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adam youre fired

 

i like tr7s but only if theyve got a proper engine in them and been electrically cured :D

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I like TR7s and remember sitting in one when they were first at a Motor Show.

 

50s car good to look at particularly the Jowett Javalin, I have got very close to buying one of those but not much else of the 50s is for me.

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Forget all these silly suggestions and buy a Maxi. It will inevitably happen sooner or later and ours is getting lonely so it would like another local one for company :)

My Granddad had several Austin 1800s so I think that would temp me more.

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Try another Daimler.  This does look good close up, in a lovely colour, square headlamps notwithstanding, and I am mucho tempted, but I have a tax bill to pay.

 

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PS:  I assume that the Leaper is well wrong for a Daimler.  

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PS:  I assume that the Leaper is well wrong for a Daimler.

What is that cat doing on a Daimler!

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That looks very nice, but a grand is a bit steep sans mot, no?

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What is that cat doing on a Daimler!

 

It appears to be a Daimler "D" if you zoom in. Looks wrong though.

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C15 back to work, this time to collect my new toolbox from Kiltox.

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I have been to collect some LNA parts from Leachibob104 today, great to meet you and the parts should help my LNA back to the road. Somehow it seemed appropriate to be loading them into a C15.

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Interesting car, I don’t remember these at all was it ever sold new in the UK?

 

It is not really for me at BMW M3 money.

 

Are you trying to tempt me with the cars you fancy? I think you are going to have me profiled like the police have done for crimes to see what my next crime (car purchase) is going to be.

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Serial chod-botherer with eleventy bazillion cases taken into consideration, yeronner.

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Having tried to buy an adaptor for the oil pressure sender on the Sovereign S2 for several months without success today I decided to repair the one I had. Helicoil and thread lock and seal seam to have sorted it. The oil pressure reads 60 PSi at ideal cold and 40 PSi hot and does not leak so I took the car for a test drive and it still seems to be oil tight.

 

When I showed pictures of the leak there was concern about how black the oil looked as it was supposed to be fresh oil, but the new comma 20/50 I put in does look a bit dull to start with. I wish you could still get Duckhams green oil today.

 

That was the good news, while the car has been standing the brakes seem to have gone soggy and you can pump the pedal up, another job to sort.

 

When I started motoring the process of doing a thread save would be difficult because I did not know what I was doing, but double knotting my arms while on tip toes to get to it was not a problem. Now I know perfectly how to do the job but being flexible enough to get at the job is hard work!

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Fame for my Audi Cabriolet, well a bit part in the new Ed Sheeran music video Castle On The Hill!

 

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Convo of creative type to creative type....

 

"we need a car for a video. Ideally a....."

 

"Could I stop you right there. Just call Chris he'll have one"

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Convo of creative type to creative type....

 

"we need a car for a video. Ideally a....."

 

"Could I stop you right there. Just call Chris he'll have one"

Nice one, but of all the cars I have only 4 have ever been out for film work. BMW 735i, BMW 325i, Triumph Vittese and now the Audi Cabriolet.

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I enjoyed that video, perhaps because I can identify with sentiments about friends I grew up with.

 

Was Adult Ed driving a Discovery 2?

I think it was this.

 

I could not find any images of my Audi being filmed.

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Yesterday I had a trip out to view a couple of spares cars Visas, no decision on what to buy but I was given a present of a new sunvisor for my C15.

 

I was also shown a long body, no side door C15, the owner says he can get me one from France, I have said yes!

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Progress on the Biturbo, it is back in colour today.

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