beko1987 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Child labor had been taken advantage of again Six-cylinder, richardmorris, mat_the_cat and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: Child labor had been taken advantage of again ‘And this is how you steel alloys’ LightBulbFun, Talbot and The Moog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Do all FoD days purely consist of @Talbot fixing *everything*?! Six-cylinder, beko1987, AnthonyG and 8 others 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Yeah, pretty much. We make him a cup of tea every hour or so... beko1987, Twiggy, DSdriver and 8 others 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Once all the jobs are ticked off the list Chris will give him the keys back to his car... If it's a productive day tomorrow he might make it too! Mrs6C, mat_the_cat, DSdriver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 49 minutes ago, Crackers said: Do all FoD days purely consist of @Talbot fixing *everything*?! He'd got the cv joint changed on the 306 in the time it would of taken me to get the wheel off.. Six-cylinder, chaseracer and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Day 2 of FoD, sunburn was a concern. Three top objectives achieved, Exhaust fitted to MX5, CV joint on 306 and spring on Astravan. Another fantastic day. Coprolalia, DSdriver, worldofceri and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 There’s now a miniature railway? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 minute ago, richardmorris said: There’s now a miniature railway? Laid out for this weekend and pull along power only at the moment. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 What it needs is an old winch at either end of the line... Then some way of directing said winch line around the corners Its a hateful thing to pull 73 times in the blazing sunshine that's for sure Six-cylinder, Floatylight, wuvvum and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, beko1987 said: What it needs is an old winch What it needs, is one of these! Mind you, it probably wants a proper trackbed before anyone tries that sort of weight on it. beko1987, eddyramrod, timolloyd and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: What it needs is an old winch at either end of the line... Then some way of directing said winch line around the corners Its a hateful thing to pull 73 times in the blazing sunshine that's for sure Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 52 minutes ago, Crackers said: What it needs, is one of these! Mind you, it probably wants a proper trackbed before anyone tries that sort of weight on it. Surely something like this is more Autoshite style? Mrs6C and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Day 2 of FoD, sunburn was a concern. Three top objectives achieved, Exhaust fitted to MX5, CV joint on 306 and spring on Astravan. Another fantastic day. I assume the purpose of this exercise was to retrieve the rest of Slowsilver's toe? LightBulbFun, chompy_snake, richardmorris and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Nailed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 It's a bloody good thing I didn't come down as on Saturday I got an email asking me for my right to work documents in video form and it would have been a wasted trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Couple of bonus pics Mrs6C, LightBulbFun, DoctorRetro and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I'm home btw. 0122 arrival so exactly 5:30hrs from the field. 365 miles. No stops, 70mph on the cruise control. Have photos... laterz. wuvvum, Mrs6C, Coprolalia and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I *think* I have arrived at the FoD... Talbot, Mrs6C and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Resteded and relaxeded today mostly spent in the garden sunning myself drinking gin but time to chill out and get the photos up here. So good to see some long unseen faces and as usual, many thanks to @Mrs6C and @Six-cylinderfor hosting a bunch of lunatics. My trip south also tied in with taking Mr @captain_70s to Cheadle to pick up a car he had bought - a white Volvo 740GLE sight unseen. The best kind of Volvo. Read all about it on his collection thread. I then headed over to Ilkeston to see about getting a tear drop caravan / camping trailer built. No pictures of that but it's one of the Mod Podz. Google it. Then from there down to the Field of Dreams for mid afternoon. Day 2. Mr @Talbot cut some grass then decided to do a service on the mower. Blunt blades and choked with grass and mud... @Mrs6C started trackwork for the "Ooh Aar" line. I forget what it stands for. Meanwhile I got finally got a chance to photograph the V70's recently refurbed wheels, done in Sparkle Silver. Other than that, just a general potter about... I almost stayed the Sunday night too but I thought after I had dinner I'd head up the road to avoid the Monday bank holiday traffic. A good plan seeing as I did the 365ish miles home from the Field in one hit with no stops and a completely uninterrupted journey. No accidents, no diversions, all roads ran at the speed limit including the road works around Stafford / Stoke (now 60mph not 50. yay). Bob on 5:30 hrs, average speed 65mph, 33.6mpg (trip computer so about 32mpg) while running the cool box and using the odd bit of air conditioning. egg, Yoss, Cord Fourteener and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 6 hours ago, Crackers said: I *think* I have arrived at the FoD... It’s usually pretty obvious- the smell of mildew, rust and oil. Plus the many rusting heaps in a field ( as well as the six cylinders own cars!). Six-cylinder, Cord Fourteener, Mrs6C and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 What struck me the most, and @davidfowler2000 s pics confirm this is the bias towards the early 2000's in terms of (Road going) chod! My car, the 306, 2 of the mx5's, beetle, @bub2006s van, grahams's 206 c15...all 2000 to 2003. Even the van gave a valiant cough at bringing early 2005 to the proceedings Do we feel dirty or celebrate this fact*? DSdriver and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Thanks @Six-cylinder and @Mrs6C for hosting, nice to meet you both today, and the few others who were also there. Next time I'll try and come up on a busier day to meet a few more! Talbot, Mrs6C, Six-cylinder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Day 3 FoD Bank Holiday Monday with even more sunshine. Warning Invacar content! A big thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a great weekend. Floatylight, LightBulbFun, Cord Fourteener and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 8 hours ago, Crackers said: I *think* I have arrived at the FoD... Never mind love, we will help you. Can you remember your name? 🤣 beko1987, Crackers and Six-cylinder 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chompy_snake Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 9 hours ago, beko1987 said: What struck me the most, and @davidfowler2000 s pics confirm this is the bias towards the early 2000's in terms of (Road going) chod! My car, the 306, 2 of the mx5's, beetle, @bub2006s van, grahams's 206 c15...all 2000 to 2003. Even the van gave a valiant cough at bringing early 2005 to the proceedings Do we feel dirty or celebrate this fact*? Considering that the 2000 to 2003 stuff is 18 - 21 years old is easily overlooked. I don't remember the last time I saw a mid to late 90s car for sale at a reasonable price tbh 🤔 crad, Cord Fourteener and beko1987 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 @quicksilver's thrill* ride on the new FoD miniature railway. Motive power courtesy of@Mrs6C. Many thanks as always to Chris & Claire for their hospitality. Six-cylinder, Floatylight, Coprolalia and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 that was a lovely extended FoD weekend thank you to @Mrs6C and @Six-cylinder for hosting us once more it was lovely to catch up with various shitters etc and a surprising amount of things on the list got done! probably because the main field was not available and so we could not get distracted driving various chod and bits of heavy machinery around LOL (although I was still very kindly given the opportunity to drive a few vehicles around the paddock area ) they (I was going to say we, but that implies im actually good for something!) even managed to get some work done on Dolly they got both the back brakes working, but a brake line let go when they attempted to get the front working sadly, but best it happened then and not when your trying to do an emergency stop from 50! she even got a wash and cleaned up very well and one for the railshite fans I love how relatively modern everything is in Euston, and then they have these signs which look like (and probably are) right out of the Mid 1970's I am very much looking forward to the next one! crad, Six-cylinder, egg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Is the weekend 3rd 4th July too early for another FoD open weekend? It seems I opened my mouth too soon and we are at the Citroen DS Rally that weekend, how about 10th - 11th July? Floatylight, Crackers, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 the answer to your question no. next question LightBulbFun, Crackers, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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