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[Tadhg Tiogar]

The VW wheel covers look weirdly suitable for it.

[DodgyBastard]

Still Game Dogging Rover by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Dropped the Rover off in Glasgow the other night, the production company are paying for the windows to be tinted for its scene in still game so no doubt it will look totally shit, not that it can really get much worse.

 

I wonder if we'll be able to stick it on eBay as the still game dogging Rover?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....I wonder if we'll be able to stick it on eBay as the still game dogging Rover?

No such thing as bad publicity.

[Noel Tidybeard]

there's something quite relaxing when driving an renner nnn19- maybe they weren't tested round the nurburgring!

 

prima spec thats ButteryBiscuitBase on a nnn19

[DodgyBastard]

Sick!

 

RJC_3535 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3536 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

Had a minor issue when leaving Glasgow, one of the rear tyres went flat and the wheel brace was too thick to fit the wheel nuts with the alloys that are currently fitted so had to drive it for a few hundred yards to a petrol station to put air in. Thankfully it went back up and made it the rest of the way home.

I fucking hate this car.

[bezzabsa]

Oooooh Victor Meldrew Honda.... Not seen one in ages!!

[Noel Tidybeard]

pukka renner gofast steering wheel missing its centre pad

 

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

And how did it perform?

 

 

ICWYDT - well played sir

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Still Game Dogging Rover by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Dropped the Rover off in Glasgow the other night, the production company are paying for the windows to be tinted for its scene in still game so no doubt it will look totally shit, not that it can really get much worse.

 

I wonder if we'll be able to stick it on eBay as the still game dogging Rover?

Great to see the forum slag is still doing her business, even thought there's now a Sheeran level of ginger showing. What happened to the bonnet, and did you check their pulse afterwards?

[nisfan]

I think someone must have jumped on the bonnet, also a flying cone in December may have added to the damage it's now a proper TURDO

[DodgyBastard]

Another top quality vehicle purchased!

£200 for a 1.5 auto proton with no mot.

It drives fine as I found out when driving back from Glasgow earlier.

 

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[somewhatfoolish]

So, the Polo runs really badly. When Rainagain was round the other week welding his car I managed to break down a mile down the road thinking I had possibly run out of fuel. I stuck more fuel in and managed to limp it back up the road but it still didn't run very well.

I noticed that there were no fuel filters under the bonnet, the original mechanical fuel pump has been replaced by an electric one so today I bought a couple of cheap filters and stuck one before the pump and another before the carb.

 

DSC_0005 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Yes, That's black!

 

And here's the one to the pump

 

DSC_0004 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Also black!

 

DSC_0006 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I used the pump to empty the tank into a container.

 

I'm thinking the best option will be to replace the tank especially if I'm going to have to go to the hassle of removing it to clean it out but if I can clean it without removing it I'll give it a go.

Anyone got any tips for flushing out a filthy petrol tank?

What the blazes? If it was dizzle it would probably be bug growth, as that fills up the tank with manky black sludge, what does that to pez I have no idea. Perhaps someone tried to run it on coal.

[DodgyBastard]

What the blazes? If it was dizzle it would probably be bug growth, as that fills up the tank with manky black sludge, what does that to pez I have no idea. Perhaps someone tried to run it on coal.

It was caused by the tank going rusty then being fiberglassed over and coated in underseal.

 

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[HMC]

^Looks great, Triple valve FTW. I wonder how late these got- I havent seen them on a R?

[DodgyBastard]

RJC_3597 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Some more progress made on the Polo. The new petrol tank arrived on Thursday so I fitted it and put some fuel in and it runs fine without cutting out. I fucked about with the carb and timing when it wasn't running right before so no doubt I'll have to make some adjustments now that it runs without cutting out.

 

RJC_3586 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I picked up a set of Frontera steels for £15, painted them green and stuck them on the Ranger.

 

RJC_3588 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3749 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3751 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3752 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I found some scabby 18 alloys to try on the 19

 

RJC_3740 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3737 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

And here's another pic of the very brown Proton

 

RJC_3747 by srblythe, on Flickr

[omegod]

Sick!

 

RJC_3535 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3536 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

Had a minor issue when leaving Glasgow, one of the rear tyres went flat and the wheel brace was too thick to fit the wheel nuts with the alloys that are currently fitted so had to drive it for a few hundred yards to a petrol station to put air in. Thankfully it went back up and made it the rest of the way home.

I fucking hate this car.

 

I hated it when I was doing the trailing arm for it's MOT ( Bastard of a job) but it's a winner in my eyes,in 3rd gear she certainly lifted up her skirt 

[DodgyBastard]

Just so brown!

 

RJC_3975 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3976 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3977 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3978 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3979 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3981 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

And rusty!

 

RJC_3965 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3964 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Sad face...

 

RJC_3968 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

It really isn't that bad, I reckon a bit of welding on either side a tyre and a working horn will see it through an mot.

[DodgyBastard]

Wow! This Proton is actually pretty rusty! 

I made a start on the "easy" side which looked to have less rust...

 

RJC_4179 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4181 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Oh dear!

 

I started by cutting out the rusty bit then making an inner arch, welding it, painting it and doing the same with the outer arch.

 

RJC_4183 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4184 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4185 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4187 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Thinking I had finished I had a prod at other suspect areas.

 

RJC_4188 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4190 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

And found that there was a lot more rust than I'd anticipated, I ended up having to spend another 3 hours welding underneath including welding the spring mount, upper shock mount, a large section of the inner wheel arch and an area close to the axle mount. It took about 4 hours in total just to do one side, tomorrow I'm hoping to get the other side finished.

[DodgyBastard]

I didn't manage to get any more photos of the finished side but will get some tomorrow when I tackle this side.

 

RJC_4178 by srblythe, on Flickr

[DodgyBastard]

RJC_4244 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4245 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4246 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4248 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

Kinda difficult to tell from the photos but that's it welded, painted and plastered in underseal. There's a bit of plastic trim to go on top but I'll leave it off for now until I get some paint made up.

[drivewaymyway]

Another Top thread by FOAD.. Thank you for your finance entertainment.. Keeps me sane... You don't seem to be scared of anything, carzacar I suppose.

 

Great gatherings Foadman...

[D Spares & Tyres]

Proton saloon true story:

 

A long long time ago I had a Proton saloon and a Lada Niva. I changed the oil on the Niva but didn't put the sump plug back in. Cue some very messy gravel.

 

So now I had a road legal Niva with no oil and a Proton that drove fine but not tax or tested. So to kill two birds I shovelled the manky gravel into some tubs and took them to the tip on the way to buy more oil in the Proton.

 

Going over a speed hump dislodged the rotten shock absorber mounts so with the weight of the gravel I bounced my way to the tip. I got followed by a copper but didn't get pulled.

 

This was twenty years ago and it was a G reg Proton. Im.assuming your shock mounts were done many years ago!

[DodgyBastard]

Round two!

 

RJC_4257 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

This side was a bit worse, I welded in various patches underneath. The finished wheel arch looks horrendous but I'm hoping the plastic trip will hide most it. The shock mount disintegrated so I had to weld either side of it and above. 

 

 

 

RJC_4251 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4255 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4258 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4259 by srblythe, on Flickr

[DodgyBastard]

RJC_4260 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4261 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4262 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4265 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4266 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4269 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4270 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4271 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4272 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4279 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4280 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Yep, it looks like shit! but I was pressed for time after spending 8 hours on it so left it like that for now.

[drivewaymyway]

Looked like shit before you started, you are like a NHS surgeon saving cars that get free treatment at the point of use.. Your work is astonishing, what you can turn out from nothing is a true miracle.. I wish I could do 10% of what you do..

[DodgyBastard]

[Ben_O]

Wow. That didn't look THAT rusty before.

 

Good save FOAD

[mk2_craig]

FOADING. The word to use when "welding" doesn't do justice to all the work that went into making a bodyshell solid again. Great stuff

[captain_70s]

Very Acclaimesque. Do not want.

[nisfan]

Big thanks to TURD (FOAD) for welding my Datsun Bloobird to get it through an mot