Daves roffle MGF thread. emissions pass. Finally.

[SiC]

  On 11/01/2019 at 21:07, scaryoldcortina said:

Funny that this is back up because it came up in conversation today. Does anyone know what happened to Dave's cars?

Tayne will know for sure as he works with Dave's sister.

 

Iirc the French plated Ranger would never have been able to be sold due to issues with French paperwork. MGF was rusty and knackered - Dave was going to scrap it once the test was up. I think the Panda the family were going to bring it back to the UK. Metro was unfortunately what he met his demise in.

[Tayne]

  On 11/01/2019 at 22:00, SiC said:

Tayne will know for sure as he works with Dave's sister.

Iirc the French plated Ranger would never have been able to be sold due to issues with French paperwork. MGF was rusty and knackered - Dave was going to scrap it once the test was up. I think the Panda the family were going to bring it back to the UK. Metro was unfortunately what he met his demise in.

That’s a fair assessment of the situation.

The Panda isn’t coming up here as the niece who wanted it has realised that she’s ill equipped to deal with a re-engined foreign market car with an uncertain engine parts, especially as it’s started dropping oil in spectacular fashion.

[beko1987]

  On 11/01/2019 at 22:34, Tayne said:

That’s a fair assessment of the situation.

The Panda isn’t coming up here as the niece who wanted it has realised that she’s ill equipped to deal with a re-engined foreign market car with an uncertain engine parts, especially as it’s started dropping oil in spectacular fashion.

Dave would have called that running well!

[M'coli]

Oh FFS, I'd finally got used to his passing but didn't realise how much I missed his posts until now.

[Guest Asch]

What a great story. Hope to meet you sometime on your way south. I just been given an F  which I will be converting. Sadly a '96 model but the previous owner had passed the CT.

[Pillock]

  On 12/01/2019 at 11:28, Asch said:

What a great story. Hope to meet you sometime on your way south. I just been given an F  which I will be converting. Sadly a '96 model but the previous owner had passed the CT.

 

Unfortunately Dave is no longer with us, he passed away last year. 

I'm sure he'll be happy (and/or a little bit bemused!) that someone else is finding his intricate instructions on how to convert an MGF to LHD useful.

[Guest Asch]

What a shame.

[beko1987]

Tbh their probably one of the more comprehensive how to guides! Find an Mg fan club guide for the process, then read daves in tandem for the actual job!

[Asch]

I will soon be converting mine when the weather gets better using Dave's handy pull out guide.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 20/05/2019 at 14:24, Asch said:

I will soon be converting mine when the weather gets better using Dave's handy pull out guide.

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I'm sure he'd be chuffed that someone else is benefitting from his 'how to' efforts!