Andyrew Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 As you will know that is both a sad and happy sight to see. But its in the right hands. i recall possibly a monza rear end on this and that the front bumper was rare due to no fog lights if IIRC. Wheels i think are earlier omega, they came from an E reg carlton saloon that had been updated to look a bit more like the later carltons. i broke it up for spares with him. Dick Longbridge and Mrs6C 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 9 hours ago, Andyrew said: As you will know that is both a sad and happy sight to see. But its in the right hands. i recall possibly a monza rear end on this and that the front bumper was rare due to no fog lights if IIRC. Wheels i think are earlier omega, they came from an E reg carlton saloon that had been updated to look a bit more like the later carltons. i broke it up for spares with him. I will give it a good go to get it back on the road. What is a Monza rear end? When I got my company Carlton Club I was disappointed that it did not have front fog lights. My boss choose the Carlton for me because previously I had been allowed to choose my own cars and had a Cavalier CDi. I managed to slide the Cavalier backwards into a ditch contacting an iron fence doing lots of light damage that was going to take weeks to sort out so my boss said he would let me have a new car, but he would choose it. I thought a punishment car was on the way, I had not been disciplined over the incident so thought I would escaped a Nova and be given an basic Astra. The company staff had been sworn to secrecy and when the day came my boss handed me the keys saying "I thought you would be safer in this" with a big grin on his face. Do you remember when my new Carlton was last in use and why it was taken off the road? MOT expired Oct 2019. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I will give it a good go to get it back on the road. What is a Monza rear end? When I got my company Carlton Club I was disappointed that it did not have front fog lights. My boss choose the Carlton for me because previously I had been allowed to choose my own cars and had a Cavalier CDi. I managed to slide the Cavalier backwards into a ditch contacting an iron fence doing lots of light damage that was going to take weeks to sort out so my boss said he would let me have a new car, but he would choose it. I thought a punishment car was on the way, I had not been disciplined over the incident so thought I would escaped a Nova and be given an basic Astra. The company staff had been sworn to secrecy and when the day came my boss handed me the keys saying "I thought you would be safer in this" with a big grin on his face. Do you remember when my new Carlton was last in use and why it was taken off the road? MOT expired Oct 2019. Ah, I also had a cavalier CDi that I put through a fence backwards. I was 19/20 at the time and had opted for the CDi over the SRi for insurance, having stepped up from a mk2 1.8GLi. Curiously and almost definitely unrelated* the accident occurred shortly after I’d discovered the pneumatic rear shock valves in the boot and perhaps inflated them a bit too robustly as a handling experiment. Oh how I laughed sat in the fence with three wheels on my wagon deciding whether to call the AA, the police or my dad first...Happy days. Six-cylinder, beko1987 and BorniteIdentity 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 I recognise that. The previous owner was a marshal at the Stony Stratford shows and it could always be found lurking in the corner. Welcome to the Satin Red Vauxhall Owners' Club of Buckingham! Dick Longbridge, Six-cylinder, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Here it is in happier days at the 2019 show: And back in 2012 when it still had lacquer and its original wheels Six-cylinder, Floatylight, Shite Ron and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 3 hours ago, quicksilver said: I recognise that. The previous owner was a marshal at the Stony Stratford shows and it could always be found lurking in the corner. Welcome to the Satin Red Vauxhall Owners' Club of Buckingham! What was the date of the 2019 picture as I guess it was one of its last appearances before it run out of MOT Oct 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 I had to move my 2CV today for the first time since October so my friend could get his Nova out. As some may know when a 2CV stands for more than 3 months the fuel drains back and it takes a lot of cranking to get the fuel dragged back up into the carburettor or maybe never. Today was a good day because just a quick squirt of Easy Start and it was away on its own battery. It is very slippery thanks to @Zelandeth, when I took the cover off I could feel how well all the polish Zel had put on it is working and it is looking good. I will get it out in the summer for some fun in the sun. Mrs6C, outlaw118, DVee8 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 2:44 PM, Six-cylinder said: What was the date of the 2019 picture as I guess it was one of its last appearances before it run out of MOT Oct 2019. 1 January 2019. The lack of MOT explains why it wasn't in its usual spot at the 2020 New Year's Day event. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 The second broken road spring of the year was on the C15 van. All fixed now and we had the cambelt changed at 213,653 miles as it was last done 5 years ago. 500tops, BlankFrank, LightBulbFun and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Probably my last drive in the Nova 1.2i Spin, some may remember I have turned up at a few events in it and have had full use of it for the last few years. Thing is it was never mine and the owner has sold it. The owner has moved to the South coast and came up to MOT it ready for collection , trouble is it sprung a radiator leak while being MOTed. He left it with the garage to replace the radiator and today Mrs6C took me to collect it. It is now back in storage waiting for its trip to its new home in Glasgow. I will miss it. BorniteIdentity, louiepj, Craig the Princess and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Probably my last drive in the Nova 1.2i Spin, some may remember I have turned up at a few events in and have had full use of it for the last few years. Thing is it was never mine and the owner has sold it. The owner has moved to the South coast and came up to MOT it ready for collection , trouble is it sprung a radiator leak while being MOTed. He left it with the garage to replace the radiator and today Mrs6C took me to collect it. It is now back in storage waiting for its trip to its new home in Glasgow. I will miss it. We could get it back for you. We just need a tennis ball cut in half... chodweaver, richardmorris, Dick Longbridge and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, St.Jude said: We could get it back for you. We just need a tennis ball cut in half... First the Scottish took our Volvos and now our Novas! St.Jude and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Don't think I'd ever realised quite how much of a mess they made of the interior in the "facelift" that they gave the poor thing...Imagine having stuck the cat on there wrecked the exhaust note too... Six-cylinder and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 25/03/2021 at 22:34, Zelandeth said: Don't think I'd ever realised quite how much of a mess they made of the interior in the "facelift" that they gave the poor thing...Imagine having stuck the cat on there wrecked the exhaust note too... The dashboard does look rather odd, but I suppose the original "cliff face" type was looking dated by the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars! 4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo? I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out! Heidel_Kakao, RichardK, richardmorris and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out! is that what you have named @Mrs6C's Invacar Mk12 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said: is that what you have named @Mrs6C's Invacar Mk12 then? NO, that 8.6HP LightBulbFun, privatewire and BorniteIdentity 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 59 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars!... "In the spring an old man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of broken cars...." ...as Alfred, Lord Tennyson definitely* did not write.... chaseracer and Six-cylinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: "In the spring an old man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of broken cars...." ...as Alfred, Lord Tennyson definitely* did not write.... That's only because cars had not been invented when he wrote that! Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 will there be cake 😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 37 minutes ago, hairnet said: will there be cake 😂😂 Only six given the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 so none for anyone if claires there :P :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: 4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo? I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out! I could come down Friday/Saturday if there are still spaces available. More than happy to tootle around cutting the grass again on the 8 BHP speed machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars! 4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo? I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out! How many people are allowed? I'm up for this but wouldn't be alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars! 4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo? I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out! I'm very possibly almost certainly free all Monday... And on my own too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, RichardK said: How many people are allowed? I'm up for this but wouldn't be alone My understanding is 6 at any one time, there are 4 days and some people will only stay a while so I am sure we will fit you in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 I guess its time to see who is coming to see me at the FoD over Easter and when? I can be available Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Just tell me when you would like to visit and I will fit in around you? At the moment all I have for the long weekend is an apointment off site Friday tea time. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 4:42 PM, hairnet said: so none for anyone if claires there You do like living dangerously! Have you seen her with the agricultural implements? Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I guess its time to see who is coming to see me at the FoD over Easter and when? I can be available Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Just tell me when you would like to visit and I will fit in around you? At the moment all I have for the long weekend is an apointment off site Friday tea time. Would like to come up and say hello. Have pmd about the merc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, richardmorris said: Would like to come up and say hello. Ah, I can send you home with Winter Squash seeds! richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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