binky Mini build by Bad Obsession, where they remove the entire stock wiper system. which is the same design as the one fitted to a Minor, and replace it with the system from a more modern Peugeot. However, watching the episode again, it looked like quite a bit of surgery and work to do, so I decided I'd instead retain the Minor's original wiper system, but adapt the K11 wiper motor to operate it. This is how the motor looks when you take it off the Micra. It bolts to a steel plate, which in turn bolts through rubber bushes to the body. The spindle has a small metal arm (not shown here) that bolts onto it and is driven by splines, which drives the rods that make the wipers move. However, the Minor uses a cable that is drawn back and forth inside a wheelbox by a connecting rod, that then sits on a metal peg on a gear, that is then driven round and round by the wiper motor. The con rod turns that rotational motion into a reciprocating motion the move the wiper cable forward and back. I decided the best way to adapt the Micra motor would be to build my own wheelbox from scratch, where the rotating peg is instead attached to the metal arm on the Micra spline-drive. This would then rotate the connecting rod, which would drive the cable as before. To actually mount the motor to the car, I decided to cut the original motor bracket from the Minor in two, and then welded four M8 nuts in each corner. This allows the original Micra mounting plate to bolt straight on: Not only does this allow for easy installation and removal, but it also keeps the rubber mounting bushes to reduce vibrations. That done, I started working on the wheelbox. I decided to mount this directly to the Micra mounting place using the three bolts that thread directly into the wiper motor. This may prove not to be the best way in time, but it should be strong enough. This is the base of the new wheelbox: The two upright pieces of thick steel form a guide for the wiper cable end to move back and forth in. The original wheelbox has a track like that too. This was then mounted to the motor plate, and then the original motor bracket welded back onto the car: I had to ruin my recent repaint of this area to weld the bracket on. The inner wing also needed a few taps with the hammer for a bit of extra clearance. You can also see here the motor arm, which is the original Micra one. I cut it in half to keep the splined end, and welded on a raised portion, through which an 8mm hole was drilled, at exactly the right point. The distance between the centre of the motor spindle, and the peg that drives the con rod is crucial, as that sets the stroke of the con rod, and therefore how far it pushes and pulls the cable, and ultimately, how far the wipers sweep. If the distance is too short, the wipers won't sweep the whole screen. Too long, and the wipers will go off the edge of the glass. Fortunately it seems just right. The drive peg itself I had made by an engineer to my exacting specifications, drawn on some paper in crayon. The Minor's wiring plugs straight in to the Micra motor, although to get both the speeds from the motor, I had to add an extra wire, no biggie. A basic test proved it works, so I dismantled it all, and finished building the wheelbox: It's painted with red oxide and then black satin paint. I also welded nuts around it so that the like can be bolted on and off, similar to the original wheelbox. I also repainted the bracket area on the car. Again: After that dried, I remounted everything for a final fit. I also rewrapped the wiring in new fabric tape: It's definitely overbuilt, but it also works pretty well so far. Both speeds are working (had to buy a 3-position switch), and the motor provides far more oomph than the weedy original. It also should be more dependable, and even if it does break, will be cheaply replaceable. I've also bought a generic off-the-shelf electric washer kit to replace the super-soaker fitted originally. The Minor build in general is now proceeding full speed. I have my con rods back from the engineer, so now the engine is going together. I have also had the new clutch and brake pedals altered, so the next big task will be to finalise the fitment of the pedal box, and fit the new hydraulic clutch system.
    6 points
  25. Cavcraft

    The Bikeshite Thread

    If you don't ask, you don't find out... The remains of a long hidden 1928 BSA A28, it's believed. Was stripped for restoration 'years ago' then just sat there, until today. Sadly, that's pretty much all of what's left that I could find, bar some small-ish other bits, but there was also a fuel tank and the hand gear change lever from a 1920s Bown Villiers, plus some great other things, including what I think was the owner's own (i.e drawn by him) oil paintings. I'll stick some other photo's up later, if anyone wants to see them.
    6 points
  26. Bagged a load of lovely Majorettes from one seller at under £1 each, plus a a couple of others here and there Poor Mustang has received a stomping
    6 points
  27. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325198817911?hash=item4bb75c2a77:g:FKIAAOSwKoNiiR21
    6 points
  28. cort16

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/560425755438274
    6 points
  29. Jds1

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/511414247325394/?ref=facebook_story_share
    6 points
  30. 11001010

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/VU7091843371/index.html?
    6 points
  31. https://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/VU7990249136/index.html?
    6 points
  32. D.E

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155006142043?hash=item241716065b:g:d1QAAOSwCXRiioZQ
    5 points
  33. Yesterday's wedding car. Belong to the brides father.
    5 points
  34. sutty2006

    Lazy spotters thread

    Local show today. W plate
    5 points
  35. Still from a video
    5 points
  36. D.E

    eBay tat volume 3.

    Sierra Swift? Doesn't ring a bell, was that a UK only special edition? https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1438867
    5 points
  37. It's a Kees, I have found them before in both red and blue, but couldn't resist. It's a Toyota Crown taxi - bought with you lot in mind. Second bootsale saw me finding this Which has grown my finds pile a bit!
    5 points
  38. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284787991973?hash=item424eafe5a5:g:1XYAAOSwAOxiNFQL
    5 points
  39. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224996637458?hash=item3462d83b12:g:YR4AAOSwIvFiiTFR
    5 points
  40. J W Pepper

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144561510427?hash=item21a889981b:g:qNgAAOSwvPxihlQs
    5 points
  41. adw1977

    Al's spotting thread

    482. 1978 Ford Capri 1.6 GL Seen in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex on 10th April. Tax has expired since then. HTU 368T ✗ Untaxed - Tax due: 1 May 2021 MOT Exempt Vehicle make FORD Date of first registration 1 October 1978 Year of manufacture 1978 Cylinder capacity 1593 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Untaxed Vehicle colour GOLD Mileage at last MOT (2018): 94,704 Number of previous owners: 3 Current owner since July 2010
    5 points
  42. cort16

    eBay tat volume 3.

    £2750 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265699079733?hash=item3ddce63635:g:EkcAAOSwkWZihi4E
    5 points
  43. my mates got the jensen out off the protectors had quite a checkered life
    5 points
  44. DodgyBastard

    Retroshite

    Sold the ts50 today and will be buying a Corolla tomorrow... what a honey!
    5 points
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