Mad Cyril

2 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

That just has to be an ex-cab, with something like 600k on the clock before it was 8 years old. Then BANG and it’s been parked there since before the pandemic. 

Last tested in July 2019 at a mere 313k.

My renewal came through at a 50% increase.
I spent an evening on comparison sites and confirmed that the renewal was very close to the cheapest price (which was with a company I've never heard of).
I called to accept the renewal providing they could move a little bit on the price (a fiver would have done for me).
They lopped a decent chunk off so I've finished up with a 21% increase on last year (which is about £30). I can cope with that.
 

I took mine to a place near Edinburgh to get the bores done. They turned it around in a day.
I stuck it in the boot of my 2cv and certainly knew I had some weight on board but did there and back (to Lincolnshire) in a (very long) day.

That rev counter thing is almost normal when a Xantia is jump started.
It's really not difficult to whip the instruments out, pop the front off, flick the needle back, and all will be fine.

That's been running around the Grimsby area forever.
It used to be brush painted in brown gloss.
Ruddy marvellous.

(...and the chassis is built by Yorkshire's very own Ken Hanna)

https://2cvgarage.nl/en/ev-chassis/
 

This is a much more complete idea with the bulk of the battery built into the chassis nice and low down.
There's talk of a 250km range which is useful enough and 80mph, Dread to think of the price though.

My 2cv. 
Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales a few years ago.

7 hours ago, grogee said:

When did the French manufacturers all sit down and agree that it was ok to remove the bumper to change a bulb?

First time I came across this obvious scam purely designed to line the pockets of main dealers was the Mk4 Golf (1998?).
So let's blame the Krauts until somebody comes up with something earlier.

21 hours ago, 155V6 said:

Corgi Rockets Escort with Hotwheels glazing

The HW's glazing is deeper,so needs a bit trimming off the bottom.It's also slightly longer,to make it fit better,you could cut it into 2 parts in front of the B pillar & fit the front & rear parts seperately.If you spent a bit of time,you could get a really good fit.

 

Absolutely brilliant.
I shall endeavor to lay my hands on an HW Escort.

Your Escort looks absolutely excellent and makes me wish I hadn't painted mine!
 

It's certainly a thought.
Do we reckon the Hot Wheels is still current?
 

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

It doesn't always work, depends whats happened to it. Surface scratches etc can be sanded and polished, yellowing can be reduced but sometimes the plastic degrades due to coming into contact with something it doesn't agree with. Dipping in self shining floor polish and leaving to dry sometimes works wonders though

Erm...well..yes..it's actually like this...erm...

The glass was a bit cloudy so I left it in a tub of tyre shine overnight, which seemed to make it worse not better.

Then I tried to T-Cut it, which made it even cloudier.

Next, I tried a bit of acrylic lacquer on an unseen bit which seemed to make it better so I thought I'd lacquer all of it, which made it even worse and was drying a bit creamy so I used a hot air gun on it for some reason I can't begin to comprehend and melted the windscreen.

On a positive note the rear and side windows actually look just about okay but the windscreen is probably going to be made out of an old cassette box and will look absolutely shocking I'm sure.

Harrumph.

Evening all,

I'm pretty chuffed with how my Escort is coming on. New wheels and paint have gone well but I've come up against an issue. The glass had gone a bit opaque so I tried various thing to brighten it up but it's now considerably worse than when I started and is completely unusable.

Any ideas where i can lay my hands on some replacement glass for it?

Anybody got a battered, decrepit, unwanted example sitting in the bottom of a box anywhere I can use for parts?

(This is a 'before' shot by the way)

On 7/30/2021 at 12:47 PM, Datsuncog said:

Corgi Sixties Collection Minor is in a bad way, paint-wise...

Mmm, lumpy. But should repaint well, if anyone fancies it.

I'd love to take this off your hands if the wheels & tyres are decent.

(I've got a grey one with a bit of sentimental value on a shelf in the garage that is mint apart from cracked tyres and then I'd also have enough Minor left over to do something daft with including some other random wheels)

Well I've finished the battered Mercury that was donated to my pile of jobs to do by Dick Longbridge a few months back.
It looked like it'd escaped the oval following a horrific roll...

...but the roof straightened out surprisingly well, new glass was available, and some wheels from Bunglebus finished the job off...

...I'm really chuffed with that and I've thoroughly enjoyed doing it.

Next, I'm moving on to this Escort which I 'customised' when I was about 10 years old...

...it's in a bad way though. Bent roof, cracked pillars, butchered rivets and sitting on a Corgi Rockets chassis (held together with Bluetac).

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I've looked through the project box, parts cars and my boxes of wheels - best I can come up with are these. Look like they've been painted white but could be re-done easily. 11mm diameter, 29mm axles

I haven't got any of the Superfast wheels you suggested in a suitable width, all my spares are the earlier narrow type. A lot are really worn too and will let down a resto. Yours if you want them unless anyone has a donor car

They will be absolutely excellent, thanks.
I'll message you and sort out the details.

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I haven't got any the same as the original Roadblasters, but I've got loads of normal Matchbox wheels, as well as various other brands if you want a set?

Yes please, whatever you've got really.

It's going to a white Police livery like this...

...so I was hoping to get hold of wheels something like that.

I thought somebody must be flogging new ones on Ebay but apparently not.

The current wheels are 11mm diameter and the axles are 26mm long.

I tidied the garage up last weekend and it's now quite a pleasant place to be so I've made a start on this poor thing...

...that was donated by the smashing Dick Longbridge a few months back in a deal with a Spidervan that was in slightly better condition.

It's looking surprisingly promising now (roof straightened, paint stripped, new windows on order) but I need to do something about the wheels.

Any suggestions where I can lay my hands new Matchbox wheels?

They need to work for a living.
I do sometimes wonder which end is doing the pulling though.

Went to the tip in the driveable skip.
Seemed a bit lacking in top speed for some reason.

Can I take the Spidervan off your hands please Mr. Longbridge?

 

That Rocsta probably came from Nunns Mazda near Grimsby.
It was quite probably the only one they sold and if it was then I remember it when it was new.
The sales manager sold it to his brother as an ex-demo as I recall.
(I don't recall what his brother had done to deserve such treatment)

1 hour ago, TripleRich said:

I suspect these rather old unused pads will be a bit crap.  Have fitted them for now and will test before going on the road.

I stuck a set of 28 year old OE pads in my 2cv a few weeks back.
They were a bit hair raising to start with but have bedded in wonderfully.
Good old fashioned asbestos.

https://issuu.com/retromash/docs/argos-no10-1978-autumn/17

Made by Sharna according to '78 Argos catalogue.

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can anyone ID this pedal car I had as a kid?

I can't ID it but I had virtually the same thing when I was that age.
Mine was the same body but in orange with a fake engine on the back that hinged up.