HMC Comings (sherpa) and goings (morris)

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

TBF the Fonz was *superannuated 😯

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The Fonz wasn’t supposed to be a schoolboy though. Watching it these days, he looks far from cool, rather a sad case hanging about with school kids.

[yes oui si]

[HMC]

The 820 has been doing its thing of being a comfy cruiser….

 

 

Greased the suspension on the black minor and sorted the squeally fan belt. The white minor has had another flush of the cooling system (it was pretty choked up and is a lot better now) The heater is now quite hot which seems to show its a lot happier that it was.

 

 

[HMC]

I couldnt resist going to look a a little ‘68 morris for sale up the road in a small village. Yes i have a disease. Anyway, said little morris represented the opposite of my personal old car philosophy. 

Shiny respray erasing all patina and sadly filled with poor repairs to the structure and various bits of bodging. Wierdly someone had recently spent a fortune retrimming it as well. 

I drove away making my apologies in my decent but battle scarred ‘62 with threadbare seats 

[barefoot]

At the risk of a slight hijack I've never taken my t2 for a respray in 30 years. It is bizarrely shiny almost all over, as I've had multiple panels replaced and all have been painted as and when.

[2flags]

It's amazing just how many 'restored' cars are out there that are proper bodgefests. Poorly repaired then sold to some unknowing sod for, sometimes, a great deal of money. 

[Matty]

15 minutes ago, 2flags said:

It's amazing just how many 'restored' cars are out there that are proper bodgefests. Poorly repaired then sold to some unknowing sod for, sometimes, a great deal of money. 

I visited a small dealers recently who shall remain nameless. Lovely people, lovely stock but all of it resprayed overpriced isopon machines. And loads of folk in browsing and buying.

I came to the conclusion that it doesnt really matter. The dealer turns a good profit, the buyer has something in the double garage to show thier mates at dinner parties, everyones happy.  Most of the tarted up stuff will never see the road in any meaningful way anyway. And it leaves the tatty but honest stuff for the rest of us.

[HMC]

Went for a bike ride today and took the black morris out. Because folding bike and folding passenger seat it fitted in nicely.

I took a few more pics of the ruined paint. Id cut and polish the fine scratches all over it but its quite thin as it is so probably best avoided.

Like its owner, its gone thin on top 😂

[HMC]

Fleet news….

1. Black morris sold to a shiter

 

2. Rover 820si - perhaps inevitably given its street parked, has had its wonderfully resprayed bumpers grazed by someone parking (a bright green car?- fiat  uno?)- it wasnt whilst parked here - here was where i noticed it

 

3. incoming roofless sherpa  (comes ready damaged 😂)

 

 

 

[Tommyboy12]

Which AS legend bought the Morris? 😅

[Zelandeth]

36 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fleet news….

1. Black morris sold to a shiter

 

2. Rover 820si - perhaps inevitably given its street parked, has had its wonderfully resprayed bumpers grazed by someone parking (a bright green car?- fiat  uno?)- it wasnt whilst parked here - here was where i noticed it

 

3. incoming roofless sherpa  (comes ready damaged 😂)

 

 

 

That would match the P4 nicely...

No...must not think like that...

[hairnet]

Heres me thinking youd done a real sherpa

*Closes window...........

[Yoss]

12 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Heres me thinking youd done a real sherpa

*Closes window...........

Yes, you got my hopes up too. I was very disappointed to see a non Sherpa. 

[lesapandre]

Surely a Morris Oxford Sports...

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Surely a Morris Oxford Sports...

You might as well start with what @320touring has