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    Joey spud got a reaction from worldofceri in The new news 24 thread   
    As it happens I took the winter cover off the Subaru yesterday and run him up and down the farm track. Not sure if it was stale fuel or the often moody Hitachi carb but he wasn't at all happy.


    It's still waiting for me to finish the repairs to the o/s rear inner wheel arch. I'd like to say this'll be the year but the new workshop is currently full of furniture and house hold tat.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from RobT in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud reacted to KruJoe in '96 Galaxy (Shrew) A closer look   
    Winner!

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    Joey spud reacted to Rustybullethole in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    Had this one for about ten years though haven't done as much as i should with it! Ive fitted a 105 groupset though it retains its suicide shifters, original front mech and most notably brakes. It goes well, stops less so though a little better with non original pads. 
    Needs some bar tape and now a wash due to some off road this morning whilst following my google route I thought was all path!

    Great bike though does make me smile 

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    Joey spud got a reaction from Datsuncog in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from RobT in The new news 24 thread   
    As it happens I took the winter cover off the Subaru yesterday and run him up and down the farm track. Not sure if it was stale fuel or the often moody Hitachi carb but he wasn't at all happy.


    It's still waiting for me to finish the repairs to the o/s rear inner wheel arch. I'd like to say this'll be the year but the new workshop is currently full of furniture and house hold tat.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from mercedade in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from BorniteIdentity in The new news 24 thread   
    As it happens I took the winter cover off the Subaru yesterday and run him up and down the farm track. Not sure if it was stale fuel or the often moody Hitachi carb but he wasn't at all happy.


    It's still waiting for me to finish the repairs to the o/s rear inner wheel arch. I'd like to say this'll be the year but the new workshop is currently full of furniture and house hold tat.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from richardmorris in The new news 24 thread   
    As it happens I took the winter cover off the Subaru yesterday and run him up and down the farm track. Not sure if it was stale fuel or the often moody Hitachi carb but he wasn't at all happy.


    It's still waiting for me to finish the repairs to the o/s rear inner wheel arch. I'd like to say this'll be the year but the new workshop is currently full of furniture and house hold tat.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from Nyphur in The new news 24 thread   
    As it happens I took the winter cover off the Subaru yesterday and run him up and down the farm track. Not sure if it was stale fuel or the often moody Hitachi carb but he wasn't at all happy.


    It's still waiting for me to finish the repairs to the o/s rear inner wheel arch. I'd like to say this'll be the year but the new workshop is currently full of furniture and house hold tat.
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    Joey spud reacted to BarryD in New members, introduce yourself here.   
    Hello,  I’m probably slightly lost but have been recommended to join this site by a chap called Chris who has loads of shite cars, and some really nice ones.   My signature car move is buying a reliable going concern, spending lots and lots on to improve it by a small amount and then selling it for a massive loss.  I’ve had way too many cars to mention but my first car (back in ‘84 was a Skoda S110R - which I rattle canned to be red over silver (like a Cabaret Capri) over rust, lots of rust.  I replaced it with a high mileage Chrsyler Alpine which lunched it’s engine a week later.  The pattern was set ever since.   Closest car in the small fleet mix to a Shiter is base spec Opel Manta hatch on steelies.   Then there’s a couple of BMS (x1, z4), a Mercedes ragtop and an MGZS EV - which  is shite for none of the reasons you’d expect.   Hopefully you will see my size 11s, around the site.  🤓


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    Joey spud reacted to rm36house in New members, introduce yourself here.   
    Hello boys and girls, Sirs and Ladies!
    I'm lurking here few months and this forum growing in me each day. There is loads of incredible projects, information and know how thing and solutions and so on. 
    I would like to introduce you all with my cars. 
    2006 Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 automatic- mile muncher( wife's car)
    2000 Volvo V40 1.9d( daily shite) who is purchased about two weeks ago but who knows how long it will stay in the family. 1000 euro car.
    1994 BMW e36 320i( my absolutely dream car-keeper) who is sitting some time in the garage and waiting it's restoration. Soon I hope so and promise myself(can't wait already) I will start to do things around and with it.
    Greetings from this side of Europa- Latvia!
     



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    Joey spud reacted to RustHoarder2000 in New members, introduce yourself here.   
    Evening all, thanks for accepting my registration 🙂
    I've been a big fan of classic and semi-modern oddities for as long as I can remember. I'm really enjoying browsing around here, and find the "ebay tat" section especially pleasing.
    Below are a couple pics of my shite;
    The Toyota Alphard makes for an extremely useful family wagon, and the Cortina just puts a huge smile on my face every time I sit in it 😎
     




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    Joey spud reacted to Spottedlaurel in The new news 24 thread   
    Earlier tonight I had to go and collect four youngsters who'd been enjoying St Patrick's Day drinks nearby. It seemed only right to use the Carina E, a natural for such taxi duties? Made a bit of a discovery on the way:

    I knew the HRW worked OK, with every element still doing its thing - not bad for an old estate car. As it was a bit damp I thought I'd give the other switch a try, which I believe is for a heated element or two in the front screen. I don't know whether it did anything in that regard, I think it's more intended for snow/frost, but I discovered that's how the heated door mirrors are operated. Everything else I've had with heated mirrors they just work off the HRW switch, and I'd just assumed they didn't work any more. Result!
    Perhaps even better was that there was no vomiting, so I didn't have to apply penalty charges.....
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    Joey spud got a reaction from RoverFolkUs in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud reacted to egg in The new news 24 thread   
    hang on another one has popped up, with your Brat - 7 years ago today!

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    Joey spud reacted to lesapandre in The new news 24 thread   
    Peer of the Realm in Driving Ban!
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68599661
    Caught speeding 7 times in one year!! 
    Hang on...let's look at that a bit more closely...
    1. 29mph in 20 Zone Embankment.
    2. 28mph in 20 Zone Kensington Gardens.
    3. A316 Twickenham 46mph in 40 Zone.
    4. A316 Twickenham 46mpg in a 40 Zone.
    5. A316 Twickenham 47mph in 40 Zone.
    6. M25 intersection with M3 62mph in a 50 Zone.
     7. M4 73mph in temporary 50 Zone.
    My experience of driving in London...
    1.& 2. The 20mph Zones are in the main not observed by drivers and if you do drive at 20mph, as I do, you often get an angry tooting gesticulating mob behind - and inevitably overtaken by a black Audi and a white van.
     3.-5. This is the A316. Easy to lose track of your speed on here.

    6. M25 intersection with M3 - Easy to lose track of your speed here.

    7. M4 73mph in temporary 50 Zone - easy to get 'pushed' by other traffic to a higher speed as the 50 limit is only sporadically observed.
    And the moral of the tale - pay attention and observe the limits - but do not get bullied to go faster than the limit or shadow other fast moving traffic - none of these convictions were for particularly egregious flouting of the limit and several were just over 10%+.
    Sometimes takes an iron resolve - particularly in the 'temporary' 50mph's - on the M20 through Kent - I stick at 50 and am passed by 80% of traffic coming back into London.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from richardmorris in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from Westbay in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud got a reaction from tooSavvy in The new news 24 thread   
    I recently bought an old Casio watch off eBay, one that I've always hankered after but when it arrived it didn't have the crisp clean dial of the one on the listing but a rather cloudy one instead.

    It's like over the years a dusting of the luminous coating has transferred to the back of the crystal. So today after watching a YouTube clip of an American chap sitting on his bed successfully pull a similar watch apart I had a bash at taking the mechanism out of mine and giving it a clean up.


    A bit of Tesco's finest glass cleaner and a soft cloth and it's come up like new again.
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    Joey spud reacted to juular in 1964 Volvo 122S - Amazonian rustforest. Electroshite.   
    Some more stuff tackled. Trying to keep in my head all of the things I thought about fixing while on the Rustival trip. Writing notes? How quaint! Just stay awake at night trying to sift through jumbled thoughts until 3AM.
    It would probably be good to sort out the broken headlights.  Brief recap. A few weeks ago I fitted a latching relay which allowed me to control the full beam entirely through the flasher stalk instead of the antiquated floor switch. This worked brilliantly until it didn't.  Turns out that £3 of Chinese "INDUSTRIAL CONTROL" electronics aren't suited for, you know,  anything.  So the PCB basically melted (it wasn't even carrying notable current).  Before the Rustival trip I simply reinstated the floor dip switch to get us on the road.
    Turns out I wasn't wrong to try and get rid of the floor switch because as soon as it got dark, I went to switch between main and dip on a dual carriageway and lost all headlights. We pulled into a layby, consulted the wiring diagram, and crimped a couple of wires together so that we had headlights (but no mains).
    Time to fix that permanently.  
    The solution here is to use a 'proper' relay, in this case one designed for an old VW bus / beetle. The relay number is DNI 0127. There are also Meyle and Durite equivalents, so they are easily come by.
    Step 1, remove floor switch and hurl it into the depths of the garden.
    Step 2, crimp spades on the end of the wires to the floor switch.  Also tee-solder the smaller red wire into the bigger one, as that's more structurally sound than crimping two wires into one spade.

    Step 3, RELAY

    Here is the pinout.

    And here is what that looks like in real life.

    Step 4 : Replace the fuse you blew because you forgot to disconnect the battery, and touched the permanent +12V against the metal dash. Oh wait, there's no continental fuses left..  

    So it turns out this lighting setup is even better than the one I set up previously with the INDUSTRIAL CONTROL relay.  
    - When the dipped headlights are off, the flasher stalk operates as a main beam flasher.
    - When the dipped headlights are on, the flasher stalk toggles the main beam on and off like a modern car.
    - The relay also serves the purpose of being a relay for both the mains, flasher and dipped.  So it takes away the load from the light switch, provides full current to the headlights (brighter!)  plus it means I can remove the flasher relay and wiring in the engine bay as it is no longer required.
    So far this seems a far more robust and efficient setup, time will tell.
    Engine and gearbox mounts replaced.  The gearbox one was particularly hanging and the propshaft was bouncing off the bottom of the transmission tunnel.

    A set of high performance air filters attached.  The purpose being twofold. The generic SU HS6 pancakes I had on would sometimes smack against the clutch master cylinder reservoir on hard cornering or acceleration.  I also felt they were strangling the engine as they were so thin and miserable looking.  These by comparison are offset specifically to fit the Amazon, and are significantly more chunky.

     
    Y THO   |  Y THO

     
    Test drove this and was quite impressed.  The wishbone poly bushes have sharpened up the steering a fair bit. The engine and gearbox mounts have changed the gearshifts significantly, and overdrive seems to snick on in a much more dignified fashion. 
    A little bit of the induction roar from the pancakes has actually disappeared, but it still sounds great when opened up. I'll take it.
    Next up, I'll be fitting the sports exhaust, more polybushes, and doing a number of electrical upgrades to make it more reliable.
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    Joey spud reacted to juular in 1964 Volvo 122S - Amazonian rustforest. Electroshite.   
    Feels like Christmas, and Rally Santa has been.



    What's more, he's left me a pair of Prats this time.

    Started on the upper wishbone bushes as they started being quite loose after Rustival.
    Value for money has been fully extracted from these.

    Those were so knackered I just poked them out with a finger. Absolutely shagged.
    Poly bushes back on.

    Next up will be to polybush the rest of the car, and fit the new exhaust, which should sound a little bit like this.
    Or maybe like this?
    https://m.facebook.com/reel/926911235414875/
     
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    Joey spud reacted to grizz in Grizz’s OCD Awesome ASTRO Van 🚙, VW Caddy Van 🚐 Now a Green Toad 206 CC 🐸   
    Weekend over. 
     
    My weekend carries on though. 
     
    Progress is slow, painful but it is constant. 
     
    The main part of the garage is cleared, except for all the parts of the C10. Load bed, tailgate interior parts etc. stuff in tubs all marked meticulously 9 years ago. Not meaning a thing now. 
     
    The next part is the right half of the garage. 
    The L-Shape part you never see. 
     
    Today is a jackpot day for every 
    Pathetic nosey zoomer who loves to read the original description on the side of boxes and forensically examine my shit in order to criticise or judge. Yes this sounds really harsh but every one who does not resemble that remark is safe. The rest, zoom away. 
    It will be like putting out a 5000 piece puzzle on the dining room table on boxing day, with the objective of completing it by New Year. 
    I admittedly have a ton of trash. All mine. All my responsibility. All my problem. 
     
    So this week….. 
     
    I have to go through the shelves one at a time to try separate active C10 build parts from random fanciful stuff and then also outright junk which I may have some of. 
     
    Not much to sell here this time, but I will carry on with cleaning and clearing out unnecessary bulk. 
     
    After all, who needs six packs of brand new valve caps. 
     
    As always, any distracting visits are appreciated and encouraged so I can drink my umpteenth mug of coffee and contemplate what shelf next. 
    There is also a loft with stuff…… yup.  
     
    So for the ZOOOOMERS !! 
     
    YOUR PARTY STARTS HERE. 
     
     
    Regular visitors will know just how much has changed in this photo already. 
     

     
    Which leaves us here on Sunday afternoon. 
     
    The area to the left was already sorted, tidied, swept and moved around. 
     
    This lot has not. 
     
     

     
     

     
    And the rear of the garage, foot of the inverted L has more junk and truck parts. Zoooom away stalkers. 
     
    Then there is upstairs as well. 
     

     
     

     
     
    Some yard work yesterday included cleaning and repairing the shed roofs. 
    These sheds contain more more big tools like engine hoists, stands etc. small she is filled with firewood. Not used this year as not cold enough. 
     

     
    By 3.30 yesterday I had decided that I wanted to close shop, shower and head out to go play ball with Bonnie. Much nicer than rummaging and having pointless conversations with potential buyers about items that are £200-£500 new and listed for £20 collected, who then want to argue about £2 difference between post office and courier. Expecting me to do the packing, courier registration, payment and drive 3 miles to the village to drop off and then return home. Idiots abound. 
     
    I sat in the shop on my John Deere stool for about 20 minutes, just enjoying the silence and space around me. 
     
    Feeling the truck looking over my shoulder at the incoming weather. 
     
    A moment of peace. 
     
    Caused by: Touch it. Feel it. See it. Move it. All being progress. 
     

     
    Incoming weather passed me by in the end. 
     

     
    Last look at the truck before I set the alarm etc and closed shop to walk away. 
     

     
     
    Life is good. 
     
    Sometimes we just need to zoom out a bit and see the bigger picture. 
     
     
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    Joey spud reacted to lesapandre in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Welcome to the Show...your chance to win a car!

    You said...
    "Overall a good starting point for a restoration project with everything complete and without undoing years of those 70s&80s bodged fibreglass repairs"
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    You said...
    "even the wings are surprisingly solid for a 65 year old car"
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    You said...
    "Showing 6914 miles ,not sure how true this is but car does seem very original"
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    "Very very early car vin number 2430 produced in October 1956 , registered november 56"
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    "Engine doesn't want to turn over could be just stuck from sitting...  overall a good starting point for a restoration project"
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    Joey spud reacted to RustHoarder2000 in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Choices choices: would you rather the entertainment of a manual box' or the rarity of the pre-facelift wagon? 🤔 
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1140410140292285/
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1257571871604748/
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