Dick Longbridge

Dows anyone have a link for a rotten Nova GTE which was on ebay within the last couple of weeks? I can't find it now - it was a dark green colour but complete with engine if I remember correctly. 

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9 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

The Kia Soul:

Whenever I see one, I call them a Kia 'Lack of'.

Reminds me of the Curious Tall Metro. 

On a different note, have we had this one yet? 

Sharon 

Sharon 

Sharon 

Galaxy Sharon Sharan

That's a fairly early one - well bought! Original pie tray hubcaps too - not seen them for years. GM got the ergonomics of the cabin just right on these - I loved the driving position on mine. A mate had a B plate 1200 an age ago - I reckon  C plate survivors are now rare  let alone Bs...

1 minute ago, rattlecan said:

No, two up front one in back. I rekon if the guy in the back was sat behind the driver he’d be dead

Bloody hell. That's beyond lucky. I'm not a religious fella but I think I'd be nodding towards the skies for a brief moment after that just as a quick acknowledgement that everyone survived unscathed. 

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ride of Shame!

It won't start. Press the button the dash lights and then goes black again.

Oh dear. Our neighbour's very shiny,  low mileage 18 plate Discovery FTPd a few days back - everything completely shut down for no apparent reason and it refused to go. JLR now have it and it looks like it could be the main ECU.

Fingers crossed yours is a relatively easy fix in contrast.

16 minutes ago, rattlecan said:

My other ayf’s nephew went to football training last night at a club not too far from us. Some total twat there didn’t bother to lock the barrier gate in the open position. Nephew drives in with two other mates in his car (so 3 up, as it turns out luckily so). Wind blows gate closed as he’s driving through. They were all ok, but it’s a wonder one of them wasn’t killed let alone injured

Has the gate... gone through the car? How the hell wasn't one of them decapitated? Scary shiz right there. 

1 hour ago, grogee said:

 

29 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Generally ok . Egr failure is common and a subframe down job to replace it . 
yes I’m sure some bleating hero’s will say it can be done without but I like to do it properly and not lose skin . 
Injectors just fail randomly and we’re on back order for a bit but available now I believe . Not cheap tho .

Otherwise I’ve not seen any other problems with them 

Less shit than the 1.0 and 1.6 TSI then? 

2 hours ago, SEATMad said:

Here it is, 10 years later. As you can see, not much has changed. 

Plugs out, some ATF down the bores, a few gentle gentle pulls on the crank after 24 hours and some easy start in the old girl's throat and I reckon she'd be a runner. 

What are the 1.6 tdi VAG engines like? 

6 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Your problem is not find enough people to chuck in to cover the purchase price, it's finding someone who will be the "keeper" and actually have the thing on their drive.

I would chuck 20 quid in to save it from the scrapper but only on condition it never darkens my doorstep, and most other people will be the same.

Agreed. If it had a Ford badge, there would inevitably be more interest. I'd like to see this thing live, but as you, I'd not be able to have it here. 

On 18/02/2024 at 13:56, Dick Longbridge said:

Shame there isn't much love on here for these old things. I'd lob a couple of quid in the pot for a group buy, but I'd imagine OP just wants the ungrateful old swine gone. 

I'm assuming no-one else on here feels the love for this? 

14 hours ago, Weird Car said:

I’ve had better evenings, it must be said 

Unfortunate reality but cracking photo. That plate is a belter, too. Have you got a thread on it? 

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

in General Invalid Carriage news, I finally found myself in the right headspace to put together and post a writeup response here

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/225941/1963-reselco-nelco-solocar

as per my response in there, 628EYK is quite interesting to me because not only is it a new survivor for the list but its a very close relative of a another Solocar thats known to survive

625EYK

its always really quite fun when close relatives like this survive! especially for the likes of something like a Solocar, which generally was always a private machine

(there is rumblings the Ministry might of supplied Solocars for replacement of worn out Argsons, but nothing has been concretely proven there)

I also like the pair as they share a partial mark with RT1 EYK396  

I am hope my post will help encourage the owner to push forward to getting it back on the road once more  

Good idea to post on there. I'd forgotten you were already on RR - just re-read the tall Metro thread where I put two and two together and pointed you back over there. I'm still impressed that you inadvertently solved the long running headscratcher!

I reckon you're doing a Derek Bieri style 'will this shitter make it home?' collection. 

This gem is down the road from me and would be about the right distance from you.

On 19/02/2024 at 22:32, adw1977 said:

596. 1978 Ford Cortina 1.6L estate

Seen in the Wirral on 22nd October.
The alloy wheels were optional on S and Ghia models when this car was new and later became standard on Ghia, but wouldn't have been fitted to this L when it left the factory.

EFM 536S
✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 September 2024
MOT Exempt

Vehicle make FORD
Date of first registration 19 May 1978
Year of manufacture 1978
Cylinder capacity 1593 cc
Fuel typePETROL
Export markerNo
Vehicle status Taxed
Vehicle colour RED

Current owner since Sep 2022
No MOT record

I always quite liked driving the Mk4 and 5 Cortina estates back in the 90s. They felt surprisingly solid and surefooted for what they were. Decent gearchange too.

I take responsibility for stuffing a load of filler on top of shonky welding (not mine) on several of them which went on to become forecourt sales cars where I worked. That mk4 looks bloody lovely and the Ghia alloys really make it. 

On 18/02/2024 at 22:42, Dick Longbridge said:

I bet it's just the V5 which lives on with someone who chanced their luck. 

I still stand by this.

3 hours ago, georgeinabz said:

Yup , some of the ratios duplicated so there was about 6 usable gears , I had a green one like the photo, it was bought from John Clark ( has a bit of an empire up here) as a trade sale ,he used it for his holiday car in Spain so had lhd headlights , his mechanics nicknamed it kermit.
As for photos only got for the Fuego & Acclaim I will try and up load, film was dear so back in the day cars only appeared in the background when filming family and friends .

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Nice! Mine was the slightly facelifted version on a Y plate. Rapid old thing at the time, especially with the John Connor gearbox setup...

Another from John Dodd's daughter:

7000 plus of you liked the photo of my Dads Rolls Silver Cloud towing a Cadillac on a trailer, then 2000 plus for a photo of his car the Beast . So here’s another of The 27 litre Beast setting a lap record average of 107mph towing a caravan around Silverstone!

I bet it's just the V5 which lives on with someone who chanced their luck. 

11 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Was showing my partner's Dad the compilation video of Rufford Ford yesterday.  It's the one where the first fifteen or so vehicles are black BMWs.

Is this a rite of passage for BMW owners that I'm not familiar with?

Seems like you got lucky!

I was about to say the same. If there's no lasting damage to the F31, you've been bloody lucky. My brother hydrolocked his old 2.4d na Hilux years back and it was never quite right again. 

Shame there isn't much love on here for these old things. I'd lob a couple of quid in the pot for a group buy, but I'd imagine OP just wants the ungrateful old swine gone. 

On 10/02/2024 at 11:15, HMC said:

 

 

Rat Great storm of '87 look. White pressed plates, I see.

MR2 has gone. After nine years, it's strange seeing it leave. 

End of an era. 😑