Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Progress with the Mini Mayfair, if a little slow.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

There is only one choice and it's an Ital. Happy Christmas 🌲

 

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes, but which model?

 

[DSdriver]

Merry Christmas, your comments above about econometers kicked a few brain cells into life as I suddenly had a flashback to one of my CXs having a little strip of lights on the top of the dash pod.

I taught myself economy driving as a broke student with a vacuum gauge in my Austin A30,

[Dobloseven]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

bah humbug

 

go away I am busy, I choosing my 1982 company car.

 

Alright Happy Christmas to you all, now leave me to dreaming cars.

Hope you're going to wipe your bum with a Ford price list when you're done. Merry Christmas everybody! 

[Six-cylinder]

37 minutes ago, DSdriver said:

Merry Christmas, your comments above about econometers kicked a few brain cells into life as I suddenly had a flashback to one of my CXs having a little strip of lights on the top of the dash pod.

I taught myself economy driving as a broke student with a vacuum gauge in my Austin A30,

I had to seek help to know what it was when I found this odd switch on my LNA dash!

[DSdriver]

56 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I had to seek help to know what it was when I found this odd switch on my LNA dash!

and...

[hairnet]

I'm not.on the shitter but similar.is happening

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I had to seek help to know what it was when I found this odd switch on my LNA dash!

press it and serge gainsbourg comes out  

cool seats

[chaseracer]

11 minutes ago, hairnet said:

press it and serge gainsbourg comes out  

...and Jane Birkin just... 😳

[Six-cylinder]

I have been out to a small local car show today, yes it rained but was still a lovely outing in the E320 Coupe.

[Zelandeth]

...I totally forgot that was on.  Though having relatives staying at the moment means I'd not have been able to escape for it anyway!

[hairnet]

On 12/25/2021 at 12:46 PM, chaseracer said:

...and Jane Birkin just... 😳

but youre very old

my grandfather told me about her

[Six-cylinder]

What to do on a damp cool Bank Holiday Tuesday, fix your digger of course.

A local agricultural engineer has done a few jobs in the past but has not been well and work stopped. Today he called me to say his son was about and the two of them could come and look at the power steering on our JCB. Mrs6C's internet research led her to believe the power steering oil strainer was blocked and she was spot on. It is a fine metal mesh and the muck was dug out with a screw driver and was given a through clean with petrol.

It became very difficult to starter due to a mouse nest in the air filter being sucked into the inlet manifold. It had been cleaned out and I made inlet manifold gaskets for it. Today the inlet manifold and air cleaner were refitted. 

It started with ease with plenty of smoke but not the black clouds it made with a mouse's nest in the inlet. Now the steering works again, a Christmas miracle with horse power!

My engineer says "I will be back"! but to service and do what he can for a worn out old machine.

[hairnet]

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 25/12/2021 at 09:41, Six-cylinder said:

Yes, but which model?

2.0 slush-o-matic obvs 🙄

[Zelandeth]

I'm going to try to get to that this year - will aim to be there early as both of the previous occasions I've tried to attend they were full by the time I got there.

EDIT: Just been updated by one of the family on the recent climate regarding COVID.  Public gathering in the context of that and not yet been able to get my booster is a hard nope from me.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

Don't think the jcb is quite fixed enough to be drive-able to that... 😕

[hairnet]

if that has been sunday i woulda

cba tomorrow

[Six-cylinder]

I may have fallen out of a tree and banged my head, I want one of these!

An oil drum car from Thailand seen on YouTube, we could build one at the FoD this summer, we have a spare 8HP engine!

[Dabooka]

That looks like ruddy tremendous fun 

[hairnet]

sawadee krop

vtr1000 engine ftw

see comment in dave dorsons thread lmao

 

[Six-cylinder]

Who is in Chelmsford!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234298388744?hash=item368d45b108:g:xUUAAOSwyU5gbI-u

[richardmorris]

Sorry, closer to you than me. But in for the build.

[Andyrew]

Sure i can obtain a few old oil barrels via work ! 

[beko1987]

6 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I may have fallen out of a tree and banged my head, I want one of these!

An oil drum car from Thailand seen on YouTube, we could build one at the FoD this summer, we have a spare 80HP engine!

Ftfy

[Zelandeth]

New FoD racing series?  I'd be game for that!

[Snake Charmer]

18 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Who is in Chelmsford!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234298388744?hash=item368d45b108:g:xUUAAOSwyU5gbI-u

Cheap, but what has been in them? 🙈

[Six-cylinder]

24 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Cheap, but what has been in them? 🙈

I don't know, but Andyrew says he might be able to find us a couple of empty barrels so we will know and not be supplied one full of nuclear waste!

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't know, but Andyrew says he might be able to find us a couple of empty barrels so we will know and not be supplied one full of nuclear waste!

Fusion is fine, it’s fission that has nasty products.

[beko1987]

18 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

New FoD racing series?  I'd be game for that!

Might be the first race series ever where being a competitor in an invacar is the safer, more sensible option 😂

[anonymous user]

On 12/27/2021 at 6:04 PM, hairnet said:

but youre very old

my grandfather told me about her

You're thinking about Tim Birkin, you fool