Eddie Honda Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 NLA PRC4156 Lucas SQB704 Shitpart GI57534 and you missed out on this one just over a fortnight ago https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113958173846 https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=12&t=1013100 I would be inclined to sweet-talk someone into doing 3D print of the broken white bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I was the under bidder on this 1981 Metro S tonight. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-METRO-S-1275cc-/281595380341?nma=true&si=00x4ByeHm21wxnEu417ywu4LbgE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557I once claimed a very green w reg one of these via the DVLA abandoned car process. I wonder if it was him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This and pinch the bits out of it to make one good switch? https://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php/172595/0/heated_rear_window_switch___range_rover_classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Depends how close an mot is but a temporary modern switch placed in the correct place? Depending on the unobtanium/time frame aspect of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Eddie Honda said: I would be inclined to sweet-talk someone into doing 3D print of the broken white bit. @Pillock has a 3d printer I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 If all else fails @Six-cylinder I have a friend who has some breaker RRs - one might be the right vintage and might have the switch - I will ask him in the morning when he calls me Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 What to do! I used to own this BMW E36 323i sport and gave it to my son when he crashed my E30. He then went to live in Canada and gave it to his friend, I have had a call tonight from my son to say his friend can't look after it any more and has nowhere to park it and did I want it back. Not really was going though my head as I already have E36 328i Sport, that I did not have time to get on the road last year. The words that came out of my mouth were different I will take it back, but only if another of your friends does not want it. So the 323i is better bodily than my 328i but does not quite have the grunt. I see the 323i ran out of MOT nearly 3 years ago. I will await a further phone call to say if I am off the hook or not! Mrs6C and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbmw Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I can look after that.....slower than the Alfa I guess!Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I'd keep it running* over winter if I can park the zx in the FoD... "for 3 weeks before I can't afford any more petrol for the month... The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, beko1987 said: I'd keep it running* over winter if I can park the zx in the FoD... "for 3 weeks before I can't afford any more petrol for the month... If the 323i does not come to me there is still the 328i that needs exercising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, ianbmw said: I can look after that.....slower than the Alfa I guess! Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk 170 bhp for the 323i and 190 bhp for the 156. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 CLK is now running again with a repaired wheel and new tyre. Well it was always running, but with its space saver it would spin up with even with a gentle throttle so I was not using it. LightBulbFun, egg, bangernomics and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I have always wondered what would happen if you took something like a Citroen Xantia Activa with its very fancy suspension etc and threw a whole set of 4 space savers or such on the car, and then chucked it round a track or such, I wonder how would the car react to that, and would it set a new record for going through a set of tyres the quickest? LOL (without doing something silly like a burn out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Time was when a good few cars ran on tyres the width of today's space savers. Nobody complained. bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 22 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: What to do! I used to own this BMW E36 323i sport and gave it to my son when he crashed my E30. He then went to live in Canada and gave it to his friend, I have had a call tonight from my son to say his friend can't look after it any more and has nowhere to park it and did I want it back. Not really was going though my head as I already have E36 328i Sport, that I did not have time to get on the road last year. The words that came out of my mouth were different I will take it back, but only if another of your friends does not want it. So the 323i is better bodily than my 328i but does not quite have the grunt. I see the 323i ran out of MOT nearly 3 years ago. I will await a further phone call to say if I am off the hook or not! Is this what it looks like now, or when last MOTd four years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 50 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Is this what it looks like now, or when last MOTd four years ago? Ok, yes this is how I bought it Jan 2014 from my friend. It had done 145k miles when I got it and was lovely being using as a business vehicle. Whatever it needed it got, which is why I bought it. My son Richard loved it and got his friend Keith to improve the car further like spraying the bonnet to lose the stone chips. It was Keith who ended up with it when Richard went to Canada and used it sparingly. MOT records show mileage 169k in March 2016 and I would guess it has not done that many miles since. It has been kept indoors so I am hoping it is still very nice. These pictures are Sep and July 2015, latest ones I could find including us in matching E36s! Mrs6C and Floatylight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Invaded by sheep today, we need a few brave shiters to battle with the woolybacks and get my Visa GT back for me! Look out here they come! It's ours now and your not having it back! The others made me do it, I never wanted to take your car! BorniteIdentity, bangernomics, wuvvum and 15 others 5 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 sheep dont like fibreglass right? *he says in a worried tone* (rounding up sheep in an Invacar or 2, now that would be a fun spectacle ) chaseracer, Six-cylinder, Floatylight and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 At least the sheep have good taste, they’ve claimed a very desireable car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk egg, Burnside, Six-cylinder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 14 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: sheep dont like fibreglass right? *he says in a worried tone* (rounding up sheep in an Invacar or 2, now that would be a fun spectacle ) You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand... Saabnut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A colleague once had a problem when the cattle started to eat the wood on his wife's Morris Minor Traveller which was parked too close to the fence. He solved this by painting the wood with creosote. LightBulbFun and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 39 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand... Yes go in the field and start shouting "Mint sauce" ( Ronnie Barker joke) Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 50 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand... hes not welsh or fram armagggghhhhhhhhhh chris lose the beemers - do the merc thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, anonymous user said: Yes go in the field and start shouting "Mint sauce"... Strangely enough, a friend of fine used to help out with lambing each year, and would end up with a number of orphan lambs to look after. She tried to give names to some of them, including a tiny one she called Spitfire on account of his ears looking like fighter plane wings. My suggestion of "Mintsos" was not taken up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 First the good news, I now have the MK1 AX 14TRS as hinted at in my AX 11TZX sales thread. The bad news was because loading an AX onto a Sprinter custom car transporter and moving 70 miles was too easy @Wingz123 did it with the AX locked, without keys and the handbrake firmly on! My garage on arrival did curse me! Just for a little extra drama the ramp jumped from under the o-s front wheel while unloading it. The AX 14TRS is now at my favourite garage for them to get it running and MOTed. I can't wait to get behind the wheel and feel the power of that 1360cc 70 bhp engine! Stinkwheel, Skizzer, Zelandeth and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 To be fair the 1360 tu in a BX was lovely and lively, so in an ax, it must be pretty close to the ax gt performance wise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said: To be fair the 1360 tu in a BX was lovely and lively, so in an ax, it must be pretty close to the ax gt performance wise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk A GT is 85 bhp and this is only 70 bhp so won't quite have the raucous punch I remember from a GT, but a bit more the my current 11TZX. Stinkwheel and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 you need a bigger field Mr 6c Stinkwheel and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A GT is 85 bhp and this is only 70 bhp so won't quite have the raucous punch I remember from a GT, but a bit more the my current 11TZX.I’ve had 2 mk1 ax gt’s. Another car that is on my shouldn’t have sold that list. It’s a worryingly long list. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 This is the AX GT that I did most miles in. Sadly last taxed 2001. 500tops, Wingz123, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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