Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Six-cylinder]

 

[Six-cylinder]

It is not often you look down the bonnet of your XJ6 and a Maxi comes by.

[Six-cylinder]

Thanks @Andyrew the Carlton now smells like a well disinfected public toilet in spite of your claims of a new car smell!

OK, ok it is now safe to sit inside I will give you that.

[Six-cylinder]

While clearing up at the FoD last night we found this thermo mug crying, saying it had lost its daddy! 

[chaseracer]

It's not mine, so it must belong to m'esteemed colleague @Floatylight...! 😄

[Floatylight]

15 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

It's not mine, so it must belong to m'esteemed colleague @Floatylight...! 😄

Correct!

[hairnet]

excuse for another trip lol

 

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is not often you look down the bonnet of your XJ6 and a Maxi comes by.

why do i hate allegros so much but i like maxis?

 

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

why do i hate allegros so much but i like maxis?

 

Maxis are like very large minis. Allegros look like mr blobby.

[Slowsilver]

My favourite description of a Maxi is "Big Gormless Mini".
 

[richardmorris]

30 minutes ago, Slowsilver said:

My favourite description of a Maxi is "Big Gormless Mini".
 

It’s the similar grill design to the clubman I think. In isolation ( from other cars to compare size) it could be a long wheelbase hatchback mini. Did issigonis have a hand in the design?

[chaseracer]

It was his last design.  They managed to change the locks to the Amalgamated Drawing Office soon afterwards... 😉

[Six-cylinder]

Our Mercedes 200TE heater is stuck on max, it did it before and I replaced the duo value and then the control unit that has the temp control dials and it was still on max. I sent it to a Mercedes specialist who after a huge amount of time had a rare customer W124 and swapped the control unit and it worked fine. This proved the second hand unit I bought was duff and they bought a second-hand control unit and it all worked fine for 2 years.

I decided to buy another second-hand control unit and fit that in the hope it would solve the problem.  At the FoD we tried to get the plug out of the replacement unit with its cut off wires, but we were defeated as we couldn't release the tabs that were hidden. 

Today I have got the plug out even if I have damaged the casing a bit. Next is round two to get the plug out of the one in the car. @Slowsilver

[hairnet]

it summer

you live in south

be reet

[dollywobbler]

On 5/3/2021 at 6:04 PM, richardmorris said:

It’s the similar grill design to the clubman I think. In isolation ( from other cars to compare size) it could be a long wheelbase hatchback mini. Did issigonis have a hand in the design?

Issigonis designed Mini and Maxi, but Roy Haynes came across from Ford to restyle the Maxi's snout and the Mini Clubman, which is why their grilles look quite a lot like MK2 Cortinas...

[chaseracer]

Did Roy Haynes only possess a ruler and a protractor?

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Did Roy Haynes only possess a ruler and a protractor?

Could be worse. Whoever admitted to the allegro had a jelly mould.

[Bear]

16 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Could be worse. Whoever admitted to the allegro had a jelly mould.

Harris Mann, wasn't it? Except the original design had a flat bonnet, and rather predictably, TR7-esque scallops.

So whoever is really responsible for the Allegro is a production engineer who couldn't grasp the idea of a canted-back E-Series.

[chaseracer]

Or a bean counter who wouldn't fund a shorter heater unit.

[hairnet]

yo chris

whats with the sj?

forgot to ask

[Heidel_Kakao]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

yo chris

whats with the sj?

forgot to ask

The Samurai you mean? It's @Andyrew's.

[dozeydustman]

21 hours ago, RichardK said:

Harris Mann, wasn't it? Except the original design had a flat bonnet, and rather predictably, TR7-esque scallops.

So whoever is really responsible for the Allegro is a production engineer who couldn't grasp the idea of a canted-back E-Series.

Some of the Allegro initial designs were quite smart. This one reminds me of a a GS/Ami hybrid. Very 70s cool

[Bear]

It's like the Maxi/Landcrab vs Peugeot 204/304 sort of designs. Somehow, and I have no idea how, the originals (are they Pininfarina) make the cow-hipped/short tapering boot look good then BMC/BL do it and it looks frumpy/dumpy. HOW?! Did the British stylists not have eyes?

Though if we're going to argue aesthetics the Triumph SD2 is one of the bizarrest things ever, and LC88 as 'a euro style hatch' (pre-Metro) is just weird. Proportions worthy of a Geely Beauty Leopard vs a Supra.

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Some of the Allegro initial designs were quite smart. This one reminds me of a a GS/Ami hybrid. Very 70s cool

Reminds me of the Gordon keeble front end.

[Six-cylinder]

I have been to vote in the council election today, another excuse to swan around in the Daimler if just to our local village 2 miles away. The pub landlord was there when we came back to the car and said I thought it was yours I had spotted it on your drive! 

[Floatylight]

Bit of minor tinkering has taken place with 6c's 306 Convertible, stereo now saves settings and doesn't light up like a drug induced disco experience on startup and knackered speakers replaced.. Next the ABS warning light (anyone nearby (Stafford) got a code reader that's likely to get abs codes?

[Floatylight]

I promised @Six-cylindersome pics of the 306C in idyllic summer scenes..

[Mrs6C]

35 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I promised @Six-cylindersome pics of the 306C in idyllic summer scenes..

Also, a colour co-ordinated ice-cream van!

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Next the ABS warning light (anyone nearby (Stafford) got a code reader that's likely to get abs codes?

Think mine's in the back of the Blingo if you want to give it a whirl.

[loserone]

3 hours ago, Floatylight said:

summer scenes..

Roof should be down unless you've gone in for the night.  Think I had the roof down in that for 95% of the miles.