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4 hours ago, N Dentressangle said:

Looks good to me - can of chrome spray paint and job's a good un! 😎

Gotta be GOLD 😂

How did they get it off?!

I thought they were really firmly attached underneath?

Cut it? Lucky no damage?

Really 'old money' folk take the mascots off anyway and put their own on.

'Old Bill' was popular with military types. Thought valuable now.

Find something cheap and cheerful of your own to put back?

If you are leaving it out I'd remove the hubcaps too. 

Sorry to hear about this. Total idiots.

The market for these nicked RR badges has to be miniscule - bet it turns up somewhere.

Lada Priora estate.

5 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The Giulietta Folk by Moretti

Folk - what a car...

Lada Priora

4 hours ago, vulgalour said:

I don't think we'll need to go that extreme tbh.

Had to do an errand to drop off a CV at a local bakery, since I'm looking to get something part time to bolster the income a bit without robbing me of too many hours from my regular artwork job.  That meant taking the Princess since it's about a five mile drive.  Clutch fluid was where I'd left it when I topped it up, so it's not leaked out overnight, and gears were working as they should.  Interestingly, on the drive there and back I couldn't get the car to do its usual dead spot thing when setting off when cold.  Clutch control at lower speeds was much better too.  This might be coincidental, the dead spot issue is intermittent and I've never actually solved it, time will tell.

Car was perfectly fine for the 10-15 miles I had to do today, we'll see how it performs over the next few weeks.  I'll be checking the clutch fluid weekly like I do with oil and water (and should have been doing anyway, really) to keep an eye on it.  There's no sign of any leaking inside the car or in the engine bay so if it is leaking it must be a very tiny leak.  One of those things where you have to wait for it to get worse before you can fix it.

As for how the master cylinder is mounted, it bolts to the bulkhead with a rod going to the pedal box.  Master cylinder is a horizontal type and has the reservoir built in half way along its length.  Looking for reference I found some from July 2020, and it looks like I did rebuild it back then.

Not leaking in the servo perhaps?

15 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Silly Moo

Are there any udder jokes?

16 hours ago, Ohdearme said:

A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us.

I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down.

Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties.

Business Peter'd out?

2 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

No idea - have the driver Woolarding

Old main entrance at Pinewood Studios. Home of the James Bond set.

5 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

Custer chair

one of the few (if not only?) Powered invalid carriages to come out of the US  

Any survive do you think @LightBulbFun?  

Some info on the inventor here:

https://blogs.libraries.wright.edu/news/outofthebox/2012/12/21/levitt-luzern-custer-inventions/

8 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I remember there was a very good drama made about Donald Campbell in the late 1980s with Anthony Hopkins in the lead role.

He drove an E-Type with the registration DC7 in it.

GLM 37C and DC7 were the same car. [Thought the film car probably had a made-up plate put on for the filming]

Explained here:

https://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?t=1397

The personal plate DC7 still in use on another car.

7 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Donald Campbell's house I presume. The E-Type was his. 

The vehicle on the right is a prototype land speed car, Bluebird Mach 1.1 (CMN-8) he was developing at the time of his death in the Bluebird watercraft.

Really the bravest of the brave. The new Bluebird had a designed top speed of 800mph+.

I've seen the middle land speed car close-to. Amazing thing.

It's the photographer Maurice Rowe I think:

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/columnists/doug-nye/doug-nye-remembering-motorsport-photographer-legend-maurice-rowe/

The signed picture has some value as he was well respected. Well worth £48 IMHO.

https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/25454/lot/89/the-maurice-rowe-photographic-archive-offered-for-sale-with-full-copyright-qty/

On 13/04/2024 at 15:54, egg said:

Here was my 1.3 GL, sold for £300-400 in 2004 with a whiny diff. My Mondeo is older now (31) than the Escrote was then (28)

Looks like the people behind had just found a dead body in the camper?

14 hours ago, Austat said:

Warwick, 1972.

Was also a popular spot with Standard/Triumph - they used it for various car adverts...

18 minutes ago, D.E said:

That's not AI - that's true. They were driving over to pick up Elvis who was living in a red double-deck bus on their way out of the studio to get a burger.

On 11/04/2024 at 21:28, flat4alfa said:

That's the film where Gollum doesn't bother about the ring he lost but goes to open a bar in Goa instead.

On 06/04/2024 at 19:42, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Q - I think your ejector-seat needs more work .