Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[richardmorris]

Mill lane. Definitely a few million £ and certainly under water today.

[Six-cylinder]

20 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Mill lane. Definitely a few million £ and certainly under water today.

While the caravan park over the road and river end of the lane did, Alpine Lodge never did or our long term next door neighbour.

My Grandfather had some money to invest and my father suggested buying another of the former market garden plots, but Grandad said nobody would ever want a plot in a back of beyond village in rural Berkshire!

My parents moved out in 1964 because they built a housing estate behind them of executive homes.

[meshking]

Small world - hurleyford farm and caravan parks are owned by my uncle/aunt/cousins and so on.  Got a photo of the farm, not quite under water, yesterday from one of my cousins.

[Six-cylinder]

15 minutes ago, meshking said:

Small world - hurleyford farm and caravan parks are owned by my uncle/aunt/cousins and so on.  Got a photo of the farm, not quite under water, yesterday from one of my cousins.

Can you share?

[666jjp]

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/hurley---the-walthams/193744/appeal-launched-as-hurley.html

[meshking]

8 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Can you share?

I don't know whether he took the photo, or someone else. Looks like the quality is shite . His farmhouse is bottom RHS.

[meshking]

2 hours ago, 666jjp said:

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/hurley---the-walthams/193744/appeal-launched-as-hurley.html

Cllr David Burfitt... Or Uncle David as I call him 😂

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, meshking said:

I don't know whether he took the photo, or someone else. Looks like the quality is shite . His farmhouse is bottom RHS.

I think that photo is the otherside of the village from where we were.

[Six-cylinder]

Getting ready for Sunday.

[AnthonyG]

The 1100 is absolutely lovely. I have a factory manual for one of these kicking about somewhere,I will dig it out for you. 

You should do a back to back comparison test with the Toledo! 

[BL Bloke]

On 09/01/2024 at 16:45, Six-cylinder said:

Incoming!

Man maths says this should not count against me in 2024 because I first asked to buy this 1968 Morris 1300  in July 2022 and it has taken this long to come to fruition!

As I knew I was buying a car that needed some fettling I had it taken to the FoD but when it arrived it started easily and sounded sweet so when it became time to go back to the house I could not resist taking it home. It has a bit of a misfire but still cruised along at 50 mph no trouble.

Winter is not a great time for a 55 year old BMC product, but I am looking forward to the summer with it.

It looks like a nice example. My first car was a blue Austin 1300 2 door that I paid £150 for back in 1979. I'd love another one but like all the other BMC/BL stuff I used to own back in the day they're well outside my price range these days. 

[Six-cylinder]

[Surface Rust]

17 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Getting ready for Sunday.

That looks like what I carry any time I head out in one of my cars!

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

That's a very intentional shot to avoid the back corner of the range rover there... 🧐

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

That's a very intentional shot to avoid the back corner of the range rover there... 🧐

whu?

also lol at not going in a bl product to collect a bl product

[Six-cylinder]

[hairnet]

oof

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Awesome!

 

I see you listened to my advice after all  (although now its getting dangerously close to me!)

 

should go nicely into your fleet seeing as its already MOT exempt, and come the 1st April, It will be Historic Tax £NIL rate too, I assume thats what finally got your resolve to crumble?  

 

I look forward to seeing it in person and if I am so allowed pinching it for a trundle around the FoD at some point, I am personally most curious to see how it compares to the 2CV I have driven, given both have umbrella gear shifts and where kind of competitors in period. but are otherwise completely different

 

 

[hairnet]

so you stink of garlic now and dont give way to anyone?

[Six-cylinder]

Things are not going well,! 

[LightBulbFun]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

Things are not going well,! 

have you tried giving it a Gallic shrug? 

 

on a more serious note, I am sorry to hear its gone a bit Autoshite, I hope its something fixable road side and your able to get home safe and sound  

[hairnet]

i dont think its the cars fault

this happened with the RR also

[Six-cylinder]

An adjustment of the points and it seems to run again. 

 

[hairnet]

lumenition soon as you get home

 

[brownnova]

Aha! So I was right in the for sale thread with my prediction! 
 

His ‘n’ hers R4s! 

[Six-cylinder]

I am home.

A bit more drama when the wipers stopped in the rain, I was pleased when the rain ended. Trouble was it was then all the dirty spray from other vehicles stuck to the windscreen.

The Renault had started missing a bit around Norwich and was particularly bad up hill, some miles later we were coughing along the dual carriageway at 35mph flat out and I manage to park safely in a layby. I was worried about fuel as we had discussed it and the filter was 80% full now it was 20% full. I decided to have a look at the points, the gap was tiny and a bit of by eye adjustment did the trick.

The throttle started sticking and needed a toe under to get it off, but with a manual gearbox more of a nuisance than a problem.

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Aha! So I was right in the for sale thread with my prediction! 
 

His ‘n’ hers R4s! 

Sort of, we sold the other R4 some time ago so we only have one to share.

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

lumenition soon as you get home

 

No thanks, you can not have a fiddle with that and make it work again.

[hairnet]

ok from a supercinq then

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Sort of, we sold the other R4 some time ago so we only have one to share.

You sold the white one from the side of the road? I thought you had only just bought that! 
 

EDIT: see that you start the tale with “In 2005”. Must read more thoroughly!