Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[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.

[chaseracer]

22 minutes ago, Crackers said:

The August bank holiday weekend clashes with 2cv 24hr at Snett which I'm hoping to be at. 

Yer name's dahn, son... 😉

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

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

November 1937 to February 1938 to be more exact  (and since DBY862 is numerically towards the end, you can probably place it in the later end of that date range)

after DBYxxx was issued came DOYxxx (which was first issued February 1938) 

BY OY RK and VB where all of the Croydon marks (up until 1965)

 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

DBY571 was the first 1938 issued DBY number.

[Dobloseven]

The Vauxhall 10 was a very advanced car for the times. Monocoque construction, independent suspension, hydraulic brakes, ohv engine. 

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, Dobloseven said:

The Vauxhall 10 was a very advanced car for the times. Monocoque construction, independent suspension, hydraulic brakes, ohv engine. 

And made of special water soluble steel. 😁

[Six-cylinder]

It is so good having @Slowsilver help me getting a car out of storage, me lets get the jump pack on and start cranking. Slowsilver shall we fit the new battery, check the oil, water and pump up the tyres first! The fuel filter was dry so we knew it was going to take some cranking, we added a jump pack to the new battery and it spun at a good rate but no fuel. I wanted to prime petrol back into the pump but had not bought any so we resorted to easy start to run the engine and just as we were about to give up the petrol came up and it ran on petrol.

Yes after 4 years my LNA is back out and I drove it home. I noticed o-s from brake is binding a fraction, so that job can be added to the list for my favourite garage tomorrow. It is going for a service and to have a new steering coupling fitted.

[richardmorris]

I remember now I was going to collect a bumper for you. I don’t suppose they found it again? Going to Wrexham next weekend.

[Noel Tidybeard]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is so good having @Slowsilver living in the shed

help me getting a car out of storage, me lets get the jump pack on and start cranking. Slowsilver shall we fit the new battery, check the oil, water and pump up the tyres first! The fuel filter was dry so we knew it was going to take some cranking, we added a jump pack to the new battery and it spun at a good rate but no fuel. I wanted to prime petrol back into the pump but had not bought any so we resorted to easy start to run the engine and just as we were about to give up the petrol came up and it ran on petrol.

Yes after 4 years my LNA is back out and I drove it home. I noticed o-s from brake is binding a fraction, so that job can be added to the list for my favourite garage tomorrow. It is going for a service and to have a new steering coupling fitted.

FIFY😁

[beko1987]

On 03/07/2023 at 19:15, Six-cylinder said:

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?

Yes to all bar the 12/13. 

[Zelandeth]

On 7/3/2023 at 7:15 PM, Six-cylinder said:

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?

29/30 Jul - No for me, I'm booked into FotU on the 29th, and seriously doubt I'll be in a fit state to socialise for a few days afterwards.

12/13 Aug - Diary is clear.

26-28th Aug - Diary is clear.

2/3 Sep - No, we've a family birthday that weekend so it would be bad form for me to disappear for a substantial chunk of it.

Absolutely happy to assist with logistics of getting as many vehicles as possible together, and to help with photography, though I suspect plenty of folks on here are far better equipped photographically speaking than I am!  Most of the photos I'll end up getting will probably be on film for a start...

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is so good having @Slowsilver help me getting a car out of storage, 

The phrase 'tame mechanic' springs to mind. Tho, TBF, if I were retired and lived local I'd apply to be his apprentice.

[beko1987]

@dollywobblervideo opportunity?

I could film my own video of seeing how many I can vacuum out before the nbv runs out of battery when their all lined up... 😂

[LightBulbFun]

On 03/07/2023 at 19:15, Six-cylinder said:

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?

any of those dates work for me im pretty sure  

I am also more than happy to assist with getting cars to the FoD! I mean I am happy to be the "bus driver" shuttling all the designated drivers back and forth, if thats something your looking for someone to be?

I am sure I could get temporary insurance on some of the more modern 1980's+ vehicles ( I managed to get temporary insurance on a Lada Riva Estate, and you could probably get a good number of people squeezed into one of those LOL)

well I mean of course id like to drive some of the old stuff but I know my lack of experience and temporary insurance for that sort of stuff works against me

 

[Six-cylinder]

Do it on-line, the computer says NO! @LightBulbFun

The LNA had it's 40th Birthday 6th May and therefore it does not require a MOT to tax it so that makes it easy. Not quite, I know  it is not eligible for Historic Tax class until April next year and was ready to pay the £200 rather than let it languish in the barn deteriorating for another year.

I went on-line to tax it and the computer said no MOT and your not coming in. The actual words were "no MOT found" but I was expecting it to say your car does not require an MOT tick here to agree.

Anyway a trip to the Post Office armed with a V112 that she hardly looked at and it is taxed.

[LightBulbFun]

Yeah! I had a feeling the computer might say No, when It comes to slight edge cases like this thats why I tell people who are doing this to prepare for a V112 and trip to the postoffice  and I am glad it all went through fine there (I did notice yesterday ya had managed to get it taxed )

indeed when I taxed REV for the first time I dont think the V112 form was ever actually looked at LOL

 

I am not sure I have actually seen the LNA in person yet! so I look forward to that  (I mean its beige and has got 70 in the number plate of course its going to catch my eye )

[Six-cylinder]

This morning I left home driving a gold 1124cc 1980s economy hatchback. I have come home driving a gold 1990s V8 Coupe! 

[wuvvum]

Glad to see the Héléna back up and about.  I did like my one.

[Six-cylinder]

You may see it as a decorative art piece, but to me it is a reconditioned head for our Vauxhall Carlton 2.0i Club Estate.

It turns out it had two bent valves, the engineering shop have no idea why as it is a non interference head. The valve facing machine only cleaned part of the face.  Pressure test, skim, two new valves, new guides and seals and very are ready for it to be refitted. 

[chaseracer]

Almost as good as the complete Maserati V6 a friend in the CCC has in his dining* room!

[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday I had a good look round our storage to decide on a car for Shitefest 2023. 

I have found a car that I have not used for a previous Shitefest, does high 20s mpg, is a know forum car. 

[chaseracer]

C124?