Skizzer

I am…I used to be on here a lot but, well, times change.  I still pop by from time to time to see what’s happening with my various old AS friends.
Thanks for your kind words! I’m glad you liked the videos, they seem to be a rather niche taste for some reason but the regular viewers are a friendly bunch and the chat in the comments usually has a good vibe.

This is so mind bogglingly, indescribably shit I can't even believe it. I've had to come out of retirement to drag it. Just look at the friggin state of that half inch thick 'carbon fibre' grille with two washing machine doors for headlight surrounds. And you're never even gonna know if the friggin suns out with that ridiculous forehead/brow on it. You'll just be rattlin along in the bastard dark all the time, stinking of diesel and (no doubt) chip fat. The door step looks like part of a climbing frame from the garden of a 'Harvester' pub. Just endless delight as every detail looks like a team of 100+ 'Last of the Summer Wine' castoffs have worked day and night to come up with the worst possible idea and execution.   Honestly this should be in a museum.
 
 

Bloody hell. Progress! 
He says I’ll have it back in a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed. 

Eight years ago today this turd landed at mine. Tomorrow I will apply for historic tax and, judging by the complete lack of progress on the Mini, proceed to use it over the next few months. 

Both the other cars in this photo since sold and scrapped, the house SSTC and and my lovely friend Emma has moved onto a better place. Then again she lived in Hemel, so a move to Strangeways would have been a positive move. 
Happy bASe day, fellow motorist. 

The rectangle lights were seen on the more basic L and S models that were sold on main land Europe. We didn't get them in the UK.
The old Spanish Pilen diecast had them

 
PS Thanks for posting all the pics. It's great to see the variety of stuff that is on display and not just the usual suspects.

My dear Herr Hairnet, I would never dream of trying to beat you up, and it does look quite a lot like a Bitter CD.
I might just gently point out that it’s not a Daytona either — that’s a 365 GTC/4  A shiter’s Ferrari if ever there was one.
Thanks for all the pics!

volvos yes - santana/gl5 estate no
audi 50 ftw
never seen mk1 scirocco without twin lights can the vw nerds explain ta
no idea what the red and cream car was there was only a phone number
all the audis - wad BLOWN
 

camper was cool
black merc truck was lovely (and 31 grand)
pontons splumph and the jetta was that clean there were mirrors so you could see the underneath
 

thought it was jota - no its a benelli
you know the thing where people ask millions for them bp spirit signs?
why??!??!?!!
campari sign i wanted - def couldnt carry that
now im gonna get beat up by @Skizzer for this next bit
i approached the black car and im thinking oh bitter
i walk along the side and im not sure
get to the back and realise its a daytona
i think itd been a long day - in red blue or yellow no prblem black no wonder i missed
them f40s - common
also the stand with all the smol fiats on - again stand full of unreachable pron (f40 xj220) and i pap fiats (with random 404 with them dont know what that was about  )
oh and countach - see what i mean about lp400
 

Not for me , the joy* of working!
Instead, a trek to Sunny Lochgoilhead for a walk and a spot of lunch.
130 miles covered, all good! 17/10 would hoor down single track roads again

With that done it was time for deployment.
I went out to the car on Wednesday morning and realised 2 things:
1. The heated rear windscreen switch on MK1 Octavia's has no warning light and will remain pressed in.
2. The cig lighter socket is a permanent live - so the Bluetooth to FM doodad I had plugged in had drained the battery overnight.
I swapped the battery for a charged one - the one from the car was from 2016 and still had one of the vent holes blocked from shipping..

It went onto charge and seems to have come round alright. It'll get refitted in good time.
then it was off up the rank

 
JOAKS!
I was assisting @Lacquer Peel dae an flitting.
The boot on these hatchbacks are pretty spacious.

 

So good you cleaned it twice

Right, where was I? Oh yes...
After a scent* filled sojourn to Clio Stu's and back, I had to do some emergency work to make the car suitable for initial deployment..
Firstly, assemble the "first pass" troops

 
Initial assessment indicated it was not so much a thorny problem as a hairy one.

Deployment of a dustpan and brush brought significant improvement

The spare wheel needed some shovelling too

 
Again, dustpan and brush to the rescue.


Then it was time for a first pass over the surfaces

Mild profit

 
The back came up well too

If you've never set fire to a car while welding, you're just not getting enough heat into the weld.  Try cleaning the metal back further and stepping up to the next power level.  Maybe a bit more wire feed speed too.
.. and I totally did not* set fire to the Merc C250td on the driveway a couple of days ago.  Nope.  Not me.  Never.
Briefly.

Rightio, the nagging has paid off and I've got it booked.  Location is my mates field/woods/campsite near Bridgnorth in Shropshire.  Should be quite reasonably priced so long as we tidy up afterwards.






https://www.powkesmoreholding.co.uk/

Edit #1
Lets make the location easy to find.
What3 words to the entrance.  ///bungalows.next.windmills
Which looks like this

The open one on the left.
From above.

Access is from Ashfield Road, the track marked on Google heading South East doesn't exist as far as I know.
Further out.

I am…I used to be on here a lot but, well, times change.  I still pop by from time to time to see what’s happening with my various old AS friends.
Thanks for your kind words! I’m glad you liked the videos, they seem to be a rather niche taste for some reason but the regular viewers are a friendly bunch and the chat in the comments usually has a good vibe.

I am…I used to be on here a lot but, well, times change.  I still pop by from time to time to see what’s happening with my various old AS friends.
Thanks for your kind words! I’m glad you liked the videos, they seem to be a rather niche taste for some reason but the regular viewers are a friendly bunch and the chat in the comments usually has a good vibe.

I am…I used to be on here a lot but, well, times change.  I still pop by from time to time to see what’s happening with my various old AS friends.
Thanks for your kind words! I’m glad you liked the videos, they seem to be a rather niche taste for some reason but the regular viewers are a friendly bunch and the chat in the comments usually has a good vibe.

our very own @Skizzer

I always wonder why this guy doesn't have more subscribers as I think he's really rather good. His recent walk-around of the Practical Classics Restoration show was excellent, unlike so many of the dull ones out there.
 

I’ve run out of indoor storage, so I’ve dumped it in a large empty building in Birmingham for the weekend.

Woaft.
 
That was one of my favourites  from the Restoration Show last year — a still from the video here:

Will follow with interest. My Royale is developing a few bubbles here and there from past repairs.
I’m not thinking about them.

Remind me who it was who had to drive the thing north instead of just getting a lift from the nice mister @gm in his mini.
 
Honestly, it was a fine experience except for being allergic to dogs.

It is a tale as old as time.
Boy convinces mate that a Clio 182 is a fine plan.
Mate buys Clio 182.
Inevitably, mechanical maladies abound.
Clio 182 returns to its natural habitat.
Clio Stu works his magic.
Clio 182 is ready for collection.
 
At this point, @loserone decides to repay the misery I foist upon him Clio 182 wise by letting me know of the existence of this fine specimen...

It's a 2009! MK1 Octavia 100 pd..
Low mileage

 
Never raced or rallied, but extensively mini-cabbed (and doggo cabbed)

 
Nevertheless, it forged northwards in fine fashion

As alluded to above, @loserone took some antihistamines and trooped north, arriving at mine in good time.

I then took over for the last hour to Clio Stu's
It was all I had hoped*



 
All things considered, it drives fucking lovely! Bit of a shudder from the brakes and the shocks are not in their first flush of youth..but it boosts!