Alanism

Ever wondered what happened to this Visa you all helped to save?
The answer is it ran out of MOT and ended up needing to be saved again!
Dodgy Bastard leapt for the save when he heard of its plight, only to find the owner's brother had moved it to another location because of a traffic warden in the area. The same brother then arranged with a local garage to get it off the road and put it though an MOT, but it failed, although not badly.
Mrs6C spoke to the owner who explained while he had enjoyed his Visa over the years, he was no longer able to take care of it due to now looking after elderly parents. He wanted a good home for it long-term and offered it to Mrs6C. She agreed she would become its keeper and pay the bills to get it MOT'd and safe.
The Visa has now been MOT'd and taxed and we have paid the bills.
The plan now is to get it down south and maintain it on our fleet. Before that happens, if anybody who helped save it before wants to try it for a bit, that would be fine.
It is still parked in the street in Edinburgh, so the first move would be to collect it and park it safely off road somewhere, while we sort out the plan for folk who want to do so, to make use of it and help bring it south in due course.
We understand it drives OK and is ready to go, showing up on the DLVA  as MOTed, Taxed and insured. 
 

I'm on a bleedin plane.
Actually I'm not now, give me 5 mins.

Sad news on the work situation and I hope things come together for you soon relating to such matters.  I had to comment on what a magnificent build this is.  I tend to mess about with newer Ducati (post 1990) but I keep admiring the scooter builds I see.  This is a beauty.

Smartened up a few pieces after stripping them back to bare metal.

Made a start cleaning up the engine too. I'd originally planned a complete strip and rebuild, but theres nothing wrong with it, so a clean and spruce up will be fine for now. (gonna replace the carburettor though, the one on it is problematic) 

Whilst stripping parts off to ease the cleaning process, I noticed that the gear shift tie rod was worn, giving a sloppy gear change. The elongated hole was welded up and re drilled, which should reduce the travel of the handlebar considerably during shifts. 

Totally regret scrapping the frame that this engine came to me in - would have been an easy fix for me nowadays! 

Front hub was built up yesterday - really pleased that I didn't mark the paint! 


 Forks next - not looking forward to it! 

That blue looks rather similar to my old SX... Mine was a Peugeot blue iirc.
Looking good!!!
 

It's finally ready to collect...




No idea when it'll be built back up, the sooner I get a job sorted out, the sooner that'll be.  

Oil and filters changed today, test ride out in the wilds...
 

 

 

 

 

 
Rusty but trusty!
 
 
 
 

"P38 Shenanigans" ☺️ 
 
A mundane update this time, just lashed some paint on the heatshields  
The old stuff was flaking off!  


simple things eh!  
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EAS Heights.. 
Access mode


Motorway 

Standard.  
  
Extended. 

 
EAS height settings in order!  
 
 
 

Any interest in an £11 roffle?

SOLD!
To the nice Scottish man in the middle of the night. 
Never buy a car in the dark!
Always plan your collection. Never just decide you're going, then leave the house to go to another country. 
Never meet a strange man in a eerie car park, always meet in a well lit area!
He broke all the rules, the crazy bastard. 

A certain 1985 Jaguar Sovereign...
The tester was quite impressed!
(Technically it was in my Grandpa’s Landcruiser when I was about 10, but officially it was the Jag.)

Screenshot_20190818-084958_Facebook by RS, on Flickr

Well I have waited 7 years for the ability to even insure one of these. For 7 years I was given quotes of near £2500 a year because of the V8 and bigness.
Not any more!
This example isn't the best but what I paid is reflected in condition overall and the fact that the Nova and V55 needed to be done.
Every single thing on this car works (except for the removed AC condenser and the inop boot button on the boot lid).
107k which is still not properly run in really and a chunk of services stamped in the book.
Behold ....
 
shot through its first MOT with advisor on track rod end n/s (and that is bloody slight).
Nova declaration is in waiting for response and then just needing the DVLA to do their thing.
Amusingly this car is none sunroof and on coil suspension so even less to go wrong. It is as they say base model but still very nice to drive.

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Mini Jiffy.




Really interesting little thing.  Maybe it should be in the recent kit car thread.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MS-AUSTIN-MINI-JIFFY-PICKUP/283632629577?hash=item4209d27749:g:RLcAAOSwZSpdUYgG&redirect=mobile

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A CDX auto @Cavcraft

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£200
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I’m getting married tomorrow. So between rain showers and the sun coming out I’ve been measuring up this future project. There is plenty of room for the motor. I roughly measured 28 inches engine length which is plenty. Even the omegas radiator mounts are the right width. The only issue I might have are the engine mounts. The BMW engine mounts sit a lot further forward than the CIH diesel mounts. Won’t be too hard making some adaptations to those. 

It's passed. 

So I bought this omega in 2015/16 with the intention of doing a banger rally to Benidorm. The engine had a horrible grinding noise and the auto box was lazy. I spent £100 buying it, £50 on oil and filter for the gearbox and sold it for £200. I sold it to a distant mate who put another 2.5 Diesel engine in and put it back on the road. He’s been using it as a daily ever since. He bought a later omega in better condition with the same engine and offered me this one back or scrap it. £50 exchanged palms and the Omega is now back on my driveway. Epic. 
So the plan is this. I’m going to let it sit on my drive for a while, as next year I’m going to do another Banger rally. Cool. Then on return, the engine and Auto gearbox will be transplanted into my diesel Carlton. I hate having a manual gearbox so a diesel auto carlton is a great idea. Whether it happens or not is another thing. But I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. 

I'd love to track and interview the first owners of cars like these, must have been some lifestyle they had to be able to spend a hunk of chunk like that in those days