Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Six-cylinder]

32 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

You home yet? Can't see you... 

Yes we are home.

 

[beko1987]

Ah we got to yours and you weren't home, then after 5 minutes we were cold and bored so drove home. Going by how much I nearly fell asleep several times it was the right choice 😂

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Have I failed as a father, my younger son turned up in this yesterday?

At least he visits.

 

Sorry, I felt rotten this morning with sinuses  and toothache and haven’t left the house.

[Six-cylinder]

Today went well and we even had sunshine.

We began well with the C15 that started easily without even having to jump it, to move it out of the way.

Next was the milkfloat that needed towing out of the way as @LightBulbFunhad not supplied us with enough U2 batteries to get it going by itself. It seemed rather stuck but resistance was futile

Chaseracer and my son made friends with the  FoD residents. 

The Herald was light enough to push onto the roadway, but the Carlton got a tow to get it closer.

Custard the Mk1 Cavalier is on the road mat awaiting collection as the yard is due to have a crane the week after next in it.

Now what were they saying about Invacars!

 

[hairnet]

10 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

 

1. beast

2. no dave you cant go home in the rangie (it would break)

3. you really are a horses arse

4. less rusty than daves berlingo

5. YESSSSS

6. HNNNNGGGGGGGG

7. its plastic scrap man would say no (nice hat) (was dave hovering cos there were snacks in the bag )

*runs away for comment 7

[Dick Cheeseburger]

6 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

That mk1 Cav looks so good on the rostyles and with some decent sidewall. My memory fails me - which models were they available on? My parents neighbour back in the 1980s had an M plate early 70s Kadett sat on similar. It always looked bloody lovely. 

I still have a soft spot for mk1 Cavaliers. Back in the mid 90s I borrowed my bosses end-of-life mk1 Cav KPC981W a few times to cruise around with my then girlfriend. It permanently ran on three because of valve issues I believe. It was still really solid and surprisingly pleasant place to be, despite the missing horses. When I finished borrowing it, it sat for a few weeks. I was then asked to drive it into the bottom workshop for it's final journey. The meathead who ran the 'shop promptly proceeded to batter the engine and bodywork with his lump hammer 'for fun'. He then dragged it onto his trailer and weighed it in that afternoon. 

I really felt sorry for the old girl. It was inevitable I'd end up choosing older cars to fix up as my dailies...

[Snake Charmer]

11 hours ago, brownnova said:

Someone I know was knighted by Princess Anne last week… he said she was much smaller in real life than she looks on TV. 

GRP fumes are just like smoking,  stunt your growth. 

[Snake Charmer]

2 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

That mk1 Cav looks so good on the rostyles and with some decent sidewall. My memory fails me - which models were they available on? My parents neighbour back in the 1980s had an M plate early 70s Kadett sat on similar. It always looked bloody lovely.

From memory, Opel wheels had black painted insets like Ford/Rover/Jensen Rostyle wheels and Vauxhall were silver, usually with a nice stainless trim ring that made them look deeper dished. My first car was a '77 R reg 1.9 GL with that combination.

[Six-cylinder]

[LightBulbFun]

50 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I thought for a moment with the power lines and the branches poking into the top of the shot 

that you had gotten inspired by recent posts in the Bus shite thread and setup your own trolleybus system! LOL

 

[RobT]

I'm being cheeky saying this, but I hope your jump pack is fully charged...been having battery woes myself!

[High Jetter]

9 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

I thought for a moment with the power lines and the branches poking into the top of the shot 

that you had gotten inspired by recent posts in the Bus shite thread and setup your own trolleybus system! LOL

 

They already have some rails, IIRC?

[Six-cylinder]

10 hours ago, RobT said:

I'm being cheeky saying this, but I hope your jump pack is fully charged...been having battery woes myself!

Our past history:

XJ6 - very broken

Renault 11 - slightly broken

Renault Clio - fixed in transit 

Are you trying to tell me something about my next car!

[beko1987]

Fit a beefy 12v power supply inside the garage door capable of having 9 or 10 12v connections connected to it and just hardwire all the cars when parked! 

Just remember to unplug the car you want to take out... And mind you don't trip 

[RobT]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Our past history:

XJ6 - very broken

Renault 11 - slightly broken

Renault Clio - fixed in transit 

Are you trying to tell me something about my next car!

Well, I've currently got the head off my Morris 1300 as I'm doing the valve stem seals.  Hopefully it doesn't progress from Project to Broken - contact six-cyl.  But you've probably got enough BL bilge already!

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, RobT said:

Well, I've currently got the head off my Morris 1300 as I'm doing the valve stem seals.  Hopefully it doesn't progress from Project to Broken - contact six-cyl.  But you've probably got enough BL bilge already!

My dad had a brand new Morris 1100 in 1963, maybe its my turn!

[RobT]

Sorry but I hope not! It's in my garage out of the way, so if I do have problems there's none of the urgency I had with the others I offloaded on to you...

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

My dad had a brand new Morris 1100 in 1963, maybe its my turn!

dont blame him for your chod hoard

isnt someone on here sellling one?

[Six-cylinder]

45 minutes ago, RobT said:

Sorry but I hope not! It's in my garage out of the way, so if I do have problems there's none of the urgency I had with the others I offloaded on to you...

Probably for the best as I have another collection Thursday! 

Clio to the dentist today. 

[RobT]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My dad had a brand new Morris 1100 in 1963, maybe its my turn!

Continental road trip in an 1100.  That's doing things properly, isn't it.

[wuvvum]

47 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Clio to the dentist today.

That's the sign of a responsible owner, looking after your car's teeth.

[hairnet]

45 minutes ago, RobT said:

Continental road trip in an 1100.  That's doing things properly, isn't it.

man has balls doing it in bl tat

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Clio to the dentist today.

Taking them out one at a time?

[Six-cylinder]

44 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Taking them out one at a time?

It doesn't have any teeth at all at 90bhp!

[chaseracer]

18 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

I thought for a moment with the power lines and the branches poking into the top of the shot 

that you had gotten inspired by recent posts in the Bus shite thread and setup your own trolleybus system! LOL

 

Don't give @Mrs6C ideas!

[Zelandeth]

11 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Don't give @Mrs6C ideas!

Sounds like an excellent reason for picking up a properly beefy diesel powered generator to me...

[Longbridge Apologist]

9 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It doesn't have any teeth at all at 90bhp!

Could swear the 75bhp 1.2 16V Clio I had of that gen always felt like it had double...

[Six-cylinder]

8 hours ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

Could swear the 75bhp 1.2 16V Clio I had of that gen always felt like it had double...

Mine has 1.6i 8v with a 4 speed auto slushbox just to make sure there is no feeling of brutal power.

To be fair it moves along just fine but it would be out gunned in any sort of race.

[beko1987]

You'd kick an invacar's arse in a race... Could give it a gentle nudge on the front corner to knock it over on the way past too! 

Having driven to mums and back twice last weekend a 4 speed slushbox is all you bloody need around here 90% of the time😂😥

Keith says he keeps the zoe in eco 99% of the time. Dulls the acceleration and limits the top speed to 60 which he says they rarely get to doing the pottering around they do... Makes a sad sort of sense

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

You'd kick an invacar's arse in a race... Could give it a gentle nudge on the front corner to knock it over on the way past too! 

Having driven to mums and back twice last weekend a 4 speed slushbox is all you bloody need around here 90% of the time😂😥

Keith says he keeps the zoe in eco 99% of the time. Dulls the acceleration and limits the top speed to 60 which he says they rarely get to doing the pottering around they do... Makes a sad sort of sense

I agree, if you move off the main roads where you trundle along mostly following over traffic the smaller roads are full of horses, cyclists and pot holes around here.