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[Wingz123]

Pm'd

[brownnova]

Shallow dents made with a golf club???? What’s the story there? 

[DVee8]

9 hours ago, chancer said:

Aw ffs....been looking to get into a w201/w124 again soon....this is a bargain. Anyone fancy a shite bini for 375 quid so i can justify this? 

Details of the Mini please..

[HMC]

Sold!

[2flags]

Again that didn't take long. Loving this thread!

[jonathan_dyane]

I’m glad someone else bought it, I’ve been fantasising about buying it...

[HMC]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

Shallow dents made with a golf club???? What’s the story there? 

I’m not sure. I decided an Alan Clark type character former owner had been involved in a sex scandal and his wife let rip. It looks “deliberate”

[chancer]

3 hours ago, DVee8 said:

Details of the Mini please..

Its a mini. Its red. It breaks with alarming regularity. And the merc has sold so i need to put up with its hissy fits and tantrums for another while longer...

[trigger]

You've been spotted! 

[HMC]

Literally I have been spotted. Car behind the allegro is my rover 216 and that’s my bald head poking out behind it ?

[HMC]

I’d just been up for a jog on the moor 

[garethj]

@HMC I’ve got a 1978 MG Midget rolling shell here that needs to go ASAP.  It’s got front discs which seem to go for £250 on eBay and a rear axle that might give better gearing for your throbbing power delivery.

You’re welcome to have it for free if you can get it collected from Bedfordshire 

[Six-cylinder]

On 5/25/2020 at 1:31 PM, HMC said:

I’d just been up for a jog on the moor 

You are making me feel so jealous!

[HMC]

Alas, my Long term relationship with a high maintenance German ended in divorce. As did the short term fling with a w220.

A leaking/ failed air suspension strut and an overworked (needing replacement) compressor meant I ended up selling it to a specialist for parts. Depressing but sometimes it’s better to know when to bail.

I have a replacement on the fleet which (like my Austin a30) was the manufacturer’s first monocoque. Any guesses?

[SiC]

13 minutes ago, HMC said:

Any guesses?

It's not but it should be an ADO16!

[somewhatfoolish]

Humber Hawk.

[Six-cylinder]

Jowett Javelin

[Tigerfox]

Citroen Light 15

[somewhatfoolish]

Boringly a Morris 1000?

[HMC]

All good guesses.... in fact none of the above!

[bramz7]

Mid 90s Jeep Cherokee. Pretty sure that was the first monocoque Jeep product. 

(Random stab in the dark as I don't think you've bought something else ancient) 

 

Edit- I wasn't that far off!!

[hairnet]

and you thought the mercs were a problem

 

[wuvvum]

Sounds like I dodged a bullet there!  Nice Freeloader - shame it's not an L-series, but the Reliable BMW Engine isn't bad really.  Bonus is it has a towbar so the next spur-of-the-moment purchase you'll be able to pick up yourself!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Has the rear prop been removed for economy reasons?

[HMC]

So as mentioned on the new24, the allegro VDP has been rehomed with @anonymous user 

I decided to sell either that or the a30 and as the a30 had no brakes and a dead fuel pump and was not in a sellable state, it stayed.

I got to work today finishing off the su fuel pump fitting and also replaced the brake master cylinder. I bled the system on my own using a block of wood to wedge the pedal down as I went.

Went on a test run and the hydro mechanical brakes are better than ever (but still not amazing) and the car starts nicely and pulls surprisingly well (it’s got it original gear box and final drive with a 1098- so quite under geared)

[wuvvum]

I love the spoilers on the passenger wiper blade - obviously an attempt to improve the absolutely hopeless A30 wipers.

[RobT]

Ditto, I was about to post the same.  Wiper Aids.  Never knew they were called that. 

Great that you've got this running again.  Those SU pumps aren't cheap are they.

[LightBulbFun]

yay happy to see its running again  

any plans to move the number plate to bellow/under the front bumper? Routemaster Style  

[Tickman]

I adore your A30 but am sensible enough to not have called dibs when it arrived.

[HMC]

1 hour ago, RobT said:

Ditto, I was about to post the same.  Wiper Aids.  Never knew they were called that. 

Great that you've got this running again.  Those SU pumps aren't cheap are they.

No, they are not! I was hoping the block had the hole for a mechanical fuel pump, unfortunately not. I went  for one specified for a 1098 minor so should we well matched to the fuelling needs of this.