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[TrabbieRonnie]

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!

[DodgyBastard]

It's a 1.3 petrol but goes quite well for the size of it.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Oh I really dae like that there Corolla.

[TrabbieRonnie]

That's good to know, cheers.  Sounds quite insurance-friendly.  Good luck with it, not that old Toyota's need much luck!  

[bear-in-the-air]

Love the red carpets. You not gonna leave them in?

[DodgyBastard]

7 hours ago, bear-in-the-air said:

Love the red carpets. You not gonna leave them in?

They're going straight in the bin.

[Datsuncog]

Nicely played on the Corolla wagon - looks a well-used but honest wee thing.

Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for two months ago, but ended up with a bugeye-era liftback instead.

Hopefully it'll prove reliable for as long as you need it!

[DodgyBastard]

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.

 

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.

[DodgyBastard]

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.

 

 

 

Welded it together.

 

 

 

And done.

 

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

[DodgyBastard]

This is taking a little bit longer than anticipated...

 

Just one last patch and I'm done!

 

[Supernaut]

4 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

Just one last patch and I'm done!

I reckon if you had a £ for every time you said that, you'd be able to retire.

[DodgyBastard]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

I reckon if you had a £ for every time you said that, you'd be able to retire.

 

Done for the day anyway!

 

[DodgyBastard]

Ooooh shiny!

 

[DodgyBastard]

 

 

 

Picked up this beauty tonight!

Honda vision painted in a fetching shade of Marlboro fag packets.

[Split_Pin]

You were 2 cars behind me in the Corolla last night at about half 5 ish,  I think you turned off for Torryburn.

[DodgyBastard]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

You were 2 cars behind me in the Corolla last night at about half 5 ish,  I think you turned off for Torryburn.

Were you in the red Saab by any chance?

We were away to culross for a game of table tennis.

[Split_Pin]

Yes that was me, on my way back from Crail.

[DodgyBastard]

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...

 

[DodgyBastard]

 

[Boycie]

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...

 

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

[DodgyBastard]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

[DodgyBastard]

Some more progress made on the old LDV Pilot. The passenger side step was in much better shape than the other side with only a couple of patches required.

 

 

 

It's a pity the rest of the sill on this side is full of holes.

[Split_Pin]

Nice to see the old thing getting some love.

[Poweredbyhopealone]

14 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

[Boycie]

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

[DodgyBastard]

After dealing with loads of morons that's the old bucket of shit off to a new home.

Guy got the train up from London and handed £4200 over in cash.

 

[Split_Pin]

Finally, excellent news.

There are some normal buyers out there after all.

[Poweredbyhopealone]

Great news indeed. I was worried you were going to end up buried in that one.

[skoda_fan]

On 6/15/2022 at 8:48 AM, Poweredbyhopealone said:

 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.

Exactly this. I much prefer the MX5 for hooning about. I wouldn't mind trying a manual though, if I could find one.

[Poweredbyhopealone]

2 minutes ago, skoda_fan said:

Exactly this. I much prefer the MX5 for hooning about. I wouldn't mind trying a manual though, if I could find one.

I honestly have never seen a manual one, if you were good at tricky footwork to keep the supercharger going it would be very fun indeed