Sam Glover

That's an interesting question (the first one, not the second).
 
Delivery to Romania would be free of charge if you could find me a decent Dacia 1320 or 1325 to bring back...

I bought this shitbanger a few months ago for £500, but I’ve failed to bond with it. The Fairway is ruined by the extra mechanical bits they fitted to try to fool people into thinking it’s not a 1950s tractor, plus it lacks the grimy metropolitan interior aesthetics and dystopian smells of proper FX4s. On the plus side, it has balljoints at the front instead of kingpins.
 It’s MoT’d until October 13th and it’s more-or-less roadworthy. There’s a fair bit of rust. I haven’t inspected it too critically, but I think there’s very little – if any – that’d fail an MoT. The sills are practically nonexistent, but they’re non-structural bolt-on panels. The auto 'box is a bit whiney when hot. I haven't tried changing the fluid... or checked the level, for that matter. The fuelling system is in need of a going-over. It’s got a fucktarded retrofit EGR system and it’d be all the better for having this (perfectly legally) removed. I fiddled with the throttle to make it open further and go faster. This was a success, but it now leaves a robust black smokescreen when you give it hammer. There’s also a light knocking from one cylinder, which I’m 95% sure is combustion-related. There are certainly some minor ailments that I haven't noticed or mentioned. In short: it’s not very good but it is very cheap. It’s near Cirencester. Sam    

I'm not usually one to boast, gasconade, bluster, showboat or toss-on about new acquisitions, but...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems that I inadvertently pissed on this picnic.
 
I spent yesterday morning looking at the Duster intently, following Ben's alert in Ebay Tat. I had to do some work in the afternoon, sadly, so placed an emergency snipe.
 
Autoshite should've been rechecked first, of course. I stumbled here last night to brag about my purchase... and found this thread. However, I can't guarantee that happening upon it yesterday would've made me less of a bastard – owning one quarter of a Duster would only lead to fighting later.
 
I, too, have been looking for one for almost half a decade (by way of proof, I attach a picture from 2008 of me having a great time with an ARO-10). And having found a Shifter and a Denem in the meantime, its desirability increased like the third street in a Monopoly property group. Plus, if I have to drive to the UK in an ARO TV filled with spares for my current crop of four Romanian restoration projects anyway - what's a fifth?
 
Collection is scheduled for Sunday. I'll report back.
 
Edd: you know where it is. If my plans for world domination fail and I have to sell it, I'll give you first refusal. If you ever feel moved to lift your Romanian gypsy curse on my future family, I'll be ever so grateful.
 
Sam
 

More power to your elbow!
Here it is being excavated in 2016…

It seems that I inadvertently pissed on this picnic.
 
I spent yesterday morning looking at the Duster intently, following Ben's alert in Ebay Tat. I had to do some work in the afternoon, sadly, so placed an emergency snipe.
 
Autoshite should've been rechecked first, of course. I stumbled here last night to brag about my purchase... and found this thread. However, I can't guarantee that happening upon it yesterday would've made me less of a bastard – owning one quarter of a Duster would only lead to fighting later.
 
I, too, have been looking for one for almost half a decade (by way of proof, I attach a picture from 2008 of me having a great time with an ARO-10). And having found a Shifter and a Denem in the meantime, its desirability increased like the third street in a Monopoly property group. Plus, if I have to drive to the UK in an ARO TV filled with spares for my current crop of four Romanian restoration projects anyway - what's a fifth?
 
Collection is scheduled for Sunday. I'll report back.
 
Edd: you know where it is. If my plans for world domination fail and I have to sell it, I'll give you first refusal. If you ever feel moved to lift your Romanian gypsy curse on my future family, I'll be ever so grateful.
 
Sam
 

After much deliberation, I concluded that this is the answer to all my problems. Does anyone have a nice(r) pair of bumpers?

After much deliberation, I concluded that this is the answer to all my problems. Does anyone have a nice(r) pair of bumpers?

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

That would be fabulous, Ian.
It's annoying that I can't un-see the ridiculous TV On The Radio 1980s fantasy unit. Google has dredged up Yoko models for sale in Russia and Germany...
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Yoko-CCTV-1-in-dash-TV/393112382944
...the latter being very tempting indeed. The white noise displayed on its screen is exactly what I'm taking about. Modern.

There’s a hole under my left elbow in my Citroën GSA and filling it presents an opportunity. Unfortunately, while I like cars and radios to an “inappropriate” degree, car radios aren’t on my nerd spectrum. I am therefore lighting the nerd assistance alert beacon.
The interior is two-tone brown-on-brown, with embellishments in brown. Being a GSA, it can swing freely between 70s kitsch and 80s spank.
Below is some pornography to set the scene.
Ideally, of course, it needs a tiny CRT display linked to a ZX Spectrum with a speech synthesis cartridge and Death Star exhaust port targeting capability.
Suggestions will be most welcome.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

That would be fabulous, Ian.
It's annoying that I can't un-see the ridiculous TV On The Radio 1980s fantasy unit. Google has dredged up Yoko models for sale in Russia and Germany...
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Yoko-CCTV-1-in-dash-TV/393112382944
...the latter being very tempting indeed. The white noise displayed on its screen is exactly what I'm taking about. Modern.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

That would be fabulous, Ian.
It's annoying that I can't un-see the ridiculous TV On The Radio 1980s fantasy unit. Google has dredged up Yoko models for sale in Russia and Germany...
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Yoko-CCTV-1-in-dash-TV/393112382944
...the latter being very tempting indeed. The white noise displayed on its screen is exactly what I'm taking about. Modern.

Just stumbled across this...
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/but-wait-theres-more/a1912791/must-have-accessory-well-equipped-1980s-driver-2-screen-dash-tv/

More power to your elbow!
Here it is being excavated in 2016…

...fuck it. I've bought it. I'm very excited.

I have this chap in my LNA, picked up for £20-30 about 5-6 years ago from eBay - It's actually a VW dealer fit option, but seemed to fit the 1983 vibe quite well...