Joseph
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I've thought about doing so, but finding a good donor and getting it done would be difficult to achieve too. The truck base is also a twin rear wheel with leaf springs and helper coils so - aside from the rot, it has been built to take the weight.Welding jobs turned out 50% worse than they looks 90% of the time so it's hard to quote for.
I think the straight chassis rails wouldn't be too hard but anything with captive nuts, crossmember or spot welded on brackets makes it really tricky.
Would it be easier to move the cab and bed onto a new chassis or has it been modified?
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It lived all its life in sunny Cornwall before coming up here, and it seemed to have fared not too badly all things considered.Bute? You weren't lying when you said west coast
I'd wager that's in rather good condition for an LDV if it's living out there 
I drove it up in 2019 over two days from Cornwall to Glasgow and then to Bute, drove spot on
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Thanks all for replies so far..I'd love to learn to weld but sadly I've limited time as I'm about to change career and recommence with the second year of my LLB degree, as well as having nowhere to keep it.
It's on the Isle of Bute, and I'd pick up whoever were to look at it, with lunch included if needed. My biggest issue would be if I took it off to the mainland to someone to then be told 'sorry no can do', then I'm stuck with nowhere to take it.
Hopefully someone on here can help.
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As per my title, I'm in a bit of a problem area.
I have an old LDV Convoy recovery truck, which is in need of a lot of welding. Or plating. I can't weld, or plate, but I can pay for both.
My issue thus far has been finding anyone to even look at it, I've been let down three times with local welders not turning up, and most recently the garage consensus has been that it's too far gone for them to even look at, after prodding with a screwdriver it is bad.
Specifically, both chassis rails near the suspension points, and both inner arches and sills. One hole at rear chassis (which has been a factory hole rotted out).
It is located on the west coast of Scotland, and I can assist with transporting it to wherever it needs to go, or picking up whoever wishes to look at it. I'll not have anyone out of pocket who can help me.
Finally, please hold any 'set it on fire' or 'bridge it' jokes. If scrap is where its headed then so be it. But I'd bought this in 2019 to start a small business with, since then I've had my ramps stolen, a 'friend' badly rewire the lights and knackered the wipers, both of which I've sorted myself, and then covid hit. So I've lost a fair amount of savings with this.
Please see pics, some aren't great but I can try and get more. Thanks for anyone who can help.
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Just jumping late on the thread, I'm very happy to see you persevered with your V40. I have a 'normal' 53 plate 2.0 Sport Lux. Always always wanted a T4 but they have always escaped me so far. Currently on twelve Volvos at present but I could make space for a T4 some day...
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I met Richard only once. However, I am so glad that I did. It was five or so years ago, when I was visiting Scott and Daniel in Fife when I was buying parts from a dead Volvo 440. Richard kindly approached me with a smile and a handshake, and as I was there in a Volvo 850 as was he. We chatted warmly and parted ways as warmly as we had met. My only regret has been not being able to have gotten to know him better,
I'm more on forums as a lurker rather than a poster. This time in isolation has given me time to reflect, and from sharing the same hobby, it would be good to get to share in it more in the coming years with more on the forums.
Rest in peace Richard, and I'll endeavour to be as kind and as polite to others as you were to me.
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Here's a few from most of the cars which I've driven:
2005 Mazda3 (Driving instructor's car): Unbelievably over-servoed brakes
2001 VW Polo: Silly clutch
1999 Nissan Micra K11: Useless heater
2001 Volvo V40: Little dribble from driver's wiper blade when raining - a little thing but annoying!
2005 Vauxhall Corsa SXi: As OP - Useless headlamps!
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here's a few from most of the cars which I've driven:
2005 Mazda3 (Driving instructor's car): Unbelievably over-servoed brakes
2001 VW Polo: Silly clutch
1999 Nissan Micra K11: Useless heater
2001 Volvo V40: Little dribble from driver's wiper blade when raining - a little thing but annoying!
2005 Vauxhall Corsa SXi: As OP - Useless headlamps!
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I'm sure nobody has forgotten these:
And small van shite:
...and the more modern version:
Alfa Romeo Van!
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Driven by fuds. Always:
Also don't like these:
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I've been passenger on that wee Lancet and what an ORSUMZ machine it is. If I had the readies I'd be having it for myself but sadly it is not to be. Besides I've got a B10M coach to play with.
I bet it makes some noise with a Cummins V8 as well.
Which B10M do you have, if you don't mind me asking? Is it an Alexander PS, or some Plaxton metal?
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only thing I have noticed was some new buses in town. Incidentally they are advertising some new bus service on the radio, 'crewe link' or something. With leather seats and wi-fi. What the fook you need those on a bus for I have no idea but I assume it is some waste of money government funded scheme to get more folk on buses.
Seen a couple of First Glasgow Enviros in the new colour scheme on a 13-plate. Think it quite suits them as well...
...wonder if new car sales will drop further as a result of an 'unlucky' number plate?
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A V8 engined British beast, with a few more seats than an SD1...
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Check out this, for sale in Beith. Apparently from Holland, looks pure shite, too, AND it's a Leyland!:
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I don't normally go mental at cleaning, but last year I did a proper job on that Renault 25 as the white paintwork was very flat and contaminated. Meguiar's compound first, then clay, and Meg's polish to finish and it came up really well. I tried using their spray bottle wax for extra OCD points but all it takes is a slight breeze and you get a moutful of the stuff which is vile, so won't use that again.
I've stopped using my Halfords microfibre mitt for the washing stage as it doesn't sud up at all, so have gone back to using sponges. I know microfibres are probably better for the paintwork, but nothing I own is really mint enough to worry about such things.
Speaking of microfibre cloths/mitts, do they all feel horrible to touch or is it just mine? Or me?
Yes - they make your hands sweat, they feel grubby and apart from supposedly not scratching the paintwork, they are damn hard to stop the polish from hardening and smearing.
As to polishes, I tend to use Turtlewax, and have found that it produces some satisfactory results. I've got a bottle of Autoglym SRP which I've yet to open, as well as a pot of 'Angelwax' which I've yet to open as well (using up the Turtlewax first)
A word of caution: Some of the Poundland polishes and waxes aren't just not great, they can be complete crap. I bought some car wax a couple of years back, and apart from looking and smelling like yoghurt, it left faint swirl marks that wouldn't budge with extra elbow grease, nor other polishes. Luckily I only done one front wing with the stuff - otherwise the car would look awful now! Apart from this, some of the Poundland car cleaning products can be ok.
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"He's hurt", said lawyer Willie Gary....
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Elderly shite and a sweat during MOT time go hand in hand. It goes with the territory. So what's the worst ever MOT failure you've had?
In my experience, my 137k Polo has only failed once in the four years we've had it - on a non-working horn. So all pretty mundane (thank God)...
Just thought it would be interesting to hear anything you guys have experienced!
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Re: Bus Shite
by mrcitroen » Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:21 pm
Stagecoach last used those in the mid / late '90s on that run. Never seen the point as they were rarely full.
I also remember when Stagecoach started running Cumbernauld - Glasgow services they ran from the Dunfermline depot and adopted the rather unusual gimmick of using clippies. My car was off the road at one point & I used the early morning service into town. I discovered another gimmick, you goat a muffin ( no not that kind!) and a drink off the lovely clippie.
Anyway, another artic. I remember these & always wanted a shot on one.
Yes that's correct - I remember when they introduced a batch of the brand-new M-registered Plaxton Premiere Interurbans on the X25, with the artics soon to come and go.
Ha yes, I remember the muffins and carton of orange juice from the clippie as well! Or rather, my then-three year old brother did. I got sod all!
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I'd love to know what the engineers at Scania were smoking when they developed that gearbox.
Anyway, on the subject of big shite:
And Stagecoach's finest:
I remember travelling on these on the X25 service from Glasgow. Two individual seats right in the articulated section - front section of the coach turned left, rear section went right, centre join faced straight. Made for a rather strange experience...
...Cannot imagine it would be especially easy to turn left in one of these in busy Glasgow...
I'd wager that's in rather good condition for an LDV if it's living out there 
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My old Saab 9-5 was very rare in Laser Red, and unusual. Felt it looked a fair bit more interesting in this colour than the usual sea of silver and blue ones you'd tend to see.
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