Parky

Looks like the body man reckons he can straighten out that rear panel and she has a lead on another door that is apparently rusty but complete so we'll see how that goes!

Lol, yeah nah bro, let da cuzzies at da renter get it sorted. Sweet as!

Typically I dont use Facebook but cheers for the link, I will forward it to someone who has got an account and have a looksie

Right an actual challenge for some actual chod. Client of mine has a 1972 Corolla. Original bill of sale and everything. Owned it since new and it is lovely. Luckily at my advice she insured it for a proper sum which was handy as someone hit her two weeks later. Old fella in a courtesy Yaris ran into her as she was turning left. He claimed she was turning right which kind of doesnt excuse him running into her. Or attempting to overtake on a grass verge. He apparently had just picked the loaner up as his regular car was in for repairs having hit the back of another car...he was 70 so probably doesnt want anyone looking at his eyesight So being a dutiful servant to my client I have been tasked the mighty job of trying to assist the bodyshop with locating a door and rear three quarter for a 1972 Corolla KE20 Coupe. I think the rear quarter might be fixable by a genius but the door frame is warped so a replacement would be better. My question to the form is I dont suppose anyone has or knows of someone with these parts who would be willing to part company with them for a decent sum? Also the front wing mirrors arent original so again if anyone had a couple of those....a long shot I know but any guidance, tips, or pointers appreciated!

Six months since last post! Life comes at you fast. Fleet unchanged. Auris and Mitsi take it in turns to take me to work, Mrs P's Suzi racks up the K's and behaves itself so nowt worth mentioning really. Auris developed a slight whine in sixth at speed but seemed to vary according to road surface. My old Mini did something similar which turned out to by the old tyres falling apart so will get some new boots for it. Falken 310's are available but expensive here, Pirelli Powergy's cheaper but would prefer Falken. Gave Cheezoid an oil change today. Pretty straightforward after negotiating all the different bolts and clips that hold the undertray on, and managed to finally change the gear oil. It wasnt bad at all but smelt a bit mineraly so I reckon its had the wrong stuff in the box. A nice new batch of synthetic GL4 Nulon and some snake oil additive and we'll see how we go. Brief test drive felt better but may have been psychological.

@hairnet Quite like that myself. I'll go get it, you fly over and ride it back home across Asia and Europe. Should be a doddle!

And she had been driving 14 years

Terrifying to be honest. One girl said "Ah fort i' woz nintee coz dats what me uvver half drives at"

I got caught doing 58 in a 50 and took the course. Found some bits interesting but the group quiz was hilarious - only three of us (out of about 30) knew the speed limit on a motorway was 70!

And I missed out on a bargain Alfa 166 as I was seeing one of his old clients tonight and it overran so I got home too late to put my bid in

Just been to see a client. He's 90 and owns a tricked up MX5. And an XJ6 Coupe. And a Mini Cooper S. His wife said no to him buying all of them and he did it anyway. Maybe I should take a leaf out of his book! Anyway the grump is a guy at work left and I had to pick up all his work with zero notice. Tripled my workload. Two weeks after he went I had a trip to the UK and spent most of it working trying to keep up with all his shit he hadnt done. Zoom meetings with clients at 3am, bending over backwards accomodating odd requests with good humour and a can do attitude and really felt I'd done a lot to keep them onside. Had lots of good feedback from them too and some excellent google reviews for the website. All good. Got it all under control, everyone happy. This week I have had three emails from clients with the "its not you, its me" line saying they are transferring their accounts to the old adviser at his new firm. I am pissed off I really compromised my holiday (basically didnt have one) and they were going to fuck off anyway. And who gets a bollocking Monday morning? Yup, that'd be me.