Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Dick Cheeseburger]

2 minutes ago, RichardK said:

While I totally get the wondering what happened bit, you do remember what "new" Monzas looked like after 7-8 years surely? 2013-15 is about as far back as a Monza's trip from showroom to scrappy!

I'm just surprised anyone would put that level of effort into restoring a car from 2013-2015 and then abandon it in a field two years later. Very odd. 

[RichardK]

18 hours ago, hairnet said:

bright light bright light

As long as it's not fire then that sounds electrical, I've probably got the gizmos to sort that

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, RichardK said:

Oh, now there's a choice!

I had a 924S, wonderful thing. So well made, and just the right amount of power, but... Monza.

Looking at the height on that I do wonder if ours was a LeMans after all. It had LeMans wheels and sat lower I think, but no idea if it was 160hp. Maybe the white is also deceptive.

I think there is a good chance I will get to drive the Monza at a future date.

[RichardK]

Just now, Dick Longbridge said:

I'm just surprised anyone would put that level of effort into restoring a car from 2013-2015 and then abandon it in a field two years later. Very odd. 

Very true, maybe some bad life stuff happened. Covid/lockdown must have had similar impacts on cars more recently - it's why I sold the Tavria and RX-8 to avoid such scenarios if things go wrong landlord/house-wise.

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, RichardK said:

As long as it's not fire then that sounds electrical, I've probably got the gizmos to sort that

ah hem

 

[hairnet]

35 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

I had to reassure Mrs6C this was a temporary situation 

 

while it was nice to see the sctsch (and @chaseracer and @Floatylight )

id rather have done this

[Tommyboy12]

I saw the Monza today at the show. It looked well used! There was plenty of great motors there. I particularly enjoyed the Sherpa van that had been turned into a Bentley blower lookalike.

[Six-cylinder]

Ideas for FoD 2023

Start that car Weekend!

Alfa Giulietta

Herald 1200 Coupe

Vauxhall Royal

?????

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Motorbike Weekend

Let’s see if we can make some of the field bikes working for the enjoyment of all.

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Photoshoot all our cars Weekend

I would love to assemble as many of our cars as we can for a group photo.

That should be over 50 cars.

Anybody fancy getting involved with this project?

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Anybody have any other weekend project ideas?

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We now have a roofed if not sealed barn 

[Mrs6C]

25 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Anybody have any other weekend project ideas?

Get the CX running and the broken pipe fixed...

[LightBulbFun]

55 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Anybody have any other weekend project ideas?

Get Dolly the Model 70 Roadworthy! 

Engine out, replace clutch shoes, engine back in, replace brakelines, get lights working, give a bloody good servicing to everything, 

and that should be it! deceptively simple LOL (oh and the small matter of the broken wheel stud...)

 

 

I also would love to have a bash at getting the Milk float moving under its own sparks  

[catsinthewelder]

I'll be there for as many as I can get away with. 

Photoshoot sounds like fun, perhaps one for a really hot weekend when we can't be bothered to do much mechanical work.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ideas for FoD 2023

Start that car Weekend!

Alfa Giulietta

Herald 1200 Coupe

Vauxhall Royal

?????

------

Motorbike Weekend

Let’s see if we can make some of the field bikes working for the enjoyment of all.

------

Photoshoot all our cars Weekend

I would love to assemble as many of our cars as we can for a group photo.

That should be over 50 cars.

Anybody fancy getting involved with this project?

------

Anybody have any other weekend project ideas?

------

We now have a roofed if not sealed barn 

airbnb 50 quid tonite m9

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

airbnb 50 quid tonite m9

Bring a tent its free then!

[hairnet]

are you planning any feb ones ?

[catsinthewelder]

Are you thinking of doing one Radwood weekend at the start of September?

Just bought FotU ticket which reminded me of it.

[Six-cylinder]

23 minutes ago, hairnet said:

are you planning any feb ones ?

My guess it will be the end of March or beginning of April before the weather allows a full FoD weekend event. However I would like to put the Saab 95 engine back in before that.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

Get the CX running and the broken pipe fixed...

I have just emailed Nigel Wild about the spares car he has.

[Six-cylinder]

15 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

Are you thinking of doing one Radwood weekend at the start of September?

Just bought FotU ticket which reminded me of it.

I see the Radwood Bicester Heritage is 2nd September 2023 and we will be pleased to provide camping for any Autoshiters attending. FoD 14 miles away. 

FOTU is being held out of our area so I probably won't attend that.

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I see the Radwood Bicester Heritage is 2nd September 2023 and we will be pleased to provide camping for any Autoshiters attending. 

The weekend after the 2CV 24-hour.  We shall see... 😎

[Talbot]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

We now have a roofed if not sealed barn 

What a very nicely roofed barn you have there

Pleasing to see that the slates are settling and the scaffold is gone now.  Any plans on the floor?

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, Talbot said:

What a very nicely roofed barn you have there

Pleasing to see that the slates are settling and the scaffold is gone now.  Any plans on the floor?

Yes it is lovely to have a roof.

We need to earn some more money before we do any more. We do have one roller shutter door to fit and there is a local window company who I hope we can get more pallets from to block off the other openings for now.

[Crackers]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ideas for FoD 2023

Start that car Weekend!

Alfa Giulietta

Herald 1200 Coupe

Vauxhall Royal

?????

------

Motorbike Weekend

Let’s see if we can make some of the field bikes working for the enjoyment of all.

------

Photoshoot all our cars Weekend

I would love to assemble as many of our cars as we can for a group photo.

That should be over 50 cars.

Anybody fancy getting involved with this project?

------

Anybody have any other weekend project ideas?

------

We now have a roofed if not sealed barn 

Definitely up for all of those! 

Barn is looking fantastic with the scaffold down now, too. 

[brownnova]

13 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I see the Radwood Bicester Heritage is 2nd September 2023 and we will be pleased to provide camping for any Autoshiters attending. 

FOTU is being held out of our area so I probably won't attend that.

I may well take you up on that, thank you! 

[Six-cylinder]

It is a dull damp day here in North Buckinghamshire with only chores and work to be done.

[hairnet]

No Lidl? Mmm pastries

[Six-cylinder]

Mrs6C is going to open an Autosite zoom this evening from 8pm. Do pop in and say hi.

[hairnet]

Maybe

[Six-cylinder]

Preparing for my trip to Milton Keynes Classic Cars breakfast gathering in the morning I was pleasantly surprised the car started without assistance.

Each time I have been to it it has needed a jump start and the garage who MOTed it reported the battery would not hold a charge. I left it on an old fashion charger for 3 days solid, then rested it for 3 days and today it started instantly. Tyre pressures check as @Slowsilver  was not here to do that. Two were very low, one 17 psi and one has held pressure.

The other good thing is there was no engine management light on, it has been a bit of a saga with this car. I had the camshaft position sensor changed as this was the code it threw up. After driving the car just a few miles the light was back on so we will see what tomorrow brings.

[hairnet]

volvo?

tingewick bypass obvs

 

[Six-cylinder]

Our Volvo V70 T5 is now running nicely with some fresh petrol added as what was in there was at least 4 years old. The car started easily and ran smoothly but had felt a bit flat.