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My VW Golf had it's road worthiness test this morning at 9:30. Happy to say it passed

Been doing some more tidying on the Maxus this weekend. I finished undersealing the sills, and also tidied up the back doors with a lick of paint where needed, then painted the rear bumper in matt black. I still need to touch up a few more bits of the white bodywork and even then it's never going to be perfect, but it should make it look a bit more respectable. I've checked all the lights, fitted new wiper blades and refilled the screenwash, so it's as close to being ready for a test as it's going to get... I also got the Spacy running. I took the carb off last weekend, didn't get around to stripping it until Friday night though, it was actually fairly clean inside but the idle jet was blocked solid which might have had something to do with why it wasn't starting. Cleared that out after soaking it overnight in carb cleaner, put everything back together and the bike would fire briefly but wouldn't run. I actually seem to remember having the same problem last time I tried to start the bike which would have been last summer. To check whether there was fuel getting to the float bowl I undid the drain screw, and a steady flow came out so there was plenty of petrol there. Closed the screw, pressed the starter button again and the bike fired straight up. Odd, but I wasn't going to complain. Obviously the bike isn't MOT'd at the moment so I definitely didn't* put the bodywork back together and take it for a cheeky spin round the block. Everything seemed to be working OK, although I did have to top the coolant up quite a bit which I haven't had to do before - maybe it's just evaporated in the heat of the summer. Annoyingly the starter solenoid now seems to have packed up, after all the cranking yesterday - the only way I can start the bike now is to short across the terminals with a screwdriver. Today was lovely and warm. I went for a walk along the Bure Valley railway in the morning, then this afternoon I took the Mobylette and the 164 out for a spin up to the next village - in fact for both of them it was the longest run they'd had in many years, and both behaved absolutely fine. I've sort of got the lights wired up on the Mobylette now - the sidelight switch doesn't seem to do anything but the rear light comes on when I switch on the headlights, so that's close enough. I think it's the cheap Chinese switch pack I bought rather than my wiring. Main and dipped beam work fine though. I stuck the Carina up on the ramps this afternoon as there was an advisory for "underside corroded" on the MOT. I think the tester was being a bit over-enthusiastic - there were a few smallish areas of surface rust on the floorpan and a little bit round the rear trailing arm mounts. I'd bought half a litre of Hydrate 80 though so I grabbed a brush and splashed some onto the brown bits, which should hopefully keep them from getting any worse. In fact the most interesting thing for me about this weekend is that over the course of the weekend I have driven / ridden every single vehicle I own, which is something that hasn't happened in a great many years - this is the first time that all the members of my fleet have been capable of moving under their own power at the same time for longer than I care to remember. Obviously a lot of them still have issues, the Spacy and the van aren't road legal (although the van is still taxed) and I wouldn't trust the Spacy or the Volvo on a long run at the moment, but it's still nice to have a fully mobile fleet.

No… have moar Saab! Today I have owned it 5 years! By far the longest serving member of the fleet. It was only ever meant to be a 6 month stopgap!

A busy if straightforward work trip so far. I have not bothered updating the offshore trip as I am sure you are all as bored as I am of looking at the Ekofisk complex. This trip is all at one location, so apart from the height of the waves, the view out of the office window does not change. Having said that, the forecast for the next few days is rubbish, so we are going to use the time to nip into Stavanger (15 hours away) and do the crewchange we had planned to do by helicopter before the weather had other ideas. Today, whilst working we had a visitor, this is in roughly 300 feet (90m) of sea water!

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A few more bits ticked off. Behind the dash - rot cut out. Bits made. Welded in. I went round the chassis rails at the front with the sharp end of a claw hammer. Anything that deflected, holed, or didn't sound right was chopped off. There's a lot of surface rust on this car, but it hasn't really eaten much out of the metal overall, as it's still quite thick when measured with digital calipers. Replaced with 2mm steel. I'm not happy with the welding here. I had a bit of an issue with wire feed as I got to the end of the current spool, so I had to go over the whole lot again on a much higher voltage. It's ugly. I do intend to go over that with a grinder and then check for holes, there will probably be quite a few needing filled in. Next, onto the passenger side. The outrigger here was mostly ok but the end was grotty, so that got removed. Laid over part of my repair panel, then cut through both at the same time. Seam and plug welded. This gasless isn't neat, but it does the job. The passenger side rail also got attacked with the hammer and grinder. I think the main issue with these is that there's no drain holes at the point where the water runs down inside In the process of being built back up. I've got the replacement lower section ready to go in, but it started pissing down. Will finish that midweek probably. Then it's on to the inner sills, which look absolutely humped.

I was in Screwfix a few weeks ago to collect and asked to add some C-cell batteries to the order. The bloke looked at me like it was a time-wasting-mentalist! He explained to me, like I was a simpleton, not that they didn’t have them but that they didn’t exist— but that AA’s do, and maybe that’s what I meant. After suggesting that he search his computer for stock of what are basically big-boy AA batteries he found that they did exist and went to get them. I told him that D-cell batteries would blow his mind if he saw them but he didn’t have a sense of humour either.

I forgot. On the circuit board some guy printed a bunch of little moose. They probably don't realised but it does make my day a little bit better.

This is the bracket my newest team member knocked up for me over the weekend and the new sensor fitted perfectly: So, as soon as I got home I slid myself under the car to see if it would fit. First attempt the tip of the sensor was fouling the toothed ring, so I fitted a couple of washer between the diff housing and bracket, plugged it in took it for a drive. Gave it some beans to the end of the road and this is the result: It’s only bloody fixed!! No ABS light and I can’t tell you how fucking ecstatic I am!!! It’s taken over 12 months but is now resolved. Onwards!!

Today I made the most of the nice weather and got the Laguna up in the air to change the auto box fluid. (Obv it rained as soon as I set everything up) The procedure with these is pretty involved requiring the car to be totally level and the fluid to be drained via a drain plug, inside of which is an overflow pipe which is used to check the level, if the oil overflows then the level is too high. With the drain plug and overflow pipe removed the oil can be drained. To get the level right the gearbox temp needs to be at 40degrees and checked via a Renault dealer plug in device, which of course I haven’t got so some guesstimation was involved. Refilling involves removing lots of under bonnet items to get to the fill plug, which looked to be a job on its own. The gearbox on these is a Nissan/Renault affair which is meant to take Renault Elf Elfmatic J6 fluid. Unfortunately it's pretty pricey and there's no aftermarket alternative, Renault apparently keeping the gearbox oilspec requirements a secret. Fortunately Nissan use the same gearbag and the official Nissan oil is Nissan Matic S which does have an aftermarket option that fulfils the specification. After talking to the guys at Westway oils I bought 5 litres of this stuff. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121852237241?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wvial-CyTyu&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=vDPbX2K9TU2&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY With the Laguna up on ramps and levelled out with a jack under the tow bar the fluid was drained. To my surprise it looked to be fairly recent and still a nice red colour. Although these boxes hold 6 litres or so only 2 litres actually came out, which was pretty annoying after going to all this trouble in the rain. I thought about how I was going to replace the oil without dismantling half the engine bay as I literally couldn’t be arsed with it all, my tools and clothes being absolutely soaked by the rain. I then had a bit of a brain wave and left the last few drops of oil to drain out while I scurried away into the garage and adapted a V70 power steering pump with assorted hoses and a long bolt an turned it into a pretty nifty battery drill powered fluid transfer pump. A thin piece of silicone pipe was used at the end and was pushed into the drain plug hole, butting up to the refitted overflow pipe inside the gearbox. The whole contraption worked much better than I expected, pumping a couple of litres of fresh oil back into the box in just a few seconds and with such pressure that I could hear the jet hitting the inside of the box. I didn’t even spill any! The engine was run until warm and any excess fluid drained off. Now I’ve got a technique for refilling the auto box I might drive it for a few weeks before swapping another couple of litres until I get through the 5 litre tub of oil I have. Then again I might not bother as the drained oil looked pretty good anyway. edit, I've no idea why the last image is upside down, I've even flipped it on my phone and reuploaded it and it's still the wrong way up!

It’s been a pretty bad couple of weeks for me lately, one of my closest friends died unexpectedly just over a week ago which was pretty devastating and is taking time to process. Then this last week, my older dog Vito was getting increasingly more ill day by day which culminated in multiple vet visits and then surgery Friday. We were warned that depending on what they found, it may be the case that we would have to make the decision not to wake him back up. When I had left him for tests that morning, I didn’t realise it was potentially the last time I’d see him alive. After a bit of processing and deliberation, I’ve decided both these things belong here, despite the tears and pain. The last two things I did with my mate were to get the boat running and take it out together, and then visit him to borrow a drill on the Saturday before he died and also have a good chat. I was in a foul mood that day before I saw him (my koi had died after the pond pump shit itself and I didn’t notice in time), but seeing him cheered me up and my last words in person to him were ‘I’m really glad to have come and seen you mate, it’s really cheered me up for us to chat’. I’m incredibly upset that he’s no longer here with us, and that he will never see fruition of the planned projects we had, or see my baby when it’s born next month. I don’t think I could have left things any better with him though, and I take a lot reassurance and peace from that. On to Vito then… after a week of misery for all involved and genuinely believing I was losing him, he’s now back home with us He’s still not quite himself, but he’s improving all the time and the vet expects a full recovery. At 10 years old I was worried we wouldn’t get him back from surgery, but 24 hours after the operation he was getting in the car and coming home. The puppy is even doing her bit and calmly keeping him company - I was expecting to have to keep them separated. Even though things have been really difficult lately, I’m still incredibly grateful for the way I left things with my friend and that I’ve got my dog back here with me safely.

But we did have some success today! I’ve fitted a working glovebox latch which works very well indeed! also, I’ve done this see before: And after this has made a rather drastic improvement

Really do need to try a 600 at some point. This one's not quite the same as my dad's old one, but looks good all the same... https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209129669753

After seeing GMcD's for sale thread last night I found myself on the way to Glasgow this morning. As these things tend to go I found myself abandoning my trusty* Freelander in Barrhead and driving back to Dundee in a black Toledo with a TR7 engine. It's my second Tolly, my first one being a white 1300 RWD that I did a classic rally events in and briefly daily drove, but it succumbed to rust and circumstance. I've wanted another since. I've been a member here for a while, but have lurked mostly. Partially due to the shame of telling Kiltox I'd send him a spare hazard switch for his van but never sending it 😅 Sorry! The car drives really nice and is a credit to it's previous owners. There are a few niggles to fix as expected but I'm a really happy with it. I took it pretty easy most of the way, just sitting about 60. It's very capable of more but it runs nice and quiet at 60 and I didn't want push it harder till I've given it a once over myself as I don't think it has done many miles lately. Goes and stops really well, and handles very nicely. Seats are very comfy, and most importantly it is solid. Plans for the future: It's perhaps a little fumey inside the cabin, so I'll need to look into that. Fit new tyres - I don't know if any of the previous owners know how old these are but I can't see any date codes, so I'm planning on fitting new rubber even though they look good. There is a set of MG metro and a set of Sprint wheels at my Dad's (He also has a much rustier Toledo, and my old one was his before it was mine) that I might use, but I like the look of the steels so may stick with them. There is a rotational noise a bit like a wheel bearing or something which might just be old car noise, but I'll check them all out to be safe. Sort out a few little bits of rust. It really is solid though. The gearbox is as described, and not amazing, but it's fine for now so that's a problem for next year. Also as described, it runs a little hot, so I might do some fettling of the coolant system. Maybe remount the rev counter as it's a little wobbly, possibly down by the stereo, but that might be a bit too low. I think I have one from a dolomite that I might fit and relocate of the other dials below the dash. The speed under reads by about 13 mph, and I tend to use the GPS speedo in Waze anyway, so that might get shifted. On that note I need to sort out a phone mount. I'm torn about the headlights and black plates, I'll possibly switch them out, possibly not. While it is MOT exempt I might put it through one for piece of mind. I'd like to get a gearstick switch for the overdrive, but that is low priority. If it becomes a long term car, I'd like to paint it. I'm liking the black for now, satin black was always a plan for my old Toledo, but that never happened. Thanks to GMcD and his wife for the cup of tea, I'll come retrieve my Freelander from outside your house, honest!

i’d booked the day off for a trackday but seeing as it was chucking it down, i spent the afternoon in the garage instead. let’s have a go on these “windscreens” then needed a corner chopping off for a good fit holes drilled with laser precision ! and no injuries passenger side fitted same again for the drivers side but hit upon a minor problem the bonnet won’t open anymore i knew this would happen but will be solved when i fit the digidash looks pretty good though and the big question - do they make a sod of difference ? a quick test hoon was deemed necessary, and the verdict is a thumbs up 👍 there is a noticeable drop in wind noise and it’s not quite* as cold passengers should feel the most benefit, i shall locate a volunteer and report back in due course

Wot U Lookin at???

Pulled a few out of a HUGE box at the local Red Cross shop. I should've been working so didn't have the time to have a proper rummage, sadly...

Today was nice. Finally got to meet @maxxo and his new C5 at the most AutoShite place imaginable, the weird car park at the side of the skating rink in Lockerbie. It's a very comfortable car, to say the least, that C5. That's the first time I'd ever been in one of the fancy suspensioned Citroens. It does dwarf mine a little, however! As a bonus, I somehow squeezed 56mpg out of this car... PD owners eat your hearts out.

Today's object of adoration, plucked at random from beneath the bed... A fairly tired-looking Corgi #490 Volkswagen Type 2 breakdown truck, in Gift Set colours. Corgi had already produced a fair few variants on the Type 2, starting with the basic van and microbus versions in December 1962 (#433 and #434, respectively): This was followed by a modified Toblerone panel van - featuring the first appearance of Trans-o-lite headlamps - appearing only a short while later in February 1963 (#441): ...and the following year, a covered bed pickup version arrived with drop-down rear flap in March 1964 (#431): As far as I'm aware, these versions all used the same front end. This last casting was then modified for August 1966 to add a working rear winch and high-level towbar in place of the tailgate, plus a moulded tool box with a hinged lid and plated tools inside, and sold as part of the Gift Set 37, along with two Lotus Elans, a Lotus Climax and a trailer: The base seems to have been modified at this point, with the words 'Pick Up Truck' now erased: Four months later, just before Christmas, the VW breakdown truck became available as a standalone model (#490), though seems to have originally been painted in a yellow colour without any stickers - possibly using up some unused painted shells from the previous #431 Pickup? I assume this changed soon to white with a 'Breakdown' sticker on the doors, similar to the box illustration. I think this is the version I have. The white Gift Set version, identified by the Corgi logo and 'Racing Club' on a blue or white sticker, later appeared as part of the cheaper Gift Set 6 in October 1967 (paired with a Cooper-Maserati single-seat racer, and a reworked wider trailer), before finishing in the Gift Set 12 of 1970, expanding Gift Set 6 to add a reworked Lotus Climax and the newish Porsche Carrera 6, plus a gaggle of mechanic figures, bales and cones. This set was kept on sale until 1971, with the basic #490 remaining on the order catalogue until 1972. All in all, Corgi made over a million VW Breakdown Trucks over a six year period, and I can see why - they offered a lot of play value. My example has had a rough time of it - not only are the tyres cracked and partially broken, but the tool box is missing its outer case and the winding mechanism and hook are long gone. I'm sure replacement parts can be sourced, but beyond swapping the tyres I'm not all that fussed about taking the whole thing apart to reinstate the tyre/ thumbwheel which should sit on the rear winding drum. It's just nice enough to display, so I'll probably just keep it like this.

A little parcel arrived today courtesy of @Mine's a Leganza!

Going to Italy later in the week for a holiday. I decided I should self-sacrifice to the weather gods first by undersealing the Mx-5. I am very quickly regretting it. I forgot how much of a pita it is. Thankful this thing is super clean underneath which makes it a worthwhile task.

^^^^ My first thought was 'local beer for local people', so it could be Bolton, or somewhere very near. Looking at the car's reg numbers doesn't help, the A30 or 35 (UXA26) is from that there London and the Angle box behind - 185 (then either O or D or C)ED is Liverpool (Warrington) - not a million miles away. Can't make any more out, Bolton would be BN. I had a look for Magee's Bridge in Bolton, which I guess is a railway bridge - nuffink. And looking at the course of the railway lines in Bolton they all appear to go under bridges, not over... But I did find some interesting B&W shots of Bolton... 'Room on the back for one more' 'Cheeky sod it's only a year old' 'Sorry, come back next year' 1972 Trinity St Railway Station. These three are 'Views from the top of the Bolton Institute of Technology, 1976'.

What is it with travellers Just been into the BP, all pumps in use so I pull up behind a Ford ranger with somone in it but it doesn't move. Next pump becomes free so i move over , somebody else pulls up behind the ranger I fill up, pay, come out and the 2 of them are still in the ranger stuffing their faces laughing with this guy still waiting behind I move and he pulls on to the pump , are there any normal travellers. It's like they want everyone to hate them

The fuel gauge and temp gauge stopped working a while back. They were intermittently working before but they finally died completely. Since they both went out at the same time it's not likely going to be the sender or the sensor but the cluster itself is kaput. So I just bought a used cluster off the internet and swap them over. Well it is only £30 so if it's not that nothing is lost, right? I don't know which engineer in Gothenburg designed this car so that the entire dash pad had to come out to remove the cluster but I wish them well. The diagnosis was correct though. The circuit board failed on the original cluster. Everything is now working correctly and the Tripmeter gear isn't broken like the other cluster as well, so that's a nice bonus. It's a bit of a shame the old cluster is nicer cosmetically, but if it cannot function properly then it's useless being clean and nice.

Some small jobs done by Mrs since I commandeered the welder all weekend. Brake lines made up. The steel ones just snapped by hand.. a bit scary! New choke cable and knob fitted. Pancake filter fitted. It previously didn't have anything at all. (Yes she'll take the blue wrap off!) Matching plughole pedal cover fitted to accelerator. Note the bit that has been previously welded. That'll probably need some poking.

I carried out an oil change on the Cavalier today as it was last done in March by the previous owner. The filter was bastard tight and its sandwiched between the wheel and the end of the engine. I'm definitely removing the wheel next time for better access. I couldn't remember how I did it on previous Vauxhalls with this engine. Anyway all done and it's a part of the car I haven't seen before and it's in great condition. However I noticed that where the Saab had been sitting it had made an even bigger oil mess than before. Bollocks! Anyway, boshed it in the garage and whipped off the vacuum pump again. The new seal I fitted looked fine but I split the pump as there is a seal between the 2 halves. For anyone that cares what a vacuum pump looks like inside here you go: New seal fitted. I applied some Permatex to the mating face on the cylinder head to try and get it to seal. All put back together again. I'll leave it sitting for a few days to make 100% sure the Permatex is dry.

Not a royalist by any means but watching the cortege going through Edinburgh on the telly and every disrespectful twat has their phone cameras up recording as it goes past, no heads bowed solemnly, just strikes me as being hugely disrespectful. It's not like it's not getting bloody televised

Out again! Walked an hour from home, got a train to Edale, walked 3 hours up a hill and here we are. Not a soul for miles.

I may have spoken too soon. Get to fuck.

they are just a massive pain in the arse. I did mobile hydraulics repair in my last job, hyd hose replacement mostly. If I got to a call out that was at a Traveler site or a job that Travelers were involved with I would just tell them “sorry can’t do the job I don’t have the fitting/parts/expertise “. It would just save the hassle of not getting paid or getting paid and then having them constantly whining/threatening you on the phone expecting you to just drop everything and come and fix their bag of shit Machine for free because I touched it last

Seller has a whole fleet of Dacia Sanderos to offload. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115519323870?hash=item1ae57cfede:g:OF4AAOSwzJljBKEm All with various cosmetic challenges....

Thanks to those @chaseracer who helped me get my cars back to storage.

been busy over the weekend - first up, recover the seats. Before: during: and after: job well done i think. not going to refit them until i can make the doors vaguely watertight.... that's later on the agenda.

Prices couldn't keep going up. Even mediocre cars were fetching stupid prices. I used to collect Landcrabs simply because they were cheap. They were never glamorous, just good sturdy family saloons. But never that popular in classic car car circles which meant you could pick up decent ones for a few hundred. But I keep seeing them now for £8k. That's just ridiculous and has to come down. Not down to the prices of twenty years ago obviously but a lot less than £8k. People who buy classic cars as an investment deserve to get burnt anyway. That's not what they're for.

Yes. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208289208182

And with added back https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275455973550?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20191002094254%26meid%3Df8722f4319144e2884af9f085045536c%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D185574348439%26itm%3D275455973550%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWeb&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460

Local motoring venue had a classic tractor run departing from it today, so with my 2 year old loving tractors currently we couldn’t not go! Some great stuff there to be fair… One of the Marshalls had this to follow the run in… Which was epic! Have a video of some of them leaving, longer video available at some point. IMG_8317.MOV Also spent some time washing and polishing the Saab! The paint looks nice on the photos, and from 10 feet… but close up its 210,000 miles are starting to show. The bonnet needs a re spray really, and there are a couple of deep scratches on the roof. The boot leaked in heavy rain yesterday and I think I’ve found one of the culprit places… Shite… very rusty but under the boot lock, drains right into the spare wheel well. How does a bit like that even get rusty! Anyway, there are a couple more bits which are a little crusty too, it’s far from perfect, thankfully nothing structural. But… still the 9000 is the best all round car I’ve ever owned. And… thanks to a tip off on the Hubnut fans group on Facebook (don’t judge me) I scored this piece of Citroen memorabilia for £2 from a local junk shop! Bargain!

Our last full day in Cortina so we took a few pictures. The first from our hotel. The ski jump James Bond came down in 1981! Then we went for a drive up a very high mountain. There are plenty of Panda’s here and still a few mk1’s about. Three in this picture: And another nearby Plus lots of expensive modern cars: We also had a walk to the top of the toboggan run which has been made narrower since 1962 as there would be no chance of driving a mk1 Cortina down there now! It looks like it has been unused since 2010, but will be refurbished for the 2026 Olympics. @danthecapriman I saw Scott again last night and again this morning, he took his Capri to Capri in 2019 for the 50th anniversary of the Capri and was the 4 th Capri to go on the island so I had it wrong. The next will be the 5th! I suggested to him we go in 2029 for the 60th anniversary and he seemed interested. If you came we could have a mk1, 2 and 3 which would be fantastic.

Went to change a drive shaft on the A4 today, all set up, tea made, headphones on and whole day set aside for doing a couple of other little bits as well. Best offer up the new driveshaft before taking off too many other bits, thought I, and so I did... Naturally, it being from Euro Car Parts, the finest* purveyor of automotive bits in the land, it's the wrong chuffing one. Now I thought I was annoyed when I discovered that out. But then I stood up and kicked my mug of tea over, and now I know what real frustration feels like. I think I might close the wrong side of my socket set later, so they all fall out of place. One may as well drink to the very dregs, and all that... Sent from my Nokia G11 using Tapatalk

My cleaned up suspension had started to rust after just one week so I decided to give everything a thick brush coat of waxoyl to seal it. I keep seeing ads for that lanogaurd stuff and wonder if it would be any better than waxoyl brushed on once a year. I did still have a bit more welding to do on the offside in the shape of the lower quarter repair panel and the last bit of the inner arch. It actually went in really well. Instead of doing a continuous welded seam on the outside where the repair joins the quarter panel and introducing loads of distortion and extra work I have just tacked it on with a handfull of welds on the inside of the quarter instead with no distortion. It's not as if it's a critical structural panel.

Wow. Vera.

7-800 or so miles this weekend it's been perfect! this is an absolute peach!

I've been converted. I really, really like C5s now.

and then we decided to open up the 'bonnet' panel. this was held down with #8 self tappers which had gone a bit rusty. it was also sealed with silicone, which we wanted to remove and replace with neoprene strip to aid future removal. this highlighted the fact that there needs to be more fixings to stop the ripple effect of the screws pulling the rubber down. cue an order for twice the number of stainless #8 self tappers with flange heads to hopefully prevent this. time will tell.... under the hood: note the rusty chassis tubes - we rubbed these back and repainted with dark green hammerite - you wont see this anyway. interesting throttle pedal setup: and brake/clutch pedal box: we also found that the windscreen wiper wheel box was well corroded, and we couldnt tighten up the locknut holding it to the panel. a new one has been duly ordered. the wiper arms themselves are also a bit of a lash up, so i will be spending some time refining it keep the parabolic action I picked up some actual mini wheels, so the old ones will be for sale if anyone would be interested. details to follow once ive given them a clean to find numbers etc. not the best pic, but im sure you'll recognise the style. they look so small next to the 15" ones 🤣

Be Wallace and / or Grommet in this splendid A35 van https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304624017035?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xsbiMz9RT4u&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=y9xs1hiVQ9O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

OK this is weirding me out now. Is that some awful Panda on steroids creation? I feel ill And a MEGAIBIZA

1. The meters under the stairs have stopped spinning , son has moved into his flat . 2. Got the house to my self , and the telly 3. Bought beer without getting earache 4. Found my old badge hat down the back of the cupboard , must of been there for years .. it's getting a wash now !!