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Is that true about Bernie and the Great train Robery? Not heard it before.

Not sure of the need for naked fat people.
 
Seems to be a universal truth of naturists- those most keen to shed clothes are the last ones that should do so.

I enjoy it much more than the old TG.

I'm trying to determine who hates that wanker JK most; a dead heat between Harris and LeBlanc, so far. Rory is close behind though.

Coffee consumed, I set out on my adventure..
 
"Down at the bottom of the garden,
among the birds and the bees,
A little lot of little v8s,
They're called the s4 and the LS400"
 

 
Default Woollard achieved!
 

 
He's called Mason apparently (hence the Ludge/lodge thread title)

And obviously add the photos to the girls and car thread

You don't have to tell her that you've fixed it...

The cable is fine, it's the catch itself that's a bit sticky. It wants dismantling and de-rusting really. 
I do think there might be a parasitic drain somewhere: sadly nothing as easy to detect or fix as an interior light.
 
Nope. Enjoyed the bouncing too much, we'll do that again.

Now, are you going to do something about it before you close the bonnet again?

Top tip!
 
Not only did that immediately do the trick, it was worth it just for the look on Mrs S's face when I said I needed her to bounce up and down on the bonnet.

Can you get someone else to lean on the bonnet while you pull the release?

There's two Ladas in this shot but the camera decided to focus on the bus seat.

 
Favorit cube van!

 
Moskvitchs


 
More Fellys. Second one has non Å koda wheels.

Surprised to see any Rovers but there were a fair few.
 
 
Saw half a dozen 75s and even a ZT but this was the only one I got close to. Odd spec. Front fogs and chrome mirrors but steel wheels with crappy trims.

 

 
Mildly Barried 25 snapped from the train somewhere on the way to Gyór.

 
And pick of the bunch.

So after a few cocktails (a Ladykiller and a Mai Tai followed the White Russian) I convinced the wife we should get on a bus into the suburbs. I found a route that finished at a tram terminus so we could get the tram back. It was still pissing down and as this was a dry option so she agreed.
 
This was great for spotting but not pictures as the windows kept steaming up. We went through a estate of Soviet looking flats and there were three Favorits in one car park. Had I been on my own I would probably have got off but that wasn't an option with Lorraine. Never mind, transfering from bus to tram at Kelenfold I was rewarded with this.
 
 


 
 
This is a Felicia Mystery special edition. Front fogs, colour coded mirrors, alloys and a VERY subtle roof spoiler. It should have a rather impractical coloured interior like this too.
 

 
But there was someone sat inside so I couldn't really look. I couldn't really go up to him and say 'I like your Felicia'. Even if he did understand he might have thought I was weird.

I can't believe there's still cars on the back of these trucks!
 

 

 

 
And finally, it's only a Talbot bloody Tagora!
 

 

 

 

Now i will start by saying that these aren't my photos but taken by "Cortinaboy" of this parish instead, he's asked me to post them though as he'll never get round to doing it. I don't know the full story but basically there a garden in a village in a secret location  near here full of there old Rootes Arrows gold, frankly it's amazing they are still here and apparently the house is structurally unsafe too so I suspect they aren't descend to be here much longer here...
 
Christ knows how long they have been here though!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have not read through this entire thread, so if this has been posted already, I apologise..
 
2011 Ford Figo....
 

 

 
Autoshite Edition...
 

IZh-27175 by Rob, on Flickr

Suddenly, saving up for a deposit to buy a house doesn't seem as tempting as it should be...

2006 Toyota Century.
If you don't know about these things, I suggest you look them up. It is essentially Japans answer to Rolls Royce. But suited to Japanese tastes. Featuring a 5.0 V12 (Japans ONLY production car to come with a V12 I may add) and has had the same body style since 1996 until 2016(The first generation survived 30 years). You wont find full leather & wood inside, but insted full cloth & wood, because Japanese culture. No honestly, Cloth seats make less noise than leather. 
I could go on, but I won't (The seller says enough in the Ad) 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-CENTURY-2005-6-SPEED-INTELLIGENT-AUTO-FRESH-IMPORT-IMMACULATE-CONDITION-/272615315050?hash=item3f7923966a:g:WwgAAOSwSypY-2ZX
 
So do I spunk £18 and a half grand on a car insted of a house? 

2009 also saw an FTP at Le Mans. Had just left the campsite after the race and it just died completely. obviously ignition but I had failed to pack a multimeter! arghh
 

 
My brother and Mike (now called stock car mike for his smashing the stag up a few year prior) helping with traffic. 
 
Just after the breakdown the CRS turned up en mass looking for trouble (fucking neanderthals) I was on the blower to the RAC so a rather inebriated Brother thestag talked at them until the shrugged their shoulders and fucked off
 

 

 
The fault was because I had not refitted the parcel shelf in the passenger footwell after the rebuild years before. Uncle Ian, also inebriated, stretched out and kicked all the wires about on the back of the fuse board. 
 
Took Mr RAC rep to spot the power feed issue and he provided a bypass. It was only when I got onto the peage and found the overdrive wasnt working that I started to think about it. Pulled in at the next Aire and sorted the chaos out in the footwell around Uncle Ians size 14s. He is a cunt to wake up when he is pissed too.
 
In July I took the car to Enginuity in west london, they had an open day, my clutch was very sticky / notchey so I went along for advise. 
 
The rolling road was disappointing 110bhp

 
The root cause was oiled up plugs and a very rich mixture, oh and an airbox full of le mans dust

 

 

Having a coffee this morning, time for the next step in the history 
 
2007 was fairly uneventful except for a very wet Le Mans, a new set of original rims for my 40th and of course another diff nose bearing
 

 
I was so sick of removing exhaust, driveshafts and diff to get at the diff nose that I didnt even bother taking piccies. At the time I put it down to a batch of poor quality reproduction sealed bearings. The bearing is like a standard ball race but has a nylon coat to keep the prepacked grease in place. when they go they spray the grease out and wear out within a 100 miles which then causes the diff extention, that sits between the front of the diff and the propshaft to rub against the inside of the diff nose. 
 
Think worn out brake pad noise but all the time and very loud.
 
2008 I nailed it
 
This is the diff nose, it bolts between the two rear subframe arms and supports not only those but also the front end of the diff. The bearing is the greasey mess in the middle, the quill shaft has been removed already

 
This is the diff side of the same bit, again loads of leaky grease

 
This is the shaft, the fat end has splines on the inside and fits onto the front of the diff, the end with the nut has a flange (snigger) for the propshaft to mount onto

 
 

 
This is the view from the back, the subframe arms are hanging, the nose fits between them. The diff and exhaust are all out of the way for this joyous photo

 
I mounted the quill shaft onto the diff and detected a few thou of run out at the prop end, I also found a bearing manufacturer in High Wycombe and bought a quality unit from them, standard size apparently. I had a spare diff nose and quill in the garage that had not been strengthened. They have a habit of snapping just in front of the diff, which causes the diff to drop, taking the drive shafts with it and locking on the handbrake. fun and games.
 
Anyway second quill shaft had much less runout so with new quality bearing and second shaft it went back together and I aint had it apart since
 
 

As soon as it was road legal I relocated it back home and finished the fit up. Very satisfying even though most of what came out went straight back in again.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Mattyboy #1 son with "bats in his cave"