Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[MAF260]

13 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Just my shopping car today!

You did well to get out of there. Feral kids run around that new estate and the Co-Op is robbed on a weekly basis!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, MAF260 said:

You did well to get out of there. Feral kids run around that new estate and the Co-Op is robbed on a weekly basis!

I only wanted the cashpoint but the one is Winslow was stolen with a digger!

[Six-cylinder]

The real reason my Rolls Royce was out and about yesterday was the Classic Car  Breakfast meeting at Preston Bissett Nurseries this morning. A very successful meeting. @Slowsilver @quicksilverwere also there with their Maxi.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

 

 

 

 

french toot ftw

nice herald estate too

[richardmorris]

18 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Just my shopping car today!

Brabinger’s  day off was it?

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

The real reason my Rolls Royce was out and about yesterday was the Classic Car  Breakfast meeting at Preston Bissett Nurseries this morning. A very successful meeting. @Slowsilver @quicksilverwere also there with their Maxi.

I know the 2cv bamboo owner. Gordon Casbeard. I’ve occasionally waved when on my way to or from the FOD.

[chaseracer]

What's the grey car/van next to the blue street rod?\

[GeorgeB]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

The real reason my Rolls Royce was out and about yesterday was the Classic Car  Breakfast meeting at Preston Bissett Nurseries this morning. A very successful meeting. @Slowsilver @quicksilverwere also there with their Maxi.

 

 

Nice Herald.

[Zelandeth]

13 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

What's the grey car/van next to the blue street rod?\

Bits of it were originally a Trabant - but I'm not sure how much of the original car's actually left under there.  Rover V8 powered now as I understand it.

[richardmorris]

24 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Nice Herald.

I love the Renault.

[mintwth]

6 hours ago, MAF260 said:

You did well to get out of there. Feral kids run around that new estate and the Co-Op is robbed on a weekly basis!

The gangsters with their Tommy (/splat) guns that arrived standing on the running boards were inside the shop when that photo was taken. 

🎶They could've been anything that they wanted to be.... 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, mintwth said:

The gangsters with their Tommy (/splat) guns that arrived standing on the running boards were inside the shop when that photo was taken. 

🎶They could've been anything that they wanted to be.... 

so you’re saying @Six-cylinder is fat Sam ?

[Six-cylinder]

49 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Nice Herald.

It is a 6 cylinder Vitesse, one of the period converted ones.

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Bits of it were originally a Trabant - but I'm not sure how much of the original car's actually left under there.  Rover V8 powered now as I understand it.

Trabant P60 van shell with Rover V8, 3-speed autobox, narrowed Volvo rear axle and Chevette front, built in Belgium about 20 years ago according to the info sheet.

[Six-cylinder]

40 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Trabant P60 van shell with Rover V8, 3-speed autobox, narrowed Volvo rear axle and Chevette front, built in Belgium about 20 years ago according to the info sheet.

Did you get a photo of the second Dolomite by any chance?

[quicksilver]

32 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Did you get a photo of the second Dolomite by any chance?

[MAF260]

20 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I only wanted the cashpoint but the one is Winslow was stolen with a digger!

Maybe there's an anti-CoOp sentiment in these parts. Winslow was raided twice in 2 weeks!

[GeorgeB]

23 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is a 6 cylinder Vitesse, one of the period converted ones.

1600?

We made one of those in 1979 from a 1360 estate.

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, GeorgeB said:

1600?

We made one of those in 1979 from a 1360 estate.

Yes 1600cc. I know the owner and the early conversion history hasn't been found. It is not one of the later Park Ward Service Dept converted cars, it pre dates that.

[Six-cylinder]

I hate it when I get sold dud cars that bits just keep falling off!

[hairnet]

clumsy

 

[Six-cylinder]

After our fail to fit new wipers to the Rolls Royce because the spindle is 1/4 inch and the arm clamp that

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

clumsy

 

Should be a warranty claim from the seller of the car as it keeps happening!

[Six-cylinder]

After last weeks fail to fit new wipers to the Rolls Royce I have now drilled out the new clamping blocks. This was because the spindles are 1/4 inch and the new clamping blocks said fit 1/4 inch, but were only 6mm.

@Slowsilver

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

After our fail to fit new wipers to the Rolls Royce because the spindle is 1/4 inch and the arm clamp that

Should be a warranty claim from the seller of the car as it keeps happening!

4 years!!

 

Do you remember where you left it?

I cable tied one in, but that eventually swapped the side repeater wiring.

At least they're cheap.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

After last weeks fail to fit new wipers to the Rolls Royce I have now drilled out the new clamping blocks. This was because the spindles are 1/4 inch and the new clamping blocks said fit 1/4 inch, but were only 6mm.

@Slowsilver

allen milyard will be round

 

[beko1987]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I hate it when I get sold dud cars that bits just keep falling off!

Was probably that sheep you hit last weekend 🙄

[GeorgeB]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

After our fail to fit new wipers to the Rolls Royce because the spindle is 1/4 inch and the arm clamp that

Should be a warranty claim from the seller of the car as it keeps happening!

Warranty was as long as the sellers drive.

[Six-cylinder]

The case of the missing 2 pints!

Tonight was not without hitch, I went to a Triumph Club meeting tonight 20 miles away in the Carlton Estate.  The temp gauge read high, rising and falling on the way.

Checking the radiator, it was hot but not boiling. Before I came home we checked the water level and found it to be 2 pints of water short. On the way home the temp gauge was steady and read a little low as usual.

What happened to the missing 2 pints!

[hairnet]

youre in the home counties

maybe it wanted perrier or san pellegrino

[High Jetter]

The guy who owned the dealership who sold that new liked a few pints. Maybe a throwback? 😀