paulscavalier

The flame at the end of the text - it must refer to the number of them that combusted after turning the thing off and walking away.

Here's a later picture of Sir Douglas in a car more often associated with him . Rolling with his bitches

And as a riposte to those suspicious of a thread containing cars AND girls , here is a grainy pic of Douglas Bader in an MG of some kind.
 

Opened mine just now. I am amazed, quality items and a couple of drinks. Instruction sheet enclosed to enable easy use of contents . Think I will have to up my secret santa game next year. Thank you santa. 

Well, I think my SS works for google/faceache/otherspyagencyofchoice.
A few nights ago i followed a worm and ended up on a thread about lock picking. That led me to the bay of evil and lockpicking kits and practice padlocks. Thought to myself one day I will get one of those. Then forgot about it. This has happened a few times over the last 10 years or so.
Onwards to today:

Bonus chocolate as well! All in all, made my day, many thanks to both my SS and to £95 for organising it all. Have a great day all.

Thanks secret santa, now I have 2 Princess. This will go with my model collection in the workshop.
Hope you all have a great christmas and 2020.

Wow!! 
Thank you SS. Something I've been meaning to buy for years. And I have neither of the tools either-great stuff. Probably the most useful gifts I have received for years
They will all be so useful after my move.
This place and the people on it....

When my parcel arrived, I had a slight inkling it was was secret santa.



No idea why, like.

So, after much unwrapping, I was rewarded with this beauty!



Looking forward to reading through this, a quick flick revealed some fascinating images of the development of the Metro. I'm a bit of a BL locker so I can't wait to get stuck into it!



Thanks paulplom, and Merry Christmas to all you shiters, all the best for 2020.

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Very impressed with mine.... Lots of nice reading.

My life shall be better organised from this day forth - many thanks, secret santa 

All because the lady loves.......

Steady Toyota 5 door porridge (the breakfast of winners) ? Close ?

And for those approaching 50 or over - 

This is my Christmas present from the GF, think she's a keeper! I had one but it was battered

Xmas present - It was a Matchbox 5 pack. 






 

Thanks for the pictures, it always amazes me just how many are still out there being used everyday and don’t look half bad

Old pipes 

An update, the Cavalier Colorado has taken the 405s place on the drive as I want the 405 inside for when I work on the sunroof. I them had the Cavalier Mot tested for the first time since 2016. A few advisories, apart from a small dribble from the sump plug and a chip that’s been in the windscreen since 2000... it was corrosion on brake lines and underbody fuel lines. Not totally unexpected. The fuel lines have now been replaced with copper nickel pipes and the brake pipes done as well. And thanks to Burnside I have a new rear tailgate seal to sort out the condensation that always happens with the rear screen. It won’t be long before I shall be back in that poverty spec drivers seat?

Don’t know how many are left, but I actually really like them . It’s always a gamble but if you intend to keep it you can gradually improve it

Thanks for the pictures, it always amazes me just how many are still out there being used everyday and don’t look half bad

Thanks to the kind person who sent me this nicely appropriate book...

I must confess I opened mine when I first received it. 
It's an electric screwdriver, with a built in torch, it's really good. 

 
I've given it to my littlun, to go with his toolkit he got last Xmas, he's over the moon. Everything will get dismantled now! 
 

Nothing pleases me more on Xmas day than perusing the specifications of the Austin Hire Car
 

Thank you Santa, spot on!
 

All the best shiters!

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