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RichardK

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  1. Found this one again: Oy. Wake up... Anyone in? Guess not! Sills and wheel trims not fitted as I need to see if I can get them to send new door windows - the winding mechanism is shite. Also I think an overhead light LED has gone walkies at the plug end but now the plugs are sealed in a rear arch well...
  2. This actually looks like a real ad! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1094036811861191/?ref=browse_tab
  3. See, I've been working on the basis that you were offered it and no-one else should be looking πŸ˜‚
  4. That Woody looks excellent! But the Camaro... that would probably tip me over to selling the camper if there was a Camaro to walk past every day to tempt me. It'll make the Astro feel very at home though!
  5. That's probably a good thing. The Deville looks gorgeous now I peer at the picture but I couldn't afford it, realistically. The Riviera would be perfectly fine to put a projector in the garage and play GTA:Vice City in first person mode in.
  6. Yes. Interested. Sort of vague glance at the Deville but I am very much into coupes or wagons, and I was rather envious of this one when you posted it.
  7. I love that 480 so much. Also I'm wondering if I saw a spotted pic of it on Twitter...
  8. When I started collecting computers a Dr. Horace Bernard-Smith gave me his Apple IIgs and paperwork collection, and I picked up some Apple ///s on the same trip. It was packed up to the roof on the back seat... My Jetta Syncro looked stanced at the back and they have half the boot space to fill!
  9. 18, but he's had his eye on it since 10?
  10. Well, wire brushing, and a load of black waxoil (the parts shop sold me spray on copper grease, what a horrible mess that makes) and... Not sure whether to sell it now. Hmm.
  11. I have brushed them with a wire brush, but it seems I have no grease or black underseal lurking so I'll have to get some in the morning. The rattly exhaust is the heatshield that's dropped because a corner has corroded where it fits on. WD40 on that then a BIG WASHER. I can see a couple of bits of surface rust on the floor so I'll treat those 'one day' if I don't sell the car. It does seem to be SLK season on Autoshite again.
  12. I could use some tiny axle stands to feel comfortable, but I think these should be okay wire brushed and greased - for now? I reckon the tester wouldn't suggest it if they looked too bad. Definitely not the worst SLK I've seen!
  13. Yeah, I will try and get the brake pipes brushed, checked and greased this weekend - the steering tie rods are cheap so I'm tempted to fit one of those as well. I might have preferred the PT once, but that timewaster buyer, taking plate off, losing insurance (and wanting the money after buying the RR-XKR then going through winter without, instead having to swap cars around to try and keep the RR garaged but not wanting to leave the PT outside either) has made me absolutely hate the damn thing. At the same time it is a 14,000 mile, rust-free, serviced, large interior four seater convertible automatic with heated seats, air con and tyres, brakes and everything as you would want on a car so "new" - and I just can't stomach the thought of it only being worth the same as a 150,000 mile knackered New Beetle or Audi cab. Hell, if I found a new Beetle Cabrio with the horrid 1.6 and bare bones spec with 14K miles I am sure the asking price would still be crazy - and they handle just as badly, are more cramped, are equally badly made (the roof is worse, IMO) and use more fuel! Maybe I should sell the Range Rover instead but I just know I'll get pisstake offers if I actually want to sell it, so I'm keeping it until someone actively wants to acquire it, I can afford to send it to a restorer for a mad refit (never, then) or something goes bang (unlikely, it's actually really well converted and the chassis is excellent).
  14. Well, the SLK failed the MOT, but not in a big way Need to clean up and grease or replace the brake pipes. I always lean towards replace, but then there's the risk of bleeding them, and of course they go over the subframe. And I'm really busy. So either sell it as an MOT failure needing brake pipes and with an advisory for a tie rod, or wire brush and grease but then worry if the pipes are weaker πŸ˜•
  15. What hacked me off was the Huddersfield dealer who came down during October storms, shook hands on Β£4K, got me to remove the private plate ready for collection, eSure then cancelled the (cheap) insurance when I tried to change the plate "due to a computer error" - chased them, they confirmed they wanted it, then... just nothing. Before that I was only mildly irritated by its existence! If I keep it I'll put the plate back on at least.
  16. So... now I have a dilemma. The blue SLK MOT is up, I have too many cars. The universe has demonstrated that no-one wants a 14,000 mile PT Cruiser Convertible for any amount of money beyond a 150,000 mile knackered shitbox (and to be fair there are 26,000 mile and 54,000 mile examples which have been unsold on eBay forever) and the increase in VED may be small ish in numerical terms but it looks fucking horrible at Β£710 a year after April. Given the number of ULEZ-banned, smoke-belching knackered-at-80,000 mile zero VED diesels that this petrol punishment inspired, it really annoys me that a 355g/km new car pays Β£180/year but surviving 226 and up pre-2017 petrol cars continue to be hammered πŸ˜• (I technically qualify for PIP though it's a nightmare to claim. Almost worth it to get the disabled class on the Cruiser). Do I try selling the Cruiser again and keep the SLK (which has not put a foot wrong since I got it), flog the SLK as-is with a couple of weeks MOT left and save myself the mental space, or MOT the SLK then sell?
  17. Oh, snap, sort of! SLK next... I am not as confident πŸ˜‚
  18. Might allow narrower gauge wires and/or higher current same as modern cars going to 48V architectures?
  19. The classic, the famous, the beloved... heater matrix. Take the Red Coolant, or the Blue Coolant...
  20. Will trade Yamaha Clavinova for trailer large enough to carry a Yamaha Clavinova πŸ˜‚
  21. Not always with the EML but there's no mistaking limp home mode...
  22. Also acceptable! I don't have one at the moment and I'm worried if I get a small one I'll forget it's there and put my foot down...
  23. Had to collect a greenhouse. Range Rover isn't as big as you'd think inside, I should probably have spent the money on a pickup for the way I do things! On the other hand not many 4x4s have the, er, pickup that this thing displays. A New Defender tried to catch me on the bypass and failed. And I suppose it could be pretty and fast. If I chucked Β£185,000 at a Cheiftain.
  24. From what I remember the P38's body, thanks perhaps to BMW's influence, is galvanised and therefore considerably less rot-prone than contemporary Discos or RRCs. Or L322s because clearly they felt they'd given up too many traditions.
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