HMC WBOD news

[HMC]

Its got some nice bits of history;

[wuvvum]

Yeah yeah, never mind all that, let's see a photo of the brake fluid reservoir.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

The fleet groweth. Do you have a dedicated team at the insurance company? 😉

[grogee]

Can't wait to visit the Tavistock Motor Museum this spring. 

Congratulations @HMC

What's the current fleet status, all working and driveable?

[HMC]

1 minute ago, grogee said:

Can't wait to visit the Tavistock Motor Museum this spring. 

Congratulations @HMC

What's the current fleet status, all working and driveable?

Yes, you can take any/ all of them for a blast around if you fancy!

[holbeck]

Well done. 

Is the name change to "The Gaffer" in the offing?

[hairnet]

That's just nuts

You need a name change to roulette

Or fruit pastilles 

[garethj]

On 4/1/2023 at 7:07 PM, HMC said:

My Russian girlfriend thought it would be offensive to drive through northern France with a poppy on the grille; i thought it was more a sign of solidarity with the french? 

It won’t be as bad as David Cameron’s visit to China a few years ago, wearing a poppy.  A nice reminder that we got the entire nation hooked on opium and charged them handsomely for it👍

Cracking fleet update, I think once you get the Minor running right you’ll find performance is fine.  Four-up attempting a long, steep hill will be a struggle but I bet you’ll find that 90% of the time it’s other traffic that’s holding you up.

[HMC]

Update- Word from Gloucestershire is that its being loaded up as i type.

[HMC]

Growing up, there was one parked up on a friends street, sort of derelict. I remember if our ball ever went astray and bashed the sill, it would flap around and huge chunks of rust would fall to the ground. I hope that doesnt come back to haunt me.

[montytom]

Looking good Matt I have a 2200sc aswell. My father took it apart and completly sorted out the rust on mine. Just a few niggly bits then it will be on the road.

[HMC]

LOCKED AND LOADED

With an appropriate tow vehicle!

[timolloyd]

My money is on the Discovery arriving behind the P6!

[gadgetgricey]

Rear Chrome does not look bad at all.
Vinyl roof needs some work though

 

[D.E]

Cooool!

 

45 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said:

Vinyl roof needs some work though

It is balding😁

[HMC]

Well, its here…… And its wonderful

I mean- it looks dreadful. But it drives wonderfully, and the base unit is not rotten.

So im well pleased with my £1000 p6

[tooSavvy]

@HMC.. Nice bush around the 'money slot' *Auto... MPGz 😱

Good score m9 😉

[chaseracer]

OUTSTANDING 😎

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, HMC said:

Well, its here…… And its wonderful

I mean- it looks dreadful. But it drives wonderfully, and the base unit is not rotten.

So im well pleased with my £1000 p6

thats lovely! thats exactly the sort of shite id love to have along side REV solid underneath where it counts, and nice and shabby on the outside, no worries about having to street park it and and anything nice deteriorating or such  

[Marm Toastsmith]

I think that might actually be my favourite of the fleet, no mean feat.

Are you going to have to sell something?

[HMC]

So one reason it was so cheap was that “it wouldnt go into park” which to me sounded more of a selector rather than internal box issue- and so it proved. Ive just taken the top selector detent button and handle knob off and it goes into park just fine now.

[HMC]

9 minutes ago, Marm Toastsmith said:

I think that might actually be my favourite of the fleet, no mean feat.

Are you going to have to sell something?

No, as it was cheap, and the crown vic and austin 7 sale has more than covered the new acquisitions.

[HMC]

does anyone know what this is?

 

The little mechanism with the cable - it seems related to the fuel feed to the fuel pump - it was weeping slightly now has stopped?

[Datsuncog]

Oh.

My.

Word.

 

Top purchasing!

That's a right bobby dazzler - especially considering that this time last year it was nigh on impossible to find anything at all for a grand.

Looking forward to more!

[Crackers]

Bloody hell fire.

That's awful. I love it. Happy P6'ing!

[HMC]

It seems to have every document it was supplied new with….

[Surface Rust]

17 minutes ago, HMC said:

does anyone know what this is?

 

The little mechanism with the cable - it seems related to the fuel feed to the fuel pump - it was weeping slightly now has stopped?

Is it the reserve fuel connection?

Whatever you do, don't pull it. I had a test drive in a P6 once and it started to run out of fuel, the salesman promptly pulled the reserve tap, and 40 years of silt merrily flowed into the carbs and blocked everything.

I still bought it obviously.

[HMC]

yes thats it, the reserve tap, makes sense

[Clunk]

I remember this, how is the roof? Looked rather Crispy in the photos.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

yes thats it, the reserve tap, makes sense

Can confirm it worked well, in period.