brownnova

clear your history fuck sake

So the paints knackered, and its a bit accessorised. So very 1990. But then again its unwelded and original- not very 1990 at all.
 

But first matter of business…. lets just turn the orgy of stickerage down a bit….

 

 

 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

Another glorious day here in North Wales… 

Decided to take the 2CV to work and take the non dual carriageway route home. A glorious run which was an hour long. 
Sadly the day soured when I got home to find a notice of intended prosecution for my use of speed during Saturday drive out the Saab with the roof down… doh! 

The old taxi has finally come back on the road again after 6 months of winter storage.

Being such a glorious day it was definitely an excuse to get the 2CV out (plus it was drive it day…) 

Went to a little meet in the morning, and it was little. But there were a few gems there! 

Then a short drive to the beach, and met up with some friends and their Morris Traveller. 

(There was a car between them when we parked)
The long way home was used too… a lovely day out in the 2CV! 

Had a really good day today.  Got Universal Credit approved so that's my safety net for 12 months (bit of a surprise, since I've never claimed I get the slightly less arduous 'new business' version as a self employed person) as well as info on business and art courses that are available to me as a mature student along with grants I had no idea I could apply for to help with costs.  This was tempered somewhat by coming back to find I had a parking ticket, the job centre hasn't got a car park and I was told I'd be good for an hour on a neighbouring street that's single-yellowed.. I got ticketed at some point during the 45 minutes I was in for my appointment.  It's a reflection on my state of mind that the prospect of a surprise £35 bill didn't make me that angry, just a bit disappointed.
Then went over to the art centre and got some excellent help and advice there on artist networking opportunities, gallery opportunities and an insight into just how active the local art scene is.  Also got to see what sort of thing the art centre promotes and quickly realised it's a very broad church with their featured artist doing abstract sculptures in materials you might consider to be rubbish (I loved them, if I had space there was one I would have taken home), another artist doing miniature portraits, and a shop full of samples of local artists work from wargaming miniatures to ceramics to jewellery to glass items.  My stuff is very different to what was there but then what was there was very different to everything that was there too so that's pretty neat.  There's local studio space I can hire that's not exhorbitantly expensive, a poetry night that is apparently both good and good for networking, and generally just a shitload of stuff that's made me feel rejuvenated about my job.
Having access to an actual meatspace art community really helps and something I've not had for above a decade.  Scunthorpe continues to treat me well in ways I was never expecting and that light at the end of the tunnel is looking a bit more like the exit than an oncoming train today.

Just a snapshot from the local 2CV group on Sunday, our regular monthly breakfast meet before we set out for Drive it Day.  With bonus Ancient Austin.

Weeeeeeeellllll…
I bled the injectors this morning. I found using a power probe easiest as this meant I could watch the injectors whilst cranking.


I then put it back together, started it, and…
It runs away as soon as you turn it on, sits at 3k rpms, chucks out smoke, bogs down and dies.
Ive spent some time checking the adjustments on the pump, and I’ve come to the conclusion that something inside the ‘new’ pump is seized.
I think the best way forwards now is to just crack on and rebuild the original pump then use that.
A bit of a disappointing end to the time I’ve put into it so far, but you don’t win them all.
On the plus side, I did some other stuff today. I swapped out the carb and some service bits on my mower, and that works beautifully now:



Every time I mow the lawn, I think how lucky we are to have such a nice outdoor space. Even if the dogs and our son do litter it with their toys.
I also finally fixed the three broken taps in the house:



You know you’ve been lax with sorting things when it feels like a luxury to now be able to turn any tap in the house and have it both work and not leak.
Then I went to the shops to grab some gin, and on the way back the dusk sky over the sea caught my eye so I stopped in the Pontiac to enjoy it for a bit.

Things like this remind me why I love living in this part of the country.
So all in all not a bad day, even if the XM work didn’t pan out as expected.

Stuck the big chrome trims on the Princess again since I fancied a change.

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1617002 

Being such a glorious day it was definitely an excuse to get the 2CV out (plus it was drive it day…) 

Went to a little meet in the morning, and it was little. But there were a few gems there! 

Then a short drive to the beach, and met up with some friends and their Morris Traveller. 

(There was a car between them when we parked)
The long way home was used too… a lovely day out in the 2CV! 

Radio in the 205 had been acting up,so decided to replace it with this Top quality* two knob Harrier that I'd bought at a boot sale the last time I was in Norfolk for not very much.
It only works 😁


Looks period correct too.
Chuffed!

Two from the news 24 thread.
@Yoss

@brownnova

@Peter C in the Sierra Sapphire thread

Being such a glorious day it was definitely an excuse to get the 2CV out (plus it was drive it day…) 

Went to a little meet in the morning, and it was little. But there were a few gems there! 

Then a short drive to the beach, and met up with some friends and their Morris Traveller. 

(There was a car between them when we parked)
The long way home was used too… a lovely day out in the 2CV! 

Being such a glorious day it was definitely an excuse to get the 2CV out (plus it was drive it day…) 

Went to a little meet in the morning, and it was little. But there were a few gems there! 

Then a short drive to the beach, and met up with some friends and their Morris Traveller. 

(There was a car between them when we parked)
The long way home was used too… a lovely day out in the 2CV! 

Being such a glorious day it was definitely an excuse to get the 2CV out (plus it was drive it day…) 

Went to a little meet in the morning, and it was little. But there were a few gems there! 

Then a short drive to the beach, and met up with some friends and their Morris Traveller. 

(There was a car between them when we parked)
The long way home was used too… a lovely day out in the 2CV!