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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - I am having a Ford Day!
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Delighted to see it back on the road and mingling with its own kind! -
Endtime seems about right. Getting aboard that would be a test of faith in itself. "Let us pray for Sister Theresa of the Blessed Host who had insufficient belief to embark upon the LDV and will not be joining on this year's evangelical trip."
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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - I am having a Ford Day!
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I'm very sorry to hear the 940 has been misbehaving itself and I hope it can be repaired and persuaded to behave normally, i.e. going sideways round roundabouts with a Victorian wardrobe in the back. Bon chance!* *I don't know the Swedish for good luck. -
Autoshite Calendar, Feb 2024 - Jan 2025. All dispatched! Some stock left
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Mine arrived this morning! And I managed to hide the sweets before the kids saw them. Thank you very much! -
Autoshite Calendar, Feb 2024 - Jan 2025. All dispatched! Some stock left
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Wall please! Having blithely started voting I now feel morally obligated to purchase a calendar. This is despite a cynical urge to wait to see how the voting pans out before committing actual cash. -
Very professional! And already looking better than it did under my care. And I have to admit that I never knew this car had an alarm, still less that it wouldn’t work in Rochdale. Just over 24 hours after ceasing to be a Volvo owner I find myself looking at this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126264153807?hash=item1d65ee16cf:g:yWUAAOSwSX9llH77&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4KlrAd3LDpYROnZdqT5bbWUuuNjISWKFJvo01fj7os8%2FGgEMpeFpGpNAIl5FknHblb5XO8s2N3gRPXttzUCYPJztWCKBihrN8hJqTJlrRBDVxxgAwWD7tzKfnhJc1bl99UrHsR9S4SG8q%2FVSNgYDwGYGac8YxxP2heUycCbUkXSE4oYraqn7FXX5L9uccagmMUurBynyCQWxxSKBniaNBsu5cif16dfyv9bT7bacV3lhAs%2FNc6sd44zQROkQfqjj84SPsaq9YxIXH3MsfXACSzJ%2Bb0oXfGyA%2FCRdVmmdGeiZ|tkp%3ABk9SR6Dh7pGcYw The pinstripe blue velour in Hillmanimp’s new 740 set me off. Irresistible.
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Woof! That chin spoiler! The velour! So much win here. Very well bought!
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I hope that means you've made it least most of the way home? Happy motoring/wardrobe moving/monastery looting!
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Seeing that photo makes me immediately want another one. 😢 Excellent to meet the estimable RobT earlier. I hope you have a successful journey home and that this particular slab of Swedish metal brings you great joy.
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Volvo C202 Laplander - 5 years on and newest member of the SVM
2316cc replied to warninglight's topic in AutoShite
Always a delight when this thread pops up again. And some pretty serious progress since the last update. Good work! Those Amazons, though... The last thing I need in my life right now is an Amazon, but that estate. Gnaaah! Where's the emoji for going crosseyed with misplaced impossible desire? -
I've enjoyed this whole thread. Brilliant to see it running and coming back together again. Cracking work!
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Yeah, it’s 10k and it’s obviously fucked, but wouldn’t it be worth it to see the staff at the tip quivering with rage when you pulled up and started unloading? “What mate? It’s not a van…” Ok, it obviously wouldn’t be worth it, but it’s a nice idea.
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These early Boxsters are starting to look really good now, especially in silver with the orange indicators that everyone hated. Very well boughted!
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I bought one of those SGS 3 ton jacks a while back. It was a nightmare on the gravel drive at the time - what was I thinking? - but it’s come into its own now I have a garage with a flat(ish) floor. Definitely miles better than the tiny Halfords one I was using before.
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You need a Land Rover!
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They look massive, but the car's on top are only Minis, and the steering wheels are so big... I need to go and recalibrate my whole sense of proportion now.
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Good God I love this Audi!
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I've never worked on another 924, so I don't know if mine's fighting more than they usually do. There are still some, er, legacy electrical issues, though. I'm buggered if I can get the NS headlight to work consistently at the moment and the pop up lights don't go up or down. I suspect that may just need a new relay, but I've been so busy with other stuff I haven't had time to look into it. In fact that's the main problem with this car, it's just been neglected for the last few years because I've got too much other stuff on, fixing (trying to fix) other cars, house, kids, etc. I think having one that isn't a bastard to you all the time is your reward for all the work you put into the white one. It certainly seems well deserved. One of these days I'm going to attempt a front valance repair like you did - if there's any front valance left by the time I get round to it.
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After clicking on the link to the dodgy landy above I'm getting all sorts of mad shit. This seems like it might have been used to deliver milk on an aircraft carrier. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334621067137
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If, like me, you've ever thought, 'I like motorbikes, but I wish they were more like a van', this could be right up your street... I also admit to being intrigued about how the steering works. Not quite intrigued enough to spend £9k, though. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334620051603
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155205419383 Personally I'm not in the market for a haunted ice cream van or "mail truck", but just in case anyone else is...
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Living the dream! I've given up on shiny and have set my sights on the hopefully more realistic goal of mechanical soundness and not letting it get any rustier than it already is. Waterproof might be nice as well.
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And it only took about six years! That's about standard for me to actually do something. The 924's not going anywhere, but it needs some love. How's your shiny red one?
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Darkest Lincolnshire.