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That was handy, a working car arrived this afternoon.

 

 

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I think these are the only two decent working cars I have at the moment.

 

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I welded up a blow in the 505's exhaust last week which has now made it apparent that the wheel bearings are needing changed.

To top it off the Audi A3 was making some strange noises from the tank lift pump and struggling to start so have ordered a new one along with a bunch of other parts for my ever growing collection of broken cars.

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If a small enough engine, I've always thought they'd make a great first car for my youngest... he's bike mad, so something that could take an MTB/jump bike, and even roomy enough to sleep in probably!  

Think these ones look nicer than the frogface one that followed, too.  As ever, well bought DB!

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Made a small amount of progress on the 504 welding, one bit of floor and an inner sill all welded up.

I ran out of gas at the end so switched to gasless wire but it was absolute dog shit so have stopped until I get more gas tomorrow.

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I had a look at the Cortina, it just looks like the seal where the prop joins the box has given up.

Wishful thinking is remove the prop, fish out the old seal, fit a new one and top up the oil and hope for the best.

I should be picking up another gearbox tonight anyway so no drama if the simple fix doesn't work.

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Gas purchased this morning so I set about making a sill panel.

Annoyingly the metal folder wasn't long enough for the complete section so I had to chop it in half.

 

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Welded it together.

 

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And done.

 

Just 3 small sections to make an weld in then I can change the slave cylinder.

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On 5/31/2022 at 8:29 AM, DodgyBastard said:

I listed my Cortina on marketplace last night for £4500. 

So far I've had an offer of £2000 CASH today!

Someone else asking if I'd swap for a Porsche boxster...

 

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The Porsche owner has tried to paint the bonnet and went over a tad on the bumper ........

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  • DodgyBastard changed the title to FOAD's fleet - Hairdressers SLK added
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Picked this up yesterday, it's quite a nice looking car but not sure it's really me. I might see if my dad wants it for a bit then raffle it before the end of summer.

We have one of these, cute little thing like you say but the auto-box is a bloody moron. You want to be able to squirt it down a B road but by the time you have floored it, the box has dropped down and supercharger has spun up you have to brake again.

Also with the roof up you can't see out. Although that might just be the lack of stature on my part.

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On 6/14/2022 at 6:03 PM, DodgyBastard said:

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Picked this up yesterday, it's quite a nice looking car but not sure it's really me. I might see if my dad wants it for a bit then raffle it before the end of summer.

That looks a tidy slk plus a nice plate , in a few years time they,ll be surging up in price 

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