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Now you have Rancho...nothing else Matra's.
 
 
 
 
(See what I did there?)

DAT is guna luk well sik bled, R U gonna streetch sum sp8cesavas on da rimxzz for dat hellaeurojdmflushlook?

I have this "problem" with mine. I don't really use it, but if I sold it, I'd soon want another and couldn't afford one. 
Given that it's not in your way, and presumably not costing you money each month ( other than running costs) then it's not worth selling and you may as well buy the better hood.

Well... tonight a thing happened.  I intended to just pop into the unit and tidy up a bit, show my brother what I'd got up to with the rear end.  The boot was all cleaned out and tidied up.

 
A view of the back of the buckets, showing how user friendly and not-sharp they are.  Just the wiring and a little bit of metal tidying on the back panel to do here.

 
Then we sort of got talking about the suspension yet again and my brother asked why I didn't just patch it for now so we could at least move the car around.  Worst case scenario is that it wouldn't work.  So we repaired the broken hydragas pipe by cutting the broken ends off smooth with a pipe cutter from the pipe fixed to the car, and the spare incomplete pipe, then sleeved it with some suitable rubber hosing and four jubilee clips. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX.
 
Anyway, there's no photograph of that.  What there is a photograph of is our offering to the patron saint of bodging, Heath Robinson.  It turns out the schrader valve connector on my hydragas dalek is broken and I didn't have a replacement.  What I did have is a spare air line and a tyre inflating fitting. 

 
It was a little tricky, you have to hold the schrader fitting on at a particular angle and the trigger leaks a bit.  You also have to have one of you holding the inflation fitting and the other pumping the pump.  I would not recommend this method, it is appalling.  The important thing is that it worked and that I'll be getting the pump refurbished so I can do it properly next time.

 
We took things steady, partly because we had to, partly because we didn't want to risk breaking anything.  The main reason for doing things this way is to find out if the new displacer works (it does, yay!) and to make it so the car could be driven around the unit easier.  We got it all up to the requisite pressure but couldn't get it to sit level, no matter how much we jiggled the car. Not wanting to risk overloading it we decided to leave it slightly wonky.

 
A bit disappointed, but still really happy to see the car off its bumpstops for the first time in a long while, I decided to just roll it back and forth to check it would still run and the brakes hadn't got stuck on.  Then the wonkiness went away!  Because of course you're supposed to do this with the handbrake off and I'd forgotten.

 

 
All level  It's good enough until I get the pipe replaced and it'll allow me to see whether or not the displacers are any good.  So far, no leaks, not even on the pipe bodge.  It's a big step closer to getting everything sorted.

Meh, no need to white knight, this is in the grin not the grumpy thread after all.  It's more the fact someone would tell me in the same breath to scrap my shed and to carry on with the project.

For taking pictures of service histories: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MENS-ITALIAN-LOAFERS-MOCCASIN-TASSEL-DRIVING-CASUAL-PARTY-SLIP-ON-SHOES-/131853553079?var=431201147974&hash=item1eb3158db7:g:e6YAAOSwFTRTohvT

Today I got my local Merc specialist to put my heap on the ramp and check my engine mounts after I replaced the gearbox mount yesterday. My car's a bit too modern for them really but I love going there.
 
It shared a workshop with this lovely Pagoda , even the same colour.

I was in Bradford again yesterday. It's getting harder and harder to tell this is still my bodyshell! White is original, brand new metal is plain to see.

 
He's done a staggering job. It's now getting ready for prep before paint. We discussed this at length yesterday. I'm going to make life more difficult for him because I want it doing in cellulose. I just don't like two pack. That's going to push back the timescale somewhat, so I don't think there's any chance of having this car on the road for the Dollywobbler Anniversary at the end of July. Shame, but it's pointless to rush towards a deadline if you end up compromising stuff.
 
Also went shopping for goodies at ECAS yesterday, so new engine breather, new rear shockers and lots of other little bits, like heater tubes and the like. Left the bumpers up in Yorkshire too, which are going to be blasted. Hopefully they'll be solid enough afterwards for reuse. I got talked into powder coating again, even though it spectacularly failed last time. Apparently, these folk are much better. Let's see...
 
Also, the bonnet that Johnk kindly transported to Yorkshire has been declared as f*cked. Not surprising to be honest! Alan has dug out a good replacement.

Mrs Pembro?

Schrodinger's Farm?

This...
 

 

 

 

 
...will be getting its ticket as soon as Tame Mechanic gets back from his hols.  Unfortunately, this means it'll miss Chumblebumley but there's always the Field of Dreams a couple of weeks later 

It's getting heated! 
Chap from Staffordshire has bailed out due to distance and not willing to match price offer of local guy from camberley who is coming tomorrow. If he doesn't want air cleaner I'll let you know. But I think it's the best piece as it has no moving parts to seize!
 
Who knew boat anchors were in such demand?

If none of them want the air cleaner I will take it off your hands.

Taken on the Iraqi/Saudi border, 1975. The world seemed to be a better place then.
 

This project (?) is parked a few houses down from my holiday house. Dunno what is, I'm rubbish at identifying American cars.
 

I had an 03 c5 hdi for three years. Was very reliable, fairly rapid (was the 110) had no dpf (fap) and supped diesel. If it's been sitting for a while, I'd hazard that the battery is just a little tired and has caused the suspension fault. Of course, it could be any number of other issues...

It's a 1970 or '71 Ford Torino 2-door hardtop. Do not paint.

This project (?) is parked a few houses down from my holiday house. Dunno what is, I'm rubbish at identifying American cars.
 

This project (?) is parked a few houses down from my holiday house. Dunno what is, I'm rubbish at identifying American cars.
 

Well it's out of the boot, but doesn't look like a promising start- the carb is rusted!

I had an 03 c5 hdi for three years. Was very reliable, fairly rapid (was the 110) had no dpf (fap) and supped diesel. If it's been sitting for a while, I'd hazard that the battery is just a little tired and has caused the suspension fault. Of course, it could be any number of other issues...

An opportunity to complete "the circle of shite", by filling up your drive once more.

Priuses are part of the Gay Agenda, silently and pretentiously taking over your neighbourhoods, reducing the number of petrol stations and helping to gentrify areas by being the first push for all those handmade candle shops and confusing soap boutiques.  Oh yes, page 4, section 6 tells you all you need to know about the Prius and it's role in the building of the FAAAABULOUS~ empire.

This project (?) is parked a few houses down from my holiday house. Dunno what is, I'm rubbish at identifying American cars.
 

An opportunity to complete "the circle of shite", by filling up your drive once more.