Hello from the west of Scotland

[blackboilersuit]

Greetings all. Have been floating around here on and off for a couple of years but thought it was high time I introduced myself and showed you some of my shite.

 

The pic was taken at the start of the year and is of my 1992 200Tdi disco (still have) and my morris van (now sold). The van was sold because I just didn't have the time to look after two old cars (plus the bike(s) in the garage) and still have a social life/hold down gainfull employment.

 

I've had the disco for nearly 2 years now and used 15kg of welding wire (plus some metal as well) in the first 8 months of ownership welding up the chassis (round the fuel tank), rear body cross member, boot floor, rear wheel arches, inner sills, outer sills, footwells, inner wings, light boxes and front body mounts. This was after buying it sight unseen off the bay of plenty and optomistically thinking "how bad can it be its got 9 months MOT".

 

I've also rebuilt all the brakes, had a friend (with a garage) replace the clutch and timing belt, replaced bashed wing and bonnet and crumbling drivers door, cleaned out the allotment that was the interior, replaced the springs and shocks, headlights, heater blower, battery, alternator and had the starter rebuilt.

 

This car like other cars/bikes I've had in the past just goes to show that I'm really shit at buying motors but can normally manage to do a fair job of fixing them up. Never happier than when I've spent 4 times the value of a mint example turning a complete shitter into an avaerage condition example (then normally selling it on at a huge loss).

 

Neither the mental or physical scars of doing all that welding in the street outside the house have healed yet so I intend to hold onto the car for a while yet. Unless that is I get to cash in on OMG Snow Chaos later this winter and sell it for three times it's real value .

 

Hopefully make it along to the next Scottish meet later in the month shifts allowing.

 

cheers for now

 

Stewart

 

 

My Tat - February 2012 by stewart-250, on Flickr

[Rocket88]

Welcome...........at least your not flogging fake Viagra.........mind you, that pic would have the same effect to some of our members!

[cms206]

Welcome! Not really all that shite, I seem to recall people like Moggies...

 

... oh no, you've sold it? Come away in!!!

[fotorabia]

Interesting shite combo..im a part time Highlander living in Aussie..i bought a low mileage Mk1 Mini Van off Tiree back in 1991...rotten!..and a friend back in the late 70s in Ardnamurchan had a ex-postie Morris van which I remember well...and decaying land Rovers are one of my favourite photo themes!..greetings..Rab

[Split_Pin]

Welcome along, nice one on keeping the Disco alive

[Charlie Croker]

Hi and welcome my friend.

[cort16]

Welcome along! We must have a fair few scottish members now.

 

Never happier than when I've spent 4 times the value of a mint example turning a complete shitter into an avaerage condition example (then normally selling it on at a huge loss).

 

You'll fit right in.

[Spiny Norman]

An old Disco needing a touch of welding, well I never!

 

Welcome aboard.

[brickwall]

Welcome! Those houses look familiar.

[blackboilersuit]

Cul de sac at the top of Hamilton. Typical 2 bed semi. Wimpey kit built shite from the mid eighties so probably looks like half of central Scotland.

 

Welcome! Those houses look familiar.

[brickwall]

I knew it!

[eddyramrod]

Welcome aboard!

[meggersdog]

replaced the heater blower

 

what a hero, mine stopped working two years ago and I resorted to wearing thick warm gloves when driving in winter.

Welcome,come in and close the door quickly so the spam doesn't follow you in.

[gtd2000]

Welcome along! We must have a fair few scottish members now.

 

That's true - and welcome along - even if some of us are posting from overseas!

 

It looks like a Scottish summer day here in California - it's grey and pishing down outside....

[<type username here>]

Likes autoshite =

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Never mind, welcome anyway!

[M'coli]

Edit: this was in response to a now-deleted spam post:-

"I didn't quite catch that, can you type that again? Copy and paste is not allowed."

[davidfowler2000]

Ahh another South Lanarkshiter to keep me company. Im just up the hill in EK. Welcome to the boards and hopefully we'll see you at Scotoshite III on the 28th.

[ayrshirelad]

Hello and welcome another scottish shiter to join the rest of us. I am just doon the road a wee bit in Killlie.