Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[purplebargeken]

Oh no!!!! Not a great start to an MOT. Thank goodness there was an extinguisher nearby.

[HMC]

Sorry to hear, one step forward and 2 back. Hope the bits needed are common to other vehicles and easy to source (that heater casing sounds like it may not be)

[strangeangel]

Do not like. At all.

 

Hope it's not too badly damaged.

[egg]

Really sorry to see this. Hope it can be fixed.

 

Must check my binding Favorit caliper. 

[dollywobbler]

That's what you get for being rude about 2CVs!

 

Seriously though, glad it wasn't any worse. Brakes can get VERY hot. I'd never chance it myself - hence why we stripped the caliper roadside in the Daimler before I chanced driving it home.

[RobT]

That's a sad sight, hope you're OK Chris.

 

A few pints away from the cars could be a good idea tonight!

[angle]

Today's car mission was a little less glamorous as I have driven our C15 van 260 miles to collect a tailgate for the Xantia that has a broken tailgate glass.

Did that come from Somerset by any chance? If it did, I think the brake light is on mine...

 

Also, just got to the end of the thread. Shit, sorry.

[320touring]

Sorry to see that Chris!

[Six-cylinder]

Did that come from Somerset by any chance? If it did, I think the brake light is on mine...

 

Also, just got to the end of the thread. Shit, sorry.

It did come from Somerset, but I did not see a problem as I have my brake light to fit.

[danthecapriman]

Oh shit! I bet your gutted.

Good that you managed to put it out before it got too bad though, hopefully it's saveable.

[quicksilver]

Poor Oltcit! I do hope it can be saved as I can't imagine it being the easiest thing to get parts for although the engine is the same as a GS isn't it?

[Asimo]

What an arse of a thing to happen!

Soon have it running again, heater box not required for mot or vital for summer only use.

 

Anyway, I think the LNA looks great without the front bumper.

[hairnet]

UNLIKE

[Noel Tidybeard]

ungrateful furrin car!

[outlaw118]

This is the kind of situation where we need a "dislike" or "Oh shit, bad one" button.

 

Hope it's not too much of a PITA to fix.

[Six-cylinder]

This is the kind of situation where we need a "dislike" or "Oh shit, bad one" button.

 

Hope it's not too much of a PITA to fix.

It's future all depends if I can get some parts for it.

[GoGently]

I can't like this. Extremely Bad Lick Sir . Was it fuel or electrical ? I'm upset tooooooo as some clown has keyed the bonnet of my new ZX while it was parked at work! And I thought it was safe parking at my work security gates & cameras, apparently the Big Brother cameras are not working.

[Six-cylinder]

News from the fighting Front!

 

Yesterday I visited the Oltcit and it looks worse than I remember. The only bright bit of news for it is I have made contact with someone who might have some spares.

 

Today it has been fun in the field dodging the rain. In spite of the heavy rain showers we made progress on the Visa GT as we removed the fuel tank as a step closer to getting it welded.

 

The Spitfire 6 received attention from quicksilver and dad refitting the cleaned and painted fuel tank. New clutch master cylinder fitted and bled. The engine was restarted and brakes freed up. In my time with the Spitfire 6 it got its first run under its own power this afternoon.

 

The MG ZR has now spent 4 days in the field with no electricity, the equivalent of the naughty step for a car and has learnt its lesson and the immobilizer behaved perfectly today.

 

Todays fettling was only given the green light this morning because of the poor weather forecast, I will try and give more notice of the next open field day in case anybody wants to come along and witness the events taking place.

[demag]

Ah, a Herald Coupé. My first ever car, mine was a 948cc twin carb "Clubman" model. Sebring Green over Arctic White or something like that. Apparently it was quite rare even then as most were 1250cc I think.

 

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[Six-cylinder]

Ah, a Herald Coupé. My first ever car, mine was a 948cc twin carb "Clubman" model. Sebring Green over Arctic White or something like that. Apparently it was quite rare even then as most were 1250cc I think.

 

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Most were 1147cc like this one.

[demag]

Ah ok, I knew it was bigger than the engine in mine. Also the triangular side panels to the rear of the door windows had a sort of corrugated finish to them. I didn't keep it long, it was painfully slow even by 1970's standards and traded in against a trendy Ford Anglia.

 

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[Six-cylinder]

In 1994 we bought this tired 948cc Herald saloon, the first thing we did after collecting it was hop on the M25 to a TSSC meeting!

[hairnet]

brand new sinker xantia.........

[Six-cylinder]

brand new sinker xantia.........

????

[HMC]

^ quite an early herald judging by the catchy reg and the handle on the top of the bonnet?

[HMC]

Ps as well as hairnets Xantia spot, I'm calling the bond equipe convertible in the corner.

[hairnet]

mk10 big fat jag too

[Six-cylinder]

Ps as well as hairnets Xantia spot, I'm calling the bond equipe convertible in the corner.

Yes I had a Xantia Sinker 1.8i LX, it was a new company car that I had for about 3 months from the end of 1994.

 

The Bond Equipe was a project that I put back together and drove, I had it for 5 years 1991-1996 but I preferred my Vitesse I also had at that time.

[hairnet]

^^^

 

oh and cars had a wee

[Six-cylinder]

mk10 big fat jag too

That one is not a MK10 but the very slightly updated 420G. It belonged to a friend who had nowhere to park it, so I looked after it for a year and had full use of it including a 500 mile trip to West Wales.