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[DodgyBastard]

 

Daniel's Imp has been cluttering up the unit corner for a few years, until today! He's planning on selling it.

[DodgyBastard]

Seen something I desperately want to buy so thinking a winter clear out might be required.

 

[Supernaut]

That C2 really is a complete cunt.

It would have been nice to see it run long enough to get smashed up in some field bangers, but it seems it's not even capable of that.

 

I remember a few years ago I was thinking about a Terios as a runabout but even then most of them were rotten underneath. I'm curious to see this one.

 

Impressive film work as usual though. I'm assuming the Imp video was done with a motorised tripod of some description (then obviously the footage was sped up).

[DodgyBastard]

37 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

That C2 really is a complete cunt.

It would have been nice to see it run long enough to get smashed up in some field bangers, but it seems it's not even capable of that.

 

I remember a few years ago I was thinking about a Terios as a runabout but even then most of them were rotten underneath. I'm curious to see this one.

 

Impressive film work as usual though. I'm assuming the Imp video was done with a motorised tripod of some description (then obviously the footage was sped up).

The video was made with a tiny little camera with integrated gimbal. It has a motion lapse settings where you set a start and end position and it takes a photo every two seconds while moving slightly then makes it into a video without sound. There was virtually no editing needed other than joining the clips together.

Here's a slightly longer one I made with some different clips added to it.

 

https://youtu.be/MbhMdZzTbvM

[DodgyBastard]

My new motor! A Tomos 50cc moped for £50 complete with V5 and running!

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

My new motor! A Tomos 50cc moped for £50 complete with V5 and running!

I'd be over the moon if I'd got that for fifty quid!

[DodgyBastard]

 

[big_al_granvia]

fucking legend

[DodgyBastard]

Hopefully I'll be the new owner of this later on today...

 

 

   

 

 

 

Currently for sale for a whopping £2800 without mot but does look to be in good condition from the photos.

Decided to try and flog some shite to justify buying it such as the L200

 

 

The Subaru GLF

 

 

This 305 estate

 

 

And the Corolla

 

 

Which strangely I feel most attached to..

[Asimo]

That 504 truck looks amazingly sound for one of them, where’s it been hiding?
They are usually as rotten as a surfer’s Lancia.

[fatharris]

13 hours ago, Asimo said:

They are usually as rotten as a surfer’s Lancia.

That made me chuckle 😂

That 504's a honey.

[dome]

Ooft. 504 pickup.

Proper Group B rally car that is 

https://rallygroupbshrine.org/the-group-b-cars/rally-cars/peugeot-504-pickup/

[DodgyBastard]

504 should hopefully be here on Monday, I had hoped to drive it home but when I turned up to buy it this afternoon the battery was dead and wouldn't jump start. I brought a fully charged battery this evening, got it going and the brakes were seized having sat there for a couple of years. Took it for a quick spin up and down the road and it seemed nice enough to drive apart from the brakes sticking and the brake pedal going to the floor.

[DodgyBastard]

 

[TrabbieRonnie]

Proper car!  Had similar fun up here with the jeep (in rear-wheel drive) yesterday.

Good luck with all the sales too btw, I'm enjoying daydreaming about owning your brown Subie... and the Corolla... oh, and the old pick up!

[DodgyBastard]

23 minutes ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

Proper car!  Had similar fun up here with the jeep (in rear-wheel drive) yesterday.

Good luck with all the sales too btw, I'm enjoying daydreaming about owning your brown Subie... and the Corolla... oh, and the old pick up!

 

Subaru has sold, also sold the Daihatsu Terios this morning. I've had some interest in the truck and the 305. I had a load of messages from people in Bradford about the Corolla but think I'd be as well keeping it.

[grogee]

On 11/26/2021 at 4:59 PM, DodgyBastard said:

 

That's brilliant

I have a vague recollection of these being sold in catalogues (Marshall Ward, Grattan etc). Or did I dream it?

[cobblers]

I could listen to that 505 with a cheeky bit of turbo whistle all day, bloody lovely. Are they a 2.5 diesel like what ended up in the talbot express? 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 11/28/2021 at 1:14 PM, DodgyBastard said:

...Corolla but think I'd be as well keeping it...

They're great cars. You like it and it's not worth a pile. Seriously, keep it.  

I've still not forgiven Mrs DL for running her G plate Corolla terminally low on oil. We'd only just got together and I thought I'd do a few checks on her car to show my skillz. There was nothing registering on the dipstick and the performance was slightly sluggish for what it was. It still sounded sweet though. It didn't last much longer though despite being ridiculously clean and solid.

[TrabbieRonnie]

26 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

 

Subaru has sold, also sold the Daihatsu Terios this morning. I've had some interest in the truck and the 305. I had a load of messages from people in Bradford about the Corolla but think I'd be as well keeping it.

Didn't think the Subaru would hang about, well done.

[DodgyBastard]

 

[DodgyBastard]

 

[DodgyBastard]

 

[DodgyBastard]

 

Most of the snow had melted by the time I got the Skoda out, it thanked me by overheating just as I got to the unit. It was making a horrible scraping noise driving along the unit road but turned out it was the noise of boiling coolant coming from the expansion tank. Topped it up, bled it and carried on trying to skid in what little snow we had left.

 

Also the Strada/L200 is potentially sold, had someone out tonight, agreed on a price and they should be picking it up tomorrow. 

That's quite a successful weekend of selling, I had considered listing them on here but after reading that Focus sale thread I thought I'd save myself the grief of trying to flog some overpriced shite.

[DodgyBastard]

 

 

Got the 205 back this afternoon, it had the rear axle swapped, new brake lines, clutch cable and exhaust. The previous axle was seized solid so this one feel pretty good in comparison. The only issue is now I can feel how harsh the front suspension is and also think I might have a broken spring as there's a clunk coming from the left somewhere.

It's a good little car and have missed the smooth boost from the turbo diesel so going to make more of an effort to use it.

I've left the 504 and hope to get on mot on it soon.

 

 

Looks pretty fucking good though!

[DodgyBastard]

 

[Jikovron]

Ahh man I hoped the skoda was going to be it's usual reliable self, hopefully just a frozen rad rather than damn engine related issues 😕

[DodgyBastard]

19 minutes ago, Jikovron said:

Ahh man I hoped the skoda was going to be it's usual reliable self, hopefully just a frozen rad rather than damn engine related issues 😕

It's been totally reliable and dependable so far and after replacing the coolant and bleeding it, it seemed back to normal. It was very cold yesterday and I hadn't checked the coolant levels since buying it.

On another note, how accurate is the fuel gauge? It seems to get down to a quarter of a tank then move to zero with no points in between, haven't run out of fuel yet...

[Jikovron]

If the fuel gauge does tiny erratic jumps when turning left then it still has something in the tank,,when it stops doing that it's time to fuel up. Apart from that the gauge is actually decently accurate amazingly 

Just remembered it needs a breather pipe fitting to the tank next to the filler neck as it tips fuel out when over half full , many appologies I'd basically lived with and forgotten about that issue for 9 years such that it became a subconscious foible. 

[bezzabsa]

still loving that Sherpa!!!!