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    Stinkwheel reacted to martc in The Bikeshite Thread   
    This is a RSW16 Wisp.
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    Stinkwheel reacted to UltraWomble in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Raleigh Runabout or Mobylette AV6 - both were the same, but badged differently.

     
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    Stinkwheel reacted to fatharris in A pair of decrepit 309’s   
    I really enjoy reading about the human interest behind projects like this that would almost be considered lost causes by those that don't know.
     
    Best of luck!
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    Stinkwheel reacted to stevek in A pair of decrepit 309’s   
    Let’s complete the catchup session on the blue one.
     
    To make it less grim to work on I jet washed the engine bay and undercarriage to remove the cobwebs and greasy rusty detritus. Controversially I’ve also done the outside too, removing the moss and green slime. I was particularly impressed with the lichen growing on the windscreen and bonnet. Anyway it’s all gone now but don’t worry it still looks like shite, the paint is rough as.
     
    I’ve jiggled/cleaned various contacts to wake things up. The lights were horribly dim but there is now a full compliment of adequately bright lights after swapping out a few dead bulbs. I know this was off task but it was easy and pleased me so yeah whatever.


    Back to the important stuff… mobility. Starting with the front end, so far I have:
     
    Put the front end on axel stands. Selected 1st and made the wheels grind round somewhat. Pulled the discs off, tickled them with the grinder knot wheel. Crowbarred the caliber pistons back in. That was a fight! Dropped new £5 pads in. Pumped up the tyres. Yay go me! So the front is hopefully good and ready but due to the dismantled rear drums I haven’t been able to test the brakes so who knows if the callipers will drag or stick but I’m hopeful that the front is all good.


    The quest for motion is slightly inconvenienced at the back end as it was left up on axel stands with the drums removed and the fuel tank off for the last 14 yrs! All because the inner sill by the tank needed welding (along with all 4 sill corners) and I didn’t feel confident to tackle it back then. Interestingly a previous ‘repair’ here turned out to be a slip of metal posted up the side of the tank and only welded along the bottom edge where an MOT tester would see, just flapping in the breeze everywhere else!
     
    At the back end, so far:
     
    Found the drums in the garage, de-rusted then with the knot wheel. Pulled the remains of the rusty brake shoes with no friction material off. Cleaned the rust off stub axle. Walloped the wheel cylinders to unstick them. Tried to un-seize the hand brake cable Bought some £7.50 shoes but found the hand brake mech couldn’t transfer. Bought some £9 shoes with handbrake mech already attached.  
    So first I reassembled the right hand drum but the hub nut didn’t feel like it was going on right. After a few attempts backing it off and trying again I thought I’d got it to thread ok but unfortunately it stripped when torqued up. Annoying but doubly so because I’m now struggling to get the drum off again to check the thread so I don’t just chew up the next nut. At £4.98 a piece (ECP) that could get real expensive quickly.
     
    Moving on to the left side I had to fight the drum back on over the new shoes and it’s all just binding up massively. Not really sure why as yet and I just know it’s going to be a real fight to get it off again to look.
     
    I have decided to replace the handbrake cables when I manage to get back into the drums, they were ordered today. £5.50 left side, £8.99 for the right, (eBay inc. delivery) this car is going to bankrupt me! (I struggled to get one side for the 924 a couple of years ago and ended up forking out something like £160 for that one cable! Typically the side I didn’t need was only £15 and widely available)
     
    Right your all up to date on the blue one.
     
    -Steve-
     
    ps. Who else loves old school packaging designs? 

     
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    Stinkwheel reacted to N Dentressangle in A pair of decrepit 309’s   
    Fond memories of ragging a borrowed one of these around the passes of the Alps, Simca rattle and roly poly handling in full effect.
    309. The plain but smarter and more interesting sister of the 205.
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    Stinkwheel reacted to BeEP in A pair of decrepit 309’s   
    I reckon a few of us care.  And if you can get them mobile enough to move and have space then I say ignore external advice and keep them.
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    Stinkwheel reacted to stevek in A pair of decrepit 309’s   
    Hi,
    I’ve been aware of the brown forum for many years, but generally hung around on another well known blue hued forum, sort of on and off anyway. Most of my ‘fleet’ (if you can call a collection of long term broken cars that) is probably more at home on here but my most recent car tinkering finally pushed me over the line to sign up on here.
    Ya see I’ve been spending a bit of time recently poking and tinkering with the longest standing, many years abandoned, heaps in my collection and I suspect this is the only place I might scrape some interest in what is basically a hopeless cause. Said heaps have been abandoned rotting on my drive for 17 and 19yrs respectively, but the house where they languish is going on the market soon so their existence hangs precariously in the ballence. Friends and family have been telling me to scrap them for about a decade now so their calls are almost deafeningly loud now. It would certainly be the sensible thing to do.
    For reasons beyond common sense I want to move them to my current house which means making them mobile again. I mean ‘mobile’ as in I can load them onto a trailer and preferably drive them up my short but annoyingly steep driveway, not as in make them ready for the road. 
    Anyway, so what do you make of these two beauties?



    Artefact 1 - The gold one - 1989 1.3 XL special equipment
    This was my first car, bought by a much younger self circa 1999. I saved up the £600 by working weekends in Burger King while doing my A levels. It was well used and abused until 2005, but it’s been parked up ever since. It was retired as a fully functional car on 109k miles, I just replaced it (with a 34k miles 1.3 mk6 Escort I bought as Cat D salvage and returned to the roads). It donated its windscreen to the blue one around 2009 after vandalism so it’s been open to the elements for a while too, it’s become home to some ferns growing in the carpet.
    Artefact 2 - The blue one - 1987 1.3 GR Profile
    This was my mates car for a year but he donated it to me when the MOT ran out, in 2007 according to the MOT history. The original idea was to fix the this one up using the gold one for spares. After a couple of years ignoring it I did drag it to an MOT test in 2010 which it failed due to much more rampant rust than I had given it credit for, it’s sat ever since.
    So what ya thinking of doing with them I hear you say! Well, the gold one has probably (though not certainly) had it’s day as a regular 309, but I’m sentimental about it and have a very harebrained idea for it in the back of my mind. It might never happen but I want to hold on to the possibility, so the goal is to just move it and sling a car cover over it. The blue one however is calling out to live once more, I want to get it back on the road. I’m better skilled to weld it back up now than I was back then, and once the old house is gone I should be blessed with more time and lower outgoings which should help progress along. I kinda just fancy fixing it up a bit, I want to feel the mighty power of the Simca rattle box engine and savour the rolly polly handling on skinny tyres once more. But firstly I just need to move it so I can achieve priority no1 which is to get the old house up for sale.
    There you go lots of waffle, I’ll post about where I’m up to and what I’ve got stuck on soon, if anyone cares.
    -Steve-
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Shite Ron in F1 drivers Rover 620i to be raced. *FRAGILE*   
    Radical and unpopular suggestion, leave it as it was when he actually drove it. Put a nice sheet laminated poster in the window with all the info for when its parked up,  job done.
     
    I mean, why would you want it to look different to when he actually drove it? (or is that just me)
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Angrydicky in F1 drivers Rover 620i to be raced. *FRAGILE*   
    Radical and unpopular suggestion, leave it as it was when he actually drove it. Put a nice sheet laminated poster in the window with all the info for when its parked up,  job done.
     
    I mean, why would you want it to look different to when he actually drove it? (or is that just me)
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    Stinkwheel reacted to egg in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    White Fiat Uno in Paris?!

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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Snake Charmer in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Thats looks much more like it
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Rustybullethole in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Raleigh wisp maybe?
     
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    Stinkwheel reacted to Rustybullethole in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Popped into a Halfords off the North circular the other day to garb some mirror glass for the little Renault and found this peddle cycle with a motor and number locked to the cycle rack outside. I thought some here might appreciate it. Very much a used classic complete with lashings of oil and grease and a gaffer taped seat. Lovely.

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    Stinkwheel reacted to Snake Charmer in The Bikeshite Thread   
    I thought that at first glance when I saw one parked up a few years ago then realised it was a twin port single and the rocker cover looked CG shaped. Started me thinking about the K1 CG l have and a 50's French twin port 2 stroke hardtail I saw.
    Lexmoto? I'm out of touch with all the Chinese bikes but this looks like the head....

     
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Snake Charmer in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Looks more like the actual 125cc twin (as used in the honda CB125TD etc back in the day)
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    Stinkwheel reacted to Bmwdumptruck in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Crazy prices. No wonder the biking world is all about to die. 10 years or so and there’ll be so few bikers left the dealers and suppliers will fall like flies.  
    At 16 it cost me £30 for a 50cc rider policy, same as all my mates and we could all ride each others bikes.  When my two hit sixteen I think we only paid about £400 each for their year on a moped and about the same for subsequent year or two on a 125 until they got car tests.  Both have full bike licences although my daughters is the newer restricted version and will need another test to go unrestricted, but her fella doesn’t ride and together they’re more into their hot hatches.  My lads a waste of space and as things stand doesn’t have much hope of either riding or driving in the near future. We’ve just scrapped his Fabia after it died and he’s not working or earning enough to save for another and the doors of ‘bank of mum n dad’ and locked firmly shut. 
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    Stinkwheel reacted to Rustybullethole in The Bikeshite Thread   
    A new horse has entered the stable. Ridden loads over the years though this is both the first scooter I have owned and the exact model of two wheeled petrol powered conveyance I ever rode.

    Some light fettling had it tip top. Makes me smile like the idiot I am. 


    Told my youngest they can have it next year when they're 16 to get to college on. They told me to fuck off. To be fair it's probably quicker to walk up the hill to the bus stop.
    Cant wait to clock some miles. 
     
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    Stinkwheel reacted to scdan4 in The Bikeshite Thread   
    Found it (under stuff at the back of the garage)
    Fixed it (brushed off the cobwebs, fresh fuel and a caliper check)


     
    Happy days.
    Fortunately the other 2 bikes are broken so there's a chance it will get used this year 🤣 
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    Stinkwheel reacted to grogee in eBay tat volume 3.   
    @Stinkwheel I concur, it's not worth £2250 but it'll be the usual 'classic 80s car m9' mindset of stick it up for £silly and see if anyone bites.
    I can't remember if it has an MoT but if it does it's probably a £1000 car. 
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Oh now thats nice, used to have an old's 402 Bog Block swapped one exactly like that (probably more rusty though 🤣)
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    Stinkwheel reacted to bunglebus in eBay tat volume 3.   
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/645381577759287/
    Looking to purchase similar car as replacement
    The nonchalant flip up windows offer the driver the opportunity to outw#nker any BMW driver when it comes to the casual "elbow out the window" look.
    Buyers beware: the 2 Chevaux's reputation for being economical, fun to drive, cheap to ensure, charismatic and a guaranteed pu$$y magnet are all entirely unfounded. 
    They are awesome, generally owned by hooligans and road ragers
    The idea that they were designed for French farmers to carry eggs across ploughed fields is a complete urban myth spread by jealous Range Rover drivers and supporters of Nigel Forage. 
    As for the rollback roof: forget it. You'll never use it. Who on earth wants to be driving a pocket rocket whilst feeling the sun on their face ,  having their carefully gelled hairstyle ruined? No one in their right minds. 
    We can't recommend buying  this car unless  you're looking for something fun, charismatic and an appreciating asset . 
    It has a completely original interior that has never been pimped (showing a complete lack of imagination on behalf of all of it's previous owners). 
    It has only covered 44,415 miles from new, which is an indication that not one of the previous owners could cope with the electrifying experience of driving it.
    It's been fitted with a galvanised chassis, so its next owner won't even have the pleasure of having to replace it.
    The hood doesn't leak, so where's the fun in that, you can't even get your feet wet when it rains.
    In addition to the selection of spares that are offered with the car, it comes with a comprehensive stack of well organised invoices dating back to 1995 plus MOT certificates authenticating the mileage as being genuine. 
    The vehicle is fully equipped with virtue signalling from every angle.
    All of this sounds risk free and not much of a challenge. 
    Furthermore it's about 18 months away from being MOT and Tax exempt and ULEZ exempt, so in no time at all the new owner won't even have the pleasure of contributing to the coffers of the Treasury, who would spend the money on building a high speed private train link from Downing Street to a tax haven somewhere in the Bahamas, where they can spend their time holding work parties, organising the next pandemic, and groping whatever comes to hand.
    Only 2 vegan horses where harmed in the making of this advert, the magic mushrooms were gluten free and bionic, and the vehicle identifies as  polyandrohermaphroharrypottery or a wheelbarrow with the pronoun "moi". 
    The reference to its original Burgundy and red  colour Is made without any intention of cultural appropriation to the region of Burgundy or any reference to Native Americans.  
    We apologise to the entire French nation, anybody sensitive to the colour red and anybody called Karen, in fact we apologise to everybody, irrespective of whether they have a body or not. 
    We apologise in advance to anybody who may be psychologically impacted by the tone of this advert and direct them to a support group which can be contacted through getalife.com 
    And we advise caution when reading this advert as flash photography was used and there may be scenes that viewers may find upsetting..
    This text is also available in French here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1505876166904631
    Any reference to anything in this advert should be taken with a large pinch of sodium free salt, preferably transported at great expense in a jet from the Tibetan mountains.
    ON OUR SITE: https://arrowworks.co.uk/citroen-2-cv6-special-1985-rhd-708/
    CALL 07706 333444
    We deliver country/planet wide, with no discrimination against the fine people of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland and the People's independent Republic of Yorkshire.
    We cannot deliver to East Anglia or Meghan Markle's house. 
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    Stinkwheel got a reaction from egg in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Yeah, totally original, apart from the wrong seats (from a much earlier 2CV) Also seems to have hydraulic dampers (not 'Batteurs and friction dampers)
    And i know at least one of the previous UK owners. Other than that 5k is about right and i like it a lot
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    Stinkwheel reacted to BeEP in eBay tat volume 3.   
    No!  I'd say about half that; a friend sold a very comparable car (F reg 1.3L with full MOT but some rusty bits) for around £1100 last autumn, and he's not one to ever let anything go for a penny less than he can possibly get.
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    Stinkwheel reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Another one for you @grogee 
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/734742352136490/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks



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    Stinkwheel reacted to Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.   
    chevrolet camaro 1976 | eBay
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