Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Andyrew]

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.

 

[Six-cylinder]

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.

[Ohdearme]

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.

 

[quicksilver]

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!

[quicksilver]

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]

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.

[Six-cylinder]

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.

[quicksilver]

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]

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.

[Six-cylinder]

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.

[St.Jude]

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...

[Six-cylinder]

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!

[Zelandeth]

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...

[adw1977]

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.

[Six-cylinder]

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!

[LightBulbFun]

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?

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

is that what you have named @Mrs6C's Invacar Mk12 then?

NO, that 8.6HP

[Tadhg Tiogar]

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....

[Six-cylinder]

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!

[hairnet]

will there be cake 😂😂

 

[Six-cylinder]

37 minutes ago, hairnet said:

will there be cake 😂😂

Only six given the rules!

[hairnet]

so none for anyone if claires there :P :D

[Heidel_Kakao]

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.

[RichardK]

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

[beko1987]

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

[Six-cylinder]

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.

[Six-cylinder]

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]

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?

[richardmorris]

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. 

[Mrs6C]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Would like to come up and say hello.

Ah, I can send you home with Winter Squash seeds!