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It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

Made it!

I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years.
I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period.
Fingers crossed.

Detailing, furiously detailing


 

Detailing

I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years.
I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period.
Fingers crossed.

Arrived no problem, despite the minor issue of headlight failure about 20 miles from destination. Even managed around 32mpg at a GPS 70 by initial fag packet maths. 

As some of you may have seen in my thread, I spent the last couple of days nipping down to Worcester and as a result REV is now parked on my trailer outside my house in the North East of Scotland. How the hell did that happen? Pull up a chair to the fire, help yourself to a dram, and I will tell you  
Over the years on AS I got to know Dez on here, then on the winter zoom meets during Covid and I have met him once at the FOD. During this time (Dez, you might want to look away here, I will tell you when it is safe to return) I found Dez to be young and enthusiastic, especially about Invercars which it became obvious is his passion, to the extent he can become a pain in the arse about them, but that is Dez (you can look back now). When Dez got the chance to buy REV, I was one of the ones who advised against it due to his physical limitations. He ignored me  and I was wrong. Whilst owning REV has done nothing much for him physically, mentally it is the best thing he could have done. It has given him something to focus on, and I would go as far as to say Dez is now probably the leading authority on these things, and a by product he has become profficient in dealing with DVLA, and he has helped me out several times over the years.
Once Dez had got REV running and completed his chip run, it became obvious REV was far from in good health and fortunately he listened to advice and the true hero of all this @red5 stepped in and offered to sort it. I met Sam today, a true gentleman, and he told me what he had done to REV and believe me it is far more than I could have done! Sam did all this inbetween teaching and having a life and whilst having to wait 5 months for carb bits etc. All that is left is the kingpin on the technical front and a few other jobs which whilst relatively simple will take a great deal of time, which understandably Sam no longer has as life has moved on.
Around Christmas time, Dez became a bit frustrated, after all he passed his driving test 2 years ago and has not driven since. In his usual enthusiastic all in manner he asked about a car he was thinking of buying. A lot of good advice was given, and frankly, a whole heap of nasty comments were made at Dez. I was surprised by some people, and several of the worst offenders have posted on AS how they sometimes struggle with their own mental health yet fealt it was perfectly acceptable to pile in on Dez. I will not name names, nor say anymore on the subject, but  some of the people involved should be ashamed of themselves. Enough of that, at least some good came out of it.
A few days later during a zoom call, Dez MAY have mentioned Invercars once or twice and in discussion agreed with the good advice given that he did not need another car, he just wanted REV back. The piss taking I think annoyed me more than Dez, I am old and realise we need to encourage youngsters into the classic car game if it is going to continue. I told Dez that when I retired at the beginning of March, if it was OK with him and Sam, I would bring it up here and finish it off, probably not to such a high standard but with the quiet roads up here, a few miles could be covered before he got it back in a hope of improving reliability.
Whilst this was being organised, my ace mechanic Duncan, one of only 2 people I trust to work on my Cobra, approached with a problem he was having with a car he has owned since 1982 not showing on DVLA despite him having a V5. I contacted Dez, he said it was because it has been archived and it should be possible to wake it up. Dunc asked if Dez would do it for him, which he readily agreed to. There then followed a long argument between Dunc and Dez over how much it would cost, with Dez refusing payment and Dunc insisting! To cut a long story short (much too late, I know) Dunc is going to sort the Invercar, Dez is going to sort his registration and I have managed to help 2 friends. I think that is worth doing!
Anyway, some more pictures from today:

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years.
I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period.
Fingers crossed.

Is there some secret agenda to take at far away from @LightBulbFun as possible to ensure the greatest degree of misery adventure when it gets collected?

You lucky sod, it's closer to you now!

Currently broken down with a flat battery.

 

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

Account balance being calculated valued customer sir. Please await the waits.

Big ends gone.
Damaged Crankshaft
Leaking from bellhousing
Leaking radiator
Headlights not working
Indicators not working
Ignition barrel fucked
Gearbox mount split in two.
As mentioned the original plan was to take this to Rustival this weekend but to be honest I completely gave up because of the issues and I haven't been in a state of mind to sort it. The few times I'd had a go at tackling small things I ended up a mere bawhair from putting a sledgehammer through the windscreen and having it towed.
The furthest I'd got recently was unceremoniously dumping the engine. I didn't even have the mental wherewithal to stick the fingers up at it.

To cheer myself up I dug further.  Oil pump taken off, a hose shoved up the engine's oil arsehole and five litres of diesel pumped through to try and flush all the passages. Like a cold dino enema.


That needs a level of attention.
So I professionally recored my radiator.



Grudgingly, the engine.
I found the cause of the bellhousing leak. That was a brand new rear main seal conversion kit, I didn't even press it into the housing with my big dirty king chuck fingers. It just fucked up all by itself. Beautiful.

Let's check how well the spare crank matches up to the big ends with new bearings.

It's what it says in the book.
Not going back in here again for at least a week, so both the big ends and mains were replaced.

A generous squeeze of raspberry sauce to appease the god of ungrateful cars.

And the rest.

New seal for a guaranteed five minutes of reliability.




More sauce.

It hasn't exploded yet.


 

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.

It's alright, but really it needs some headlight peaks, wide whitewalls and around 26 AA/RAC badges stuck to the front.