Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[tooSavvy]

7 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today a viscous gang of Mini fixers turned up and tried to overwhelm my Mini in to submission!

Might be slow moving but stick together, eh 😉

Lovely old metal on show.....👍

🚙💨

[Tommyboy12]

That Countryman is lovely!

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, Tommyboy12 said:

That Countryman is lovely!

It is a converted van that belongs to my friend Colin (I don't know why he doesn't join AS and tell his own stories).  It started life as a van hence the roof vent. It was converted early in its life and Colin has the receipt to say the extra £58 purchase tax due for it being counted as a traveller with rear windows fitted has been paid.

[Tommyboy12]

I hadnt even spotted the roof vent! A very nice conversion in that case.

[Six-cylinder]

I refilled the Seicento with petrol today after 241 miles. I filled because it was reading a line below half and didn't trust it, but 5.25 gals went in its 8.4 gal tank meaning I could have gone a bit further. To save you the maths that is 45.9 mpg, better than my usual 42 mpg with the car.

The Rolls Royce returns 14 mpg and the DS  26 mpg. I have been using the Rolls more than the DS in all this dry weather, but the Fiat for all the local errands so my guess 50% of my miles to the Fiat, 40% to the Rolls and 10% on the DS. I make that a fleet average of 22.5 mpg!

 

[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday was back on the Mini, it is the car that keeps giving! Now the battery is faulty, we left a U shaped washer off the speedo cable gearbox end. The bad news is the radiator has to come out again to fit. However the water pump has started to weep so the radiator has to come out anyway. Also a few more test miles revealed the there is a bit of power on, power off shunt so I have ordered the engine stabiliser bushes.

But at least the guys cleaned the windscreen! 

[Six-cylinder]

The evening was better with a good run in the 20/25 to a small local car gathering.

[hairnet]

25 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

28 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

 

 

 

when is teh sex (tm) getting a stroke

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

The evening was better with a good run in the 20/25 to a small local car gathering.

Interesting hood cover on the blue TF.

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Interesting hood cover on the blue TF.

I never really noticed it, it is a local car and I will inspect and ask about it next time I see it.

[Six-cylinder]

My Rolls Royce was upstaged today by a 1929 8 Litre Bentley!

[High Jetter]

Is that a bronze Stiletto?

[Six-cylinder]

23 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Is that a bronze Stiletto?

Yes and it won car of the show today, his prize is a free breakfast next month!

I only made it to 3rd place, in case you wondered.

[High Jetter]

Stiff competition, tbf.

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Stiff competition, tbf.

It is a small event in a pub car park, about 20 cars attended  and it is just peoples choice and what you fancy on the day.

I voted for the Sunbeam because my first car was a Hillman Imp Californian Coupe.

I was impressed with the landlady today who moved her 22 plate Toyota onto the road outside so there was more room for the classics.

[High Jetter]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

my first car was a Hillman Imp Californian Coupe

Mine too - EDY 667E, had a good few 'firsts' with that car 😀

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Mine too - EDY 667E, had a good few 'firsts' with that car 😀

Any pictures of yours?

Mind was 8 years old when I got it and it was pain, fault after fault. I bought it with a noisy gearbox from my boss at the holiday job I had. I put in a reconditioned gearbox that went noisy a few months later, it was replaced FOC but I still had to remove and refit it. The worst part was the rubber drive shaft couplings. From memory, faults included throttle cable, exhaust broke, king pins, carburettor with poor starting and radiator leak. Also bits of rust were growing in the year I had it. BUT never head gasket, my boss paid to have that done before I bought it as he was preparing it for his wife who took one look at it and rejected it! 

[chaseracer]

6 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Any pictures of yours?

You DO mean the car, right? 

[High Jetter]

23 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Any pictures of yours?

Sadly not, as far as I recall. It was white, I got it in late '77 or early '78 so was at least 10 years old, before passing my test. My (7 days) older girlfriend had recently passed, so was able to supervise our daily drives to and from school, and elsewhere. It was pretty reliable, at one point taking me from Eastbourne to Worthing and back on a regular basis. I did brake work on it, had problems with a master cylinder after re-sealing it and think I had the petrol tank out at one point. I may well have fitted Sparkrite electric ignition to it, as I was working for Longlife Accessories at the time and took full advantage of staff discount.

[rustdevil]

21 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes and it won car of the show today, his prize is a free breakfast next month!

I only made it to 3rd place, in case you wondered.

Two beautiful cars there and a jag 🙂

[Six-cylinder]

On 27/07/2025 at 21:13, rustdevil said:

Two beautiful cars there and a jag 🙂

Is “and a Jag” a general thought or that model?