Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

A bit of evening FoD tonight with @Andyrew and @Slowsilver

Fun with the DS in the hay field.

Alternator swap for Black Beauty.  

[catsinthewelder]

^Is that Andy just after he dropped an alternator on his foot?

[Andyrew]

5 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

^Is that Andy just after he dropped an alternator on his foot?

I do have that 'contemplating my life choices' expression going on.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 6/28/2023 at 9:11 AM, Six-cylinder said:

Andyrew and I went to a little local car gathering last night.

That's the perfect looking mk3 Spitfire right there. Lovely.

[Six-cylinder]

I have to thank @Zelandeth for doing the honours last night and collecting my Citroen BX from Hitchin on a Friday afternoon.

It had been to the  Chevronic Center, Citroen specialist to have its heater cables made to work, handbrake cables replaced and a rear hydraulic leak cured.

Now home in fine fettle it would be an obvious candidate for Shitefest 2024.

[hairnet]

*cries into dauphinoise

[puddlethumper]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have to thank @Zelandeth for doing the honours last night and collecting my Citroen BX from Hitchin on a Friday afternoon.

It had been to the  Chevronic Center, Citroen specialist to have its heater cables made to work, handbrake cables replaced and a rear hydraulic leak cured.

Now home in fine fettle it would be an obvious candidate for Shitefest 2024.

That is one good lookin BX. Nice.

[Six-cylinder]

Back to the DS today for a small classic car show at Buckingham Rugby club music and beer festival. 

[timolloyd]

What’s the red car in the foreground? Is it the soft top version of the infamous Pistonheads car?

[High Jetter]

Elva Courier, apparently

[High Jetter]

Now I'm at my PC, I did a search and remembered I'd heard about these years ago, when working at a dealership in Bexhill & Hastings. Moar info here: https://www.elva.com/elva-history.html

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Elva Courier, apparently

Yes Elva Courier, I have a friend who used to race one.

He had an off once and nearly drowned!

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes Elva Courier, I have a friend who used to race one.

He had an off once and nearly drowned!

Took it swimming as well!

[Six-cylinder]

When should we have the next FoD?

I would like to organise a couple more weekends at FoD for 2023, when would you like them?

I am available:

 29/30th July

12/13 August

26/27/28 August

2/3 September

 

If the weather is with us for one of the weekends and we have enough man power I would like to take all our running cars to the FoD along with those already at the FoD for a photo shoot.

The target would be 30 working and a few towed into line. Anybody volunteer to plan, organise and be the main camera man?

[brownnova]

First one is FOTU and last one is RADWood at Bicester heritage which might limit attendance.

Having said that, I’m not booked for FOTU and that is the only date I can do off that list 😭

[chaseracer]

2CV 24hr, bank holiday weekend.  Otherwise, any of those! 😁

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, brownnova said:

First one is FOTU and last one is RADWood at Bicester heritage which might limit attendance.

Having said that, I’m not booked for FOTU and that is the only date I can do off that list 😭

I think it would be good to not clash with FOTU, but RADWood I think would give somewhere to camp as we are only 13 miles away.

[brownnova]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

I think it would be good to not clash with FOTU, but RADWood I think would give somewhere to camp as we are only 13 miles away.

Might be in for that one then! 

[brownnova]

4 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

2CV 24hr, bank holiday weekend.  Otherwise, any of those! 😁

Hope you’re visiting the Wirral for registers day Mr Chaseracer! 

[chaseracer]

13 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I think it would be good to not clash with FOTU, but RADWood I think would give somewhere to camp as we are only 13 miles away.

Multiple dates possible?

[AnthonyG]

Probably won’t be able to do the bank holiday in August due to family stuff but the other dates look OK for me.

[AnthonyG]

Have you decided what to bring to SF? The Citroen BX looks ideal but it sounds like you’ve already made your choice? 

[Six-cylinder]

15 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Multiple dates possible?

Yes but I think 29/30 July is out because of clash with FOTU.

[Six-cylinder]

11 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

Have you decided what to bring to SF? The Citroen BX looks ideal but it sounds like you’ve already made your choice? 

No decision yet, I am going to storage to get out the LNA Wednesday and perhaps moving cars will sway me.

At the moment taking the Cadillac excites me the most, but 20 mpg, been before to a Shitefest and aircon not fixed, with my sensible head on says take something else.

[bobdisk]

Hope Kermit is going again by then, whenever!

[Six-cylinder]

I have just taken into my care a family photo album that my father took. In 1959 he built his own house and this photo shows a car on the drive that I don’t recognise. I think my father had a Bedford CA van when he was building the house. My mother got a Austin 16 but I thought it was a bit later. It doesn’t look in use by the sand heap in the way. The album is marked 1959. I never knew the details of his early cars.

Any idea what the car is?

@LightBulbFun Can you tell from the reg DBY862 when it was registered?    

 

[Mr Pastry]

1938 -39 Vauxhall 10 or 12?

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

1938 -39 Vauxhall 10 or 12?

[Crackers]

If the July dates are a no-go, I can do the 12/13 Aug and 2/3 Sep. The August bank holiday weekend clashes with 2cv 24hr at Snett which I'm hoping to be at. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

DBY was used between November 1937 and December 1938. It's a London (Croydon?) plate.