hairnet Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said: Has Sir considered https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/products/917-container-rear-view-mirror-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said: Has Sir considered a Strap - On ? Straps onto the spare wheel. (not what you lot were thinking ! ) https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/products/917-container-rear-view-mirror-7 How much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 Yesterday was a Milton Keynes Classic Car club gathering, small and local and under 15 miles away. The weather was dry so I took the Rolls Royce and it drove there perfectly with me starting to get to grips with the gearchanges. After just 3 miles on the way home it started to misfire and I was very concerned if I was going to get home when it got very bad uphill. It misfired, popped and banged when I lifted the throttle and I adjusted the mixture and timing from the steering wheel but it made no difference. 2 miles from home and it was running perfectly again! It was still a good evening with 32 cars of all different types out last night. BL Bloke, RayMK, richardmorris and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 yplac? or just cos you have a phat car i think the idle mixture thing might take some getting used to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 Today was another Care Home display with Milton Keynes Classic Car Club . The problem was it was pouring with rain this morning and I did not fancy taking the Rolls Royce. I ended up taking the Cadillac which was a joy to drive. Six of us turned out but only one resident decided to come outside to see us. The one lady who did was 97 and started a conversation about vintage Rolls Royces without me saying anything as she has memories' of a family member having one in the late 1930s. It was decided we will visit again and hope for better weather. It feels very good doing these displays to entertain the residences along with the staff and getting to play with our classic cars. richardmorris, adw1977, CGSB and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 When saving money by buying your food at Iceland you can afford to drive your Cadillac! egg, BL Bloke and richardmorris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: After just 3 miles on the way home it started to misfire and I was very concerned if I was going to get home when it got very bad uphill. It misfired, popped and banged when I lifted the throttle Previous owner obviously put a pop & bang remap on the ECU. Shite Ron, LightBulbFun, CGSB and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 @Six-cylinder not the only one with a JCB on the property. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 What’s up with the road closed signs on google maps? Both ends of the lane and great Horwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 all kinds of weird howling /crocodiledundee2 roadworks im coming in from a5 and it says deanshanger to main road down sixcyls road then round the back it will let you come from the town but then still takes you down six cyls road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: What’s up with the road closed signs on google maps? Both ends of the lane and great Horwood? The A421 road is closed for water mains repair between Great Horwood roundabout and the turn for Singleborough. The various side roads have been a zoo with people trying to take short cuts, so they are being closed and/or signposted as closed to traffic apart for local access. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Yes mum was mentioning that last night. I've got to go to theirs Friday too, we might be meeting in mk instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Mrs6C said: The A421 road is closed for water mains repair between Great Horwood roundabout and the turn for Singleborough. The various side roads have been a zoo with people trying to take short cuts, so they are being closed and/or signposted as closed to traffic apart for local access. its gonna be great when the "big move" is happening as all the out of towners that are getting ferreted down weird side roads are going to they have fallen through a temporal wormhole, with about 45?~, 1930's-1980's cars running around the place LOL beko1987, chaseracer and richardmorris 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Get @LightBulbFunto set up his most violently bright bulb in the middle of the field atop a mast and let it guide people to the FoD regardless of what random road they accidentally go down. Sure the generator would love it... LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Get @LightBulbFunto set up his most violently bright bulb in the middle of the field atop a mast and let it guide people to the FoD regardless of what random road they accidentally go down. Sure the generator would love it... haha you joke, but I do genuinely want to bring some of my most powerful lamps to the FoD and light them up at night in the middle of the paddock/field, I can imagine it looking quite cool/surreal, this massively bright light in the middle of an empty large open space, like some really luminous shrine! I also have these beasts, but specifically the one in the middle which is a 1000w CID lamp, (Compact Source Iodine Daylight), outputting a mighty 85000 lumens in an incredible *8* degree beam (to half intensity), you can literally set fire to things at short range with this bastard I mean the pictures really dont it just justice, but heres a couple anyhow! I am really quite pleased of this close up picture i managed to take of the arc tube at full power, (even if it meant melting my face to take it) to think theres 1000W in that tiny arc gap! just bonkers! as you can imagine its quite hot running, heres a just after pulling power shot I understand that @davidfowler2000has a rather beefy inverter setup so if I can devise some control gear for this beast that does not literally weigh 15Kg then yeah I am totally bringing it to the FoD at some point to send morse code messages to the ISS as it goes overhead! (or at least I want to point it out the window here at home and see how far the beam goes!) and if out-and-out lumen output is what you want, then I have the setup to run *2* of these 2000W Metal halide lamps who's combined output would be almost half a million lumens! (400,000-440,000) to give you some perspective, your ordinary 100W lightbulb outputs 1320 lumens... but you would need a 5000W mains supply, and I dont think the FoD quite has that! but its probably only a matter of time before @Six-cylinder helps himself to some sort of 6 cylinder diesel generator he saw being flogged cheap somewhere beko1987, CaptainBoom, Coprolalia and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: haha you joke, but I do genuinely want to bring some of my most powerful lamps to the FoD and light them up at night in the middle of the paddock/field, I can imagine it looking quite cool/surreal, this massively bright light in the middle of an empty large open space, like some really luminous shrine! I also have these beasts, but specifically the one in the middle which is a 1000w CID lamp, (Compact Source Iodine Daylight), outputting a mighty 85000 lumens in an incredible *8* degree beam (to half intensity), you can literally set fire to things at short range with this bastard I mean the pictures really dont it just justice, but heres a couple anyhow! I am really quite pleased of this close up picture i managed to take of the arc tube at full power, (even if it meant melting my face to take it) to think theres 1000W in that tiny arc gap! just bonkers! as you can imagine its quite hot running, heres a just after pulling power shot I understand that @davidfowler2000has a rather beefy inverter setup so if I can devise some control gear for this beast that does not literally weigh 15Kg then yeah I am totally bringing it to the FoD at some point to send morse code messages to the ISS as it goes overhead! (or at least I want to point it out the window here at home and see how far the beam goes!) and if out-and-out lumen output is what you want, then I have the setup to run *2* of these 2000W Metal halide lamps who's combined output would be almost half a million lumens! (400,000-440,000) to give you some perspective, your ordinary 100W lightbulb outputs 1320 lumens... but you would need a 5000W mains supply, and I dont think the FoD quite has that! but its probably only a matter of time before @Six-cylinder helps himself to some sort of 6 cylinder diesel generator he saw being flogged cheap somewhere Could you wire all of the cars he hopes to have there in series or something safe* sounding like that for a few minutes of illumination? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 Turned out to be to be quite a good day. I finished cleaning and painting the Manta air filter box. I was thinking whether to go to the FoD in the afternoon to put the headlight in Error 404 but was wavering when a non AS friend called to say he wanted to meet me up there so I had to go. That proved useful because in spite of the usual trials and tribulations the 404 now has two working headlights. The only bit is the sidelight/indicator lens needs glueing back together before being refitted. Then @Andyrewcame to collect his Spitfire and can't help himself being useful. Along with minor stuff he poured oil into the bores of the Herald 1200 Coupe in preparation to get the engine to turn. @Prince_of_darkness91also came up to say hi and helped with the 404. MrsJuular, LightBulbFun, DSdriver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 If anybody has concerns on how the road works near us might affect them for visiting the FoD please PM me rather than write it on open forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 I do like that 404 front end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 13 hours ago, High Jetter said: I do like that 404 front end. I like the whole car and was up there this morning and took an indulgent photo. Does anybody at the weekend fancy giving it a quick rub down and brush painting it with the grey primer to get it looking smarter. I just don't fancy driving it around multi coloured? High Jetter, chaseracer, Weird Car and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Clear. Obvs. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Autoshite beige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Was it shock when you went to the home that the caddy was the most reliable unreliable car there............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I like painting stuff. Here's one I did* earlier... richardmorris and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 44 minutes ago, chaseracer said: I like painting stuff. Here's one I did* earlier... thats just clumsy ya aul feart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 This afternoon was a FoD preparation day. Today was mowing day and @Slowsilvercame over to help. With so many distinguished guests expected at the weekend we made extra effort and moved 3 trailers, the SJ, and CF to mow under them. Instrestly our field only use Astra van started straight up after months and we used it to pull a trailer. It just did not have enough traction to pull the CF and the Range Rover had to do that. Please come at the weekend and inspect our grass cutting! worldofceri, BL Bloke, chaseracer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I'm planning on coming down on Saturday. I can do some painting on the 404 if needed. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: BEAST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 04/08/2023 at 09:21, hairnet said: Oh, so that’s what you look like! 🤪 Momentary Lapse Of Reason, CaptainBoom and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 If we have dry weather this weekend the plan is to photograph our collection in the FoD. Do come and join us, PM me for details. Cars to be driven to the FoD for photos Range Rover TDV6 Vogue blue Mercedes E320 Coupe blue Citroen BX GTi red Fiat Seicento Active Lt blue BMW 330Ci blue MG Metro Silver Citroen Visa 17RD Blue Cadillac Eldorado Coupe Gold Maserati 425 Bi Turbo saloon Blue met Mercedes 200TE blue Citroen AX 14TRS blue met Citroen Xantia Activa red met Citroen XM SX 2.0 16v Auto Red met Volvo V70 T5 gold Citroen ZX 1.9TD Avantage Estate Red Alfa Romeo 156 Sportswagon Veloce Silver Citroen Visa Special 652cc white BMW 3.0 S White Citroen DS D Super white Citroen GS brown Jaguar E Type red Daimler Sovereign S1 white Daimler Sovereign S2 white MGB GT Green Triumph Vitesse white Lancia Gamma White Ferrari 308GT4 black Citroen Ami 8 break white Triumph Toledo 4 door maroon Lancia Trevi 2.0 silver Citroen LNA Inca Gold Rolls Royce 20/25 blue/black Fiat Seicento Active Lt blue Cars at FoD that can be driven or towed into position for photos Vauxhall Carlton 2.0i Club Estate red Triumph Herald 1200 Coupe blue/white AC Invacar blue Vauxhall Royale 2.8 Auto blue Saab 95 blue Peugeot 404 blue Bedford CF Transporter red Citroen C15D Van white Vauxhall Astravan Sportive blue Alfa Giulietta 2.0 red MrsJuular, juular, LightBulbFun and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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