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A friend (and previous owner of the Holden) came down to collect the Holden to take it away and try to fix the brakes as he has more time than I do at the moment. The grin is they arrived in one of my cars that I forgot I owned as it has been out on loan for a while 62. Toyota Yaris

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Vario-814D-1998-ex-Snap-on-Van-project-Overlander-Camper-motorcross/383393309790?hash=item594405a45e:g:kK4AAOSw8G1dudZU 'A live aboard, self sufficient camper with a mobile hen breeding unit. The chickens are kept in those baskets, then one by one released into the path of an angry cock who pops out of that hinged dog kennel looking thing. He then jumps up on the wheel arch, bums them and their eggs roll down on to that grate, which grades them. In the far right corner is the toilet. Once you've finished dropping the kids off at the pool, it's a simple matter of turning the shower up to def con 3, pressing the middle button and then using that black cable to blow your freshly laid Richard into the fuel tank to make bio-fuel with the eggs that didn't make the cut. None of the above has been tested, due to an unfortunate and unforeseen incident involving my own cock, some of the chickens and the RSPCA. I'm due for release in May 2047 and if the camper hasn't sold by then all those fluffy, sexy little wing flapping cock teasers are coming to live with me on a remote island'

This is nice. Just 42,000 miles too. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/285959005638102/

The bucket underneath is to catch this camper's own tears at having to wear those fucking wheel trims and a picture of a moose with poached eggs for eyes having his face torn off by an owl. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/camper-van/383393482865?hash=item5944084871:g:z7kAAOSw6NVeLtOr 'needs gearbox mountain'

You know it's not real like EastEnders.

You ain't seen Bad Boys 2?

The big news of the day is project 2020 has started, my Visa GT. This morning it has gone off for some welding, new sills, inner sills repair, floor repair, boot floor repair and rear subframe mountings. It is a fill in job so progress may be slow, but I am still hoping to get it back in time to put it on the road by the end of the year.

Run it as it is. Panels can only get cheaper and you can't see the dents from the inside. That particular seat fabric does seem prone to wear and tear on a specific section of the driver's seat so good to see yours is still solid. Patches are a regular sight on this interior style.

One day this year Mr floppytop, one day

If you liked the Cameroonian taxis search for documentary called "Hulk Through Hell" on YouTube. It follows people taking the 3 week journey up the Congo River in a huge boat. Just amazing. Real heart of darkness stuff. And as someone on reddit said, "Watch this and you'll never complain about anything in your life again".

My van has just spaffed out the biggest blue/gray smoke cloud completely covering the audi hanging 6" off my arse. I'm hoping to fuck it's just done a regen. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Just watch it.

First time trying a cold start with 30% veg.. Not bad

Dunno, £8grand doesn't seem so outrageous for a proper 2 door sport nowadays.

@vulgalour nice chest of drawers you bought

There was a doctor on the radio a couple of weeks ago , we've all heard of the body clock but I didn't realise there were millions of them inside the human body , he said one of the reasons we feel so bad when we change time zones is all the body clocks for the body are out of sync so it's hard to sleep I think this is it, interesting https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00023lw

I wasn't aware that Escort 1300 Sports in RHD form were a thing, sporty features but economical to run. Saying that, don't bother looking at the price, it's overpriced as always. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk2-escort-1300-sport/133317559285?hash=item1f0a5883f5:g:jJYAAOSwSK9eL0~W

It’s called Happy Travels I think, I first saw it while sitting in the office of Tatra UK as they were trying to launch the 613 here

Seem to remember that cortina concept was built by a very talented fabricator based on a blurry photo of a concept drawing. It was in classic ford magazine. Incredible skills.

Roundstone Lane used to be OK til they built shit loads of houses down there, the 259 used to be a fkin nightmare, solid all the time, probably even worse nowadays

Mine is the last year of the 12v ( green rocker cover as you say) ,the 24v was avl in the next version the BA.

Bloke down Water Lane in Angmering where I grew up used to have some old 1970s Lincolns and lorry parked on his drive. These days he could just park the fucker on the road outside like every other cunt down the road causing traffic chaos. I fucking hate driving ANYWHERE darn sarf these days.

Meh, details. He has to drive 400 just to get a pint of milk

Contender for furthest away car for sale? No need to take it to driftland, it's already pre-crashed. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202001276635464 This is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to buy in a few months' time, though. A mechanically sorted sporty-ish car that's got some cosmetic damage, so I can thrash it around like a complete cunt without feeling bad about ruining a nice car.

you know, i would too, cos its a pretty old thing, that Daimler!

Carliol House above the NEEB shop (north eastern electricity board) where my dad worked - his office was on the second floor, his window would be just above the BT van on the right of the pic sadly now empty and all boarded up, no one wants big offices in the city centre anymore. Beatties toyshop on the left with the black and yellow sign - had some cracking model railway layouts, there was one that ran on a high up shelf round the whole of the shop !

Just got back from bad boys , haven't seen any of the others but it was all that was on I have made a mental note to avoid any films that might attract chavs in the 15-30 age group in future At one point I was close to a victor meldrew moment when 5 fucking phones were on at the same time, it's definitely a problem that's not going to get better, it's like a drug they can't stop taking Film was crap as expected

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Daimler-104-DF310-Historic-Vehicle/254339522787?hash=item3b37d120e3:g:vFUAAOSw1qhcQbp3 wanna look like proper old money, but don't want to spend shed loads of cash? then this old shed could be for you.....

I've never had an issue in the cold with my leather seats, it warms up in seconds. Equally in the hot, it cools in seconds. I've been in cars with heated seats (never owned one) and I often think I'm wetting myself when it's turned on.

Just remembered I've got a brochure for these things somewhere, Ford's misguided idea that all Ford fleets would buy one for the chairman instead of an XJ6 , trouble is they were more expensive than a Jag and probably not as good to drive as a Granny 2.8i Ghia X. I only ever saw one , parked outside the Ford office just south of Oxford St in the space that at various times Mustangs and Mercury Monarchs had been seen.

Found this for sale thread from 2008: http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=127595 M904KRP was apparently the only Tickford XR6 wagon development car and appears to survive although it hasn't been on the road in a decade The Tingewick car was likely the same colour (DVLA says green but it looks blue to me) but a sedan and possibly also on an M-KRP reg.

I know but how do I tell Mrs6c I want to go to the bottom of France and pay 1000 euros for this! https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1741259979.htm/

Can I say neither. IMHO? The VW Golf look was the way to go - black out the grille and put a large 'Leyland Wheel' floating in the centre like the VW roundel - with 'Austin' or 'Maxi' to the right. Would have bought the car bang up to date. But of the options on offer - unsubdivided...imagine the Golf with a fussy centre fillet in the middle. No.

Miller Cycle Xedos9 for a grand, probably the same thats been going around FB for a while, just from a different owner this time. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2368900668/?multi_permalinks=10157109460580669&notif_id=1580145004481553&notif_t=group_activity

Cool. More gutted the fact its a right off tbh. Just give it a good wet vac inside it was minging. Changed plate bulbs for led ones and ordered some genuine Ford mats second hand for a bargain of "14.99 delivered! If It behaves itself I'll treat it to the wheels being powder coated and some new front discs as there's a bit of a vibration at low speeds

Love proper Australian cars. When we lived there we had a BF Falcon wagon on pure LPG. It had the same engine as sheffieldcortinacentre's ute i think, a 4.0 litre straight six (the Barra engine) with a green cam cover like the sierra sapphire cosworths. It was a lovely old thing, simple but comfy with great AC, loads of space and more than enough power. Brought both my kids home from the hospital in it. Obviously all the 70s XA and Xb coupes are super cool but my personal favourites were the pretty rare Chevrolet Impalas built in small numbers in RHD in the late 60s and also the tiny number of Caprice's in the mid-70s. Just realized this post is nothing to do with Australian cars in the UK but hopefully someone will find it interesting.

Nice gold Monza up for sale: Phwoar! Now this is an interior, none of that cheap grey plastic you get in modern stuff today: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-OPEL-MONZA-3-0E-AUTO-FROM-1978/324054385084?_trkparms=aid%3D888008%26algo%3DDISC.CARDS%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20131227121020%26meid%3D445fd9f62aae412b9b43ee6d89d56cb5%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D174170810739%26itm%3D324054385084%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

51. White Saab 900 T16 - untouched 52. Saab 9000 - bridged (-9) 53. Saab 99 Chavmeister - still in Bristol, need to collect some time 54. Saab 92b - still in the midlands, untouched 55. Saab Sonett - back on the road 56. Holden Suburban - still here, still needs a fix to the brakes, for sale once fixed 57. Maestro Diesel - untouched and still for sale 58. One I forgot - the DMW Deemster, now running and likely to be going to another shiter soon (-8) And now onto the new additions, but not in any particular order: 59. Saab 9-5 Estate - parts car now stripped and awaiting transport to the bridge (-7) 60. Saab 9-5 purchased via AS and now a daily (-6)

The Jag has had a slight rumble from the NSF Wheel Bearing for a couple of month. Last Saturday I hit a pothole, which finished it off. I booked it into my local Jag Specialist - Tasker and Lacy; who quoted me 'around £200 all in' to replace it. It needs special tools, a press and the ABS ring taking off (which are pretty much unobtainium) . They had it done in a morning, genuine Jag bearing and a final bill of £246.00 inc VAT. Seems steep for a bearing, but its under warranty and after chatting to the garage owner for half an hour when i picked it up, he said he has just got one like mine in for scrap, which for a few beer tokens I can raid for all the trim parts mine needs. Sadly not the same colour, but should yeald some vital bits.

i'll see your micra and raise you a jazz

Totally didn't fit this into he cold and dark tonight.. Factory M9! It's quieter, and I am getting gasses at the BACKBOX exit. Will see how it lasts:)

Just went on the slimming world website - it asked me to accept cookies - is this a test ?

Still around. Here it is at Cowley last year. :-

Number 28 - 1972 Rover P6b 3500 auto V8. Only done 54k miles and not used for 5 or 6 years. It had a recon gearbox fitted about 300 miles ago, but I prefer the P5b so this will be going on the market soon.

Number 27 - 1968 Rover P5b 3500 V8. Known as Delilah (reg is WYY) and a lovely place to be. Now has about 56k miles on it and has been to Le Mans twice. Not used this year, but thinking another Le Mans run with it may be on the cards next year for the Classic.

Number 26 - 1971 Fiat 500. Fully restored and Moted and laid up for the winter. Great fun, had a brilliant 4 day tour of the lake district with it this year. I was going to sell it before being talked into the Lake District meet, but enjoyed it so much now I am not sure. I still want a Messerschmit (sp?) and when I get one this will probably go to part finance it.

Haha! That's quality Pillock!

There's an '86 LTD which has been in abandoned in this car park near for as long as I remember. I recall seeing it multiple times since I was about 4 years old, I'm now in my mid teens. It's in good condition though, being undercover.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Split-Screen-Vintage-Retro-Roof-Rack-Coca-Cola-7up-Ice-Box-Cooler-Old/372930566022?hash=item56d464d786:g:XhUAAOSw1ABd-Tih 'original 60's splitty roof rack' Complete with 'original' differing lengths of wood and differing screws? To anyone complete devoid of their marbles, just* £650 buys it.

I scraped the side of the A4 today. Only a light scrape but it's caught the trailing edge of the nearside front door and the leading edge of the rear door and dented them, and it's scratched the paint a bit on the front door and the rear arch. I feel like a right twat - it's not terminal damage and the car wasn't immaculate anyway, but that kind of stupid little misjudgement isn't something which normally happens to me. Properly pissed off. I was on the way home from the MOT test at the time - which it failed. Most bits are minor (drop links, brake flexi, slightly bindy rear brake) but it also needs a rear spring on the back, which isn't the sort of thing I'd normally want to take on myself, but the car isn't really worth paying garage rates to fix. Especially now it's dented.