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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from KruJoe in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'53 Panhard Uber Eats delivery vee-hicle
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from KruJoe in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'57 Plymouth Belvedere 'Belipopter' apparently.
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from KruJoe in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'79 Pontiac Firebird rubbish lorry
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from Asimo in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'57 Plymouth Belvedere 'Belipopter' apparently.
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Dick Longbridge reacted to flat4alfa in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Morning After Master
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Dancing on Ice Master
Strictly Bus Dancing
Ringmasters
I think I'll go now... sorry
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from KruJoe in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
Baguette Wagon R F4
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from Lord Sterling in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Dick Longbridge reacted to wuvvum in The new news 24 thread
Now that it's properly spring I thought it was time to dig the Renault 6 out of the garage. It always needs a jump start after it's been sat for a while, and I cleverly* hadn't left any room to get to the bonnet when I put it away - I remember thinking at the time "that's going to be a problem - oh well, fuck it, I'll worry about it in the spring". Well the good news is that my brake repair last year seems to have held as the brakes were still free, and thanks to the new tyre on the nearside front all the tyres were fully inflated. So all I needed to do was climb in through the tailgate, knock it out of gear, climb back out again, grab hold of the back bumper and pull, and out it came.
The Rover 75 and a pair of jump leads soon got it running, and I took it for a quick run round the block and was reminded of the issues that had cropped up shortly before it went into hibernation and that I hadn't had a chance to look at properly. So that was the first task for today once I finally got my arse in gear.
The first issue is that the bonnet latch isn't locking the bonnet. I couldn't immediately find what was causing this, but removing the latch soon revealed the problem - the mechanism is made of plastic (yes, really) and after 51 years one of the bits had decided it had had enough and snapped off. So that's irreparable then. Of course bonnet latches for Renault 6s are completely unobtainium, but a Google session suggested that the Renault 12 latch is similar - or at least the plastic bits are - and those are available (albeit at some expense), so I'm going to order one - worst case I can butcher it for its plastic bits and make one good one out of the two. For now I've put a Bungee strap on to stop the bonnet flipping up - it's a forward opening bonnet so in theory shouldn't be an issue but aerodynamics can do strange things.
The other two were easier fixes. The nearside rear indicator was behaving funny when the lights were turned on - this turned out to be a cock up on my part, when I refitted the light unit after the car was hit last year I put the earth wire behind the clamp instead of between the clamp and the nut, so it was flapping around and barely making contact. The other problem was that the choke wasn't returning properly when the knob was pushed in - this was a slightly stranger one as it transpired that the clamp that holds the end of the cable had come off the carb - I certainly don't remember doing this (and I would have remembered as it was a fiddly bastard) so can only assume that the bolt had vibrated loose and fallen out. One of the three screws holding the end plate on the carb had also vanished, but I found suitable replacements for both in my stash so that's all sorted.
I then chucked a bucket of water over it to get the garage grime off - next job is to make a template up for the repair section I'm going to need to make for the nearside front floor, but I didn't get time for that this weekend.
Most of the rest of the weekend was spent playing with pushbikes. I did get the Mobylette fired up - it took a few more kicks than last year but still not bad for an elderly two-stroke engine that's been sat for six months - but I didn't get a chance to take it for a spin as I'd been hoping to do, and the forecast looks shite for this coming week so that might have to wait a little while.
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Dick Longbridge reacted to Ohdearme in The new news 24 thread
Mrs ODM phoned today with a screw in her tyre on the way home.
Compressor managed to get it home and is booked for a new one and mot tomorrow.
Espace needs a service and wheel bearing and it also gave me this today after too many short tip runs.
if anybody needs me I’ll be out having a regenerative fap.
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from flat4alfa in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'53 Panhard Uber Eats delivery vee-hicle
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from Burnside in HMC- Incoming- Old Skool Ford (contains mk2 escort)
Similar. Back in the early 90s my first car - a 1977 mk1 Golf - had become pretty crispy on the inner wings and I was visiting a mate to get a price on having them repaired. My mate pointed to the field below where his younger brother's Mk2 Escort Linnet was parked. It could have been mine for £250 if I remember correctly. Apparently it needed a 'tiny bit of welding' but that would have been included in the price. It drove well but I passed on it as the Golf seemed more modern at the time. Ironic that I eventually chopped my Golf in for a 1969 Morris Minor!
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Dick Longbridge reacted to FakeConcern in Shite in Miniature II
The Cambridge is looking fab @danthecapriman Just how Corgi should have done it!
Despite feeling shit today (I've managed to catch covid) I got a few bits and bobs completed between bouts of coughing and sneezing.
Mini pickup has had the bits of glazing that show polished as much as possible and the interior painted with black humbrol satin. This model is made from one I got to use the interior on another which I'd ruined the plastics with thinners so the good bits are in a green van now. The rough bits are from stripping the new paint off after it reacted with something and I didn't go over the top cleaning it up where it will hardly be seen.
Anyway here it is all back together
For the number plate I gooled mini pickup and used a reg I found
I kind of tried to keep it looking like it was made by Corgi
Comparing to Van and Countryman
Yes the interior of the pickup went into the green one
I also finally put together a Corgi Elan I painted ages ago after seeing one someone had on here 155V6 maybe? Anyway I liked the purple with white stripe so here's mine
Needed a repro screen and the steering wheel comes from a Maisto Porsche
The Bburago 900 Turbo that I added the Aero body kit to is done as well, I know it's LHD and I stuck a UK plate on it, but I couldn't work out what a period Swedish one would be like. Perhaps I should have put an Italian one on.
It didn't have a steering wheel (I mean it never had) and I fitted one from a Corgi, but did no other modifications as I didn't feel like it any more, but wanted to get it finished.
It is interesting seeing it with the other Saab models I have, the Dinky 96 and Polistil 99 from childhood
The 9.5 I got the other day intending to use the Aero wheels on the 900, but decided it's too nice to ruin, however I am always a bit disappointed when the tailgate of an estate doesn't open
The two 99s are very consistant in size from the front to the rear wheel, extra length is in the hatchback
The grill on the Polistil isn't great though
While looking for the Saab 96 and 99 I found the other two Dinky Mini Clubmans (Clubmen?) I have, one is MIB and the other I already had is not as good as the one I got at the weekend
Interestingly the worst one also has sparkly lights which are yellow (been replaced?) and has a different number plate
During the afternoon a large box was delivered...
It must have taken @Dick Longbridge hours to wrap this lot up, thanks again!
Since I was a bit off colour I didn't feel like wasting the excitement of unwrapping it all so that will wait, but I had a quick peek...
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'53 Panhard Uber Eats delivery vee-hicle
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'77 Ford Pinto Caravan
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'57 Plymouth Belvedere 'Belipopter' apparently.
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
'79 Pontiac Firebird rubbish lorry
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from chadders in The grumpy thread
WTAF is this shite? The individual seems to think it appropriate to wear this getup to a children's charity event. So, so wrong.
Fantastic* example of one the perverted knighthood crew, too.
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from grizz in Grizz’s OCD Awesome ASTRO Van 🚙, VW Caddy Van 🚐 Now a Green Toad 206 CC 🐸
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from KruJoe in Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
77 Mk1 Golf Estate
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Dick Longbridge got a reaction from Remspoor in The grumpy thread
WTAF is this shite? The individual seems to think it appropriate to wear this getup to a children's charity event. So, so wrong.
Fantastic* example of one the perverted knighthood crew, too.