Junkman's Irish Climate Improvement Mission A Full Success! - Caution: P6 Series 1 V8 Porn!

[chaseracer]

I live in Cannock.  I can't read.

[Eddie Honda]

I think he knows his gee gees as theres one nearby. Even bro Honda over the other side of the world knows where The Curragh is. (Conversely, even I know where Happy Valley is.)

 

Welcome to the horsey county.

[Cleon-Fonte]

Autoshite - your current location is our concern.

[Vince70]

That is a thing of beauty it was a 1970 P6 in that colour with the ivory leather that actually got me into Cars my father had one identical to that (apart from his had the little 4 pot) and we went everywhere in it and it did numerous trips to Cornwall and wouldn't miss a beat.

 

I can still smell that interior 37 years later but cars were cheaper back then as I remember he paid £100 plus my figure of 8 scalextric set for it (he did buy me a better set later on lol)

I think it's the long speedo that did it for me as I also preferred his 1966 Austin 1800 to his 1971 Wolseley 1885 because of that reason plus the 1800 had that same smell.

 

He had numerous rovers over the years and I had his old Triumph 2000 off him but the Rover p6 was always a cut above the Triumph equivalent.

 

He nearly ended up with a late mint 3500 V8 in burgundy and he was absolutely heartbroken when the day before he picked it up his mates son decided to drive it into a lamppost.

[Junkman]

Welcome to the horsey county.

 

It's pretty evident that horses are completely unsuitable for climate improvement,

have insufficient amounts of horsepower and most attempts to respray them fail.

[chaseracer]

It's pretty evident that horses are completely unsuitable for climate improvement...

 

The emissions are far too green.  Literally.

[anonymous user]

and most attempts to respray them fail.

Most but not all, I'll have to see if I can get a scan of the photo where my sister had done up one of her Welsh Mountain ponies to look like a zebra.

[barrett]

This is fabulous. As anyone with class knows, a series one is the only P6 to have. And grey with red interior is the only colour for a series one, so I look forward to that.

 

Please don't sell it without telling me first. Seriously.

[Junkman]

Today I had a spottage:

 

 

I wasn't fired yet despite:

 

 

Of course I did NOT stay on the roads:

 

 

Because I always do what I'm not supposed to do. It's doing what I'm supposed to do I have a problem with.

 

But ultimately, I did take the road:

 

 

 

 

 

Since there is absolutely zero traffic, I waive buckle uppage of those terribly shite Erwin Parachute Belts.

Because I can.

 

 

Weirdly, the car hasn't put a foot wrong yet.

It does well burn petrol though, consequently The Climate has already noticeably improved!

[Eddie Honda]

Yeah FRO RSA with your points for not wearing a seatbelt and having to carry the can for those under 18.

 

Not enough sheep in those pics there either JM

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

That car is so cool.

[Junkman]

It's actually ice cold. The heater doesn't work at all.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Oh, ffs with the heaters.

[Junkman]

The car doesn't really let any air at all in.

Do you know what could cause that?

The main air flap on top actually works.

[Junkman]

If that diddn't work, the car would be scrapped by now.

[Eddie Honda]

Spanners Big hammers here if you need them.

[tooSavvy]

The car doesn't really let any air at all in.

... the tyres, luckily, don't disagree.

 

 

TS

[Ghosty]

I knew that really.

 

Still, no heater means "it's fucked".

 

Ben

Eh, winter is almost* gone...

[Junkman]

Today I attended a meeting in that Dublin.

So some motorway was travelled.

Foreign plate and motorway means you guessed it.

120 like it is nothing.

[anonymous user]

Most but not all, I'll have to see if I can get a scan of the photo where my sister had done up one of her Welsh Mountain ponies to look like a zebra.

Not the best as I couldn't find the black and white photo and I took a photo of a photo with my phone

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Its a great photo!

[Junkman]

Just to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with here:
 
EVERYONE in the company knows what I'm driving. Not only can they all identify it as a "P6", no, they also do know that it's the cream of the crop.
My immeditate boss told me today that his father had a Series 1 P6 V8 (he even knows his Series and engines) when he was a kid. It was red.
A quick check together on Rüdiger Wicke's website clearly established it as a Brigade Red Series 1 V8 with Sandalwood Ambla flat pleat.

Too bad it has long since gone to the sky above Ireland. He says there must be at least one happy angel up there.

 

He drives a Dacia Duster and is tinkering with a Talbot camper van in his spare time.

What do you say, old chappies? Is my boss a shiter, or what?

 

The dear lady we met in Dublin today told me she's impressed by the car.

Well, being the gentleman I am, I told her I wouldn't be if I was her.

 

Guys, I'm not making the car famous here. The car makes me famous.

[barrett]

I've changed my mind about wanting it, the idea of strangers starting conversations with me because of my car fills me with dread

[mat_the_cat]

Not the best as I couldn't find the black and white photo and I took a photo of a photo with my phone

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Is that your Landy in the background?

[Junkman]

Did someone say no sheep?

 

[Junkman]

The GGG's Irish Section relocated its headquarters.

 

 

 

 

And yes, this is the River Liffey in front of the car.

 

Generally the car has been greenhouse gassing pretty well. However, there were some roadside repairs.

After a while not running right and being mostly a V7.5, a plug lead replacage was finally deemed a necessity,

since the shitty weather could no longer be blamed.

The old ones were a mix of seven red 8mm Silicones, which are cheap shit designed to be used for a quarter mile at a time.

Why some total planks think they are suitable for a daily driver is a phenomenon that will never cease to amaze me.

Anyway, one of them was one of those DIY jobbies you cut to length and then crimp on the ends, which in this case were

crimped on by a chimp, hence it fell apart when I pulled it out.

The master lead from the coil to the cap was of the wrong type, it wiggled semi loosely on the coil contact.

The coil is one of those moped jobbies to go with the newfangled withcraft ignition this car has been molested with

and which will be duly replaced with proper old school stuff once it is back in civilisation.

Having said that, proper plug leads became available the same day's afternoon at a motor factor across the street from HQ.

They also had the old fashioned wiper blades one needs to cut to length and insert into the holders, which I did, since the

old ones were past their best. Well, the new ones are even worse, how's this for a lose lose situation?

 

There also was some beer drinkage with Mr Eddie Honda of this parish, who turned out to be an impeccable gentleman

with a wealth of shite knowledge and some proper anecdotes to tell.

[Junkman]

And why should it be?

 

Last year we went to Abroadshire, came back empty handed and went to get a P6 from Nofuck.

This year we went to Abroadshire, came back empty handed and went to get a P6 from Manx.

Next time, we won't go to Abroadshire, just to come back empty handed and go to get a P6.

We'll skip the Abroadshire bit.

 

Proving myself wrong here. The latest GGG P6 came from Abroadshire, as you know.

[Noel Tidybeard]

you have an absolute knack of parking the rover so it looks everso slightly abandoned

[Junkman]

On a very dark and deserted M7 between Naas and Newbridge, 125 OMGMPH were achieved today on what felt even like a slight incline.

Not only is this even in scientific terms fucking fast, it's 10 faster than factory spec.

 

I CAN HAZ HOTROD YO!

 

Those P6es do indeed get a tad light up front north of the ton, so those rozzer spec splitters deffo weren't for fun.

Having said that, the car felt remarkably planted and I didn't have to make any corrections at the wheel for it to maintain a perfect trajectory.

I engaged reverse thrust only at the 100m to the exit sign and man, those brakes do bloody bite if you ask them to.

They appear to get better the hotter they are.

 

That engine seems to be made of silver bullets. Even after all those antics, it hasn't used a drop of oil.

I begin to doubt that it's really a 3.5 litre, despite all externals hint at it.

Mind you, it's doing this on normal 95 octane unleaded through an early type small bore exhaust.

Sounds friggin' awesome at full pelt. Reminds me of that metal Werewolf sound offshore race yachts make,

if you've ever heard those. Like an Outlaw Sprint Car, but muffled.

[Eddie Honda]

On a very dark and deserted M7 between Naas and Newbridge

The guards were too busy lifting this turd near the airport that had been there over a week...

 

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and the lads down at Naas traffic would struggle to keep up with you: