Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[The Moog]

I take it that the cassette issues haven't spoilt your love for it then?

[Six-cylinder]

I take it that the cassette issues haven't spoilt your love for it then?

 

That with my lawyers now!

[The Moog]

That with my lawyers now!

Hopefully they have a Germany branch as it is the fella on the bike they need. Might find him in nature reserves if they need to serve him papers

[Bucketeer]

Whoa whoa whoa.

I didn't touch anything other than the cruise control. And occasionally the accelerator.

[Six-cylinder]

Providing My Own Main Car

 

Now Oct 1999 and I had run the 1975 Mercedes 280CE for 2 ½ years, it needed a couple of jobs but I was ready for a change anyway, I always liked Volvo 740s so while I made up my mind what to buy I bought a 1988 740GLE Auto Estate. Mrs6C asked why I had bought that home, but after six months when I was ready to sell it she asked to take it over! It went to Mrs6C father and ended its days in Wales at 260k miles.

 

 

 

 

1979 Ferrari 308 GT4 The words of the motoring journalist Steve Cropley stuck in our minds, if you can buy a Ferrari do it! 18 years ago we bought the best 308 GT4 in the county at the time for Mrs6C and we still have it. Just 30,000 miles from new and a fully functioning car we last had on the road 2017.

 

A replacement for the 1975 280CE was a stunning 7 years old Mercedes 300CE, I was so pleased with it but it only lasted 7 months as we needed the money towards buying a flat in London that cost rather more than expected.

 

Another stop gap needed so a 1988 740GLE Auto Saloon was purchased from the paper. The owner complained that the heater always sent cold air to his feet and had even taped up the heater inlet grill under the windscreen. I started using it and immediately got the cold blast to my feet so closed the foot well vents, lightbulb moment because I sold them new  it was a natural thing for me to do but the previous owner had never read the handbook!

 

Now looking for a new car for myself Mercedes W126s were on the menu but I had trouble finding one I liked so looked at a cheap damaged Lexus. That car was not for me, but Mrs6C gave me permission to throw the budget away and get a proper 1994 Lexus LS400 because she liked them so much, which I did. It was super smooth powerful but I never loved it.

 

1963 Herald 12/50, it was for sale at a show at a price that a visit to a cashpoint would complete the payment so we could take it home. We still have it in bits and plan to reassemble it one day.

 

With Mrs6C working abroad I preferred a Mercedes again and got a 1992 300TE 24v to replace the Lexus. I liked it very much and that last 1500 rpm of the 24v engine gave such a growl to an otherwise benign car.

[hairnet]

 

Lexus LS400 os front broad v2.jpg

Now looking for a new car for myself Mercedes W126s were on the menu but I had trouble finding one I liked so looked at a cheap damaged Lexus. That car was not for me, but Mrs6C gave me permission to throw the budget away and get a proper 1994 Lexus LS400 because she liked them so much, which I did. It was super smooth powerful but I never loved it.

 

hand ya badge in right now

 

can we have a better look at the cheap ferrari

[Six-cylinder]

 

hand ya badge in right now

 

can we have a better look at the cheap ferrari

 

I had not signed the Autoshite pledge to only buy broken cheap cars at this stage!

[hairnet]

ps rock auto for your caddy

[Six-cylinder]

ps rock auto for your caddy

 

Tried them no go.

[Six-cylinder]

Nice thought of the Day

 

Two of my cars are going to be FREE road tax as from 1st Jan 2019

 

Lancia Gamma - currently badly broken

 

Citroen GS - ready for action

[hairnet]

fix that sucka

 

and yay!

[Six-cylinder]

1967 Herald 1200 Convertible with 13/60 bonnet, I can’t remember where we got it from but it went to a friend who gave it to his 14 year old son as a Christmas present.

 

1985 Range Rover 3.5 Auto.The 300TE 24v had a head gasket go so I needed another stopgap urgently for Monday morning and decided a series Land Rover would be fun as it was summer time. I only had the weekend to find one and couldn’t so bought a Range Rover. It is a long and mainly happy story and I still have it. I learnt to off road in it and have been astounded what it can do. Broken at the moment but I am hoping I will have it running again 2019.

 

I sold Visas new and always liked them  so when I needed an antidote for driving a petrol auto Range Rover I seeked out this 1986 Visa 17D, it made the combined average 30+ mpg!

 

I had gone to Milton Keynes Auction with a car dealer friend looking for cars for his used site and I stood in the door as a smart 205 GRD was being auctioned and the biding stalled at £120 so I put my hand up, the auctioneer just saw me in time and the next thing I knew was I owned it for £130. I did not set out to own a Peugeot that evening but was pleased with what I had bought on the spur of the moment. I had no real need for it at the time so a friend of my neighbour was pleased to take it from me.

 

1982 BMW 1982 525i manual. Bought with a short MOT at the end of its life to race around my friend’s field in, which is where it ended its days.

 

Time for a new car, 1997 Audi A6 2.4  (was supposed to be a posh car with reasonable running costs but an Auto gearbox fault cut short my enjoyment)

[Six-cylinder]

KIF_3108.AVI

I found this Video of me giving my green Range Rover hell!

 

Can you see it? I am much better at beating up Range Rovers than loading computer stuf

 

[mrbenn]

Ha, brilliant video! You're not sparing the rod there!

[Mrs6C]

KIF_3108.AVI

I found this Video of me giving my green Range Rover hell!

 

Can you see it? I am much better at beating up Range Rovers than loading computer stuf

 

Video Screen shot RR green.jpg

I took that footage! Think I had finished reading the Sunday paper by that point so got out to film you instead...

[dollywobbler]

Violence! And nice noise.

[Guest Hooli]

That's a gentle drive in the country!

 

Giving it stick is when you end up with a snapped prop shaft & bent rear radius arms failing an uphill cross axle...

[Six-cylinder]

After 5 weeks the Silver 156 has returned home fully refreshed! 

 

Supply and fit new cam belt

Supply and fit 6 new spark plugs

Supply and fit new Front anti roll bar

Supply and fit used ABS pump

Supply and fit radiator elbow

Weld rear floor

MOT

[flat4alfa]

Good news. -ahem- Can I buy LAE soon then Chris?

[hairnet]

so how about alfa (old one) mrs6c give him a poke ffs

[Six-cylinder]

so how about alfa (old one) mrs6c give him a poke ffs

 

The Alfa specialist who has done the rear struts on the black 156 and now all the work on the silver 156 is primed and willing to take on returning our 1983 Giulietta to the road. The problem is that it is stuck in the field with the inboard rear brakes seizes on.

[Zelandeth]

The Alfa specialist who has done the rear struts on the black 156 and now all the work on the silver 156 is primed and willing to take on returning our 1983 Giulietta to the road. The problem is that it is stuck in the field with the inboard rear brakes seizes on.

Don't I remember seeing a tractor around there last time I was there? Sure that can deal with dragging it out of there despite the brakes...

 

...whether the car would remain in one piece during such an operation or would need to be swept up with a dustpan and brush...is another matter.

[320touring]

I am very much enjoying this amble through your motoring history - a fair variety, and some stories of a similar "oops" nature to situations I find myself in far too often.

 

Cheers!

[Mrs6C]

These and a few sheets of wood...

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/wheel-dollies/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four

[Six-cylinder]

These and a few sheets of wood...

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/wheel-dollies/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four

 

It will need to roll freely to load it on a trailer and more importantly unload in the street and be pushed into the workshop which is 5 cars long but only one wide, with no outside parking.

[Six-cylinder]

I am very much enjoying this amble through your motoring history - a fair variety, and some stories of a similar "oops" nature to situations I find myself in far too often.

 

Cheers!

 

Thanks 

 

We have only just entered 2004 so quite a bit to go!

[Slowsilver]

These and a few sheets of wood...

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/wheel-dollies/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four

 

Only two needed hopefully as IIRC someone* managed to free both front wheels, assuming they haven't seized again!

Would be good to see it beiing revived.

[Zelandeth]

It will need to roll freely to load it on a trailer and more importantly unload in the street and be pushed into the workshop which is 5 cars long but only one wide, with no outside parking.

Hmm...why do I get the impression from the look of it that this is the sort of establishment who probably know someone who knows someone who could make me a fuel tank...

[Six-cylinder]

Duston engineering shop is separate and I don't know what they do.

 

When I found my BMW E3 petrol tank that was leaking and had been fibre glassed to the rear quarter, Northan Rads welded in new metal for me.

 

http://radiator-repair.co.uk/repair-workshop/fuel-tanks/

[Six-cylinder]

Only two needed hopefully as IIRC someone* managed to free both front wheels, assuming they haven't seized again!

Would be good to see it beiing revived.

 

Yes, all I need is someone to lay under a precariously supported car and chisel out the stuck brake pads on the inboard rear brakes! 

 

Maybe a Moderator could use this as a punishment instead of deportation to the colonies for some crime or other!