How much shite is too much shite? Or How Many Miles is Too Many Miles?

[Missy Charm]

Nice Cobra!  What engine is in there?  

[High Jetter]

On 5/14/2022 at 10:30 PM, Saabnut said:

I could not find my stock of carb gaskets so a cornflake packet was sacrifices and a new one made

Takes me back, can remember my Dad showing me that donkeys ago. Top tip. Hope you get it running reliably.

[Saabnut]

19 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

Nice Cobra!  What engine is in there?  

It is a small block Chevrolet 400 bored and stroked to 427cu in which converts to 7 litre

[Crackers]

Just a baby one, then... 

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, Saabnut said:

stroked 

Bet you do 😛

[Missy Charm]

On 19/05/2022 at 09:14, Saabnut said:

It is a small block Chevrolet 400 bored and stroked to 427cu in which converts to 7 litre

Amazing how big they can make small blocks these days.  Must be quite fast...

[mat_the_cat]

2 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

Must be quite fast...

If speed is proportional to noise then it's very fast indeed!

[Saabnut]

320bhp 498lb/ft torque 1075kg.

Scary fast! 0-60 3.8 secs, top speed around 185 mph but most I have seen was 155 on TomTom on a private section of dual carriageway. Plenty enough for me!  

[Mally]

I have visions of Missy  Charm in the passenger seat, with  hair blowing in the wind  at 185 mph.

[Matty]

5 minutes ago, Mally said:

I have visions of Missy  Charm in the passenger seat, with  hair blowing in the wind  at 185 mph.

I can only imagine at 185, hair would've blown off 😁

[Mally]

4 minutes ago, Matty said:

I can only imagine at 185, hair would've blown off 😁

Only one way to find out.

[Saabnut]

The start of a manic week, shitewise. Thought I would have 4 weeks at home, but turns out I only have 2  so everything has to be compressed into the remaining week. Today was the first delivery, the Disco 1 project has grown a bit with the discovery  of more rust (who would have seen that coming!) so the welding is beyond my capabilities. Fortunately my friend in Perth has just completed his classic Range Rover project and volunteered* to take it on. First problem, how to get it there? I have a trailer but my tow car is the dismantled Disco, the Hiundry only has a towing limit of 1600kg, the Disco weighs 2000kg and the trailer 700kg. Spoke nicely to my next door neighbour and borrowed his 69 plate Toyota Land Cruiser L150 van. I covet the Toyota!

Safely delivered, first job was to get it up in the air and prod it, to see if it was worth going any further. Fortunately the rot I had found was almost all of it so the bridge has been avoided! Interior was stripped out and the photos tell the story

[Saabnut]

Now back home, tomorrow is a day off so loaded the boot of the P5b with some autojumble and tomorrow I will be at Morris Leslies classic auction at Errol. Say hello if you are there.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Matty said:

I can only imagine at 185, hair would've blown off 😁

You think it's a rug? Brave, M8.

[Matty]

25 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

You think it's a rug? Brave, M8.

You bastard. I meant in general. Now you've made me look bad 😆

[sutty2006]

Wow that disco is bloody clean and tidy! And the lack of rust is amazing!*
 

 

*in comparison to mine. I’ve welded those areas about 3 times now. 

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, Saabnut said:

320bhp 498lb/ft torque 1075kg.

Scary fast! 0-60 3.8 secs

Bike does 4.7 off 47 HP can't do 185 tho unless it's attached to you

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Matty said:

You bastard. I meant in general. Now you've made me look bad 😆

Just wait till she sees it!

@Missy Charm

[Matty]

30 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Just wait till she sees it!

@Missy Charm

Feels like high stakes gambling this

[Saabnut]

Day off enjoyed! The Rover needed a test run as it had sat in the shed for over 7 years until woken from its slumber a few weeks ago where a total of 21 miles was covered. The tyres were far from round, it would not tick over and it kept dropping a cylinder or two but I counted that as a win. Today I took it to Morris Leslies and back, a 120 mile round trip completed without fuss. She is now back to its best, running well and ticking over nicely.

[Missy Charm]

16 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Just wait till she sees it!

@Missy Charm

The only place my hair comes off is at the hairdresser!  That Cobra would probably call for a headscarf, however.  

[Saabnut]

Whilst at the NEC in March, a new home for the Ruby was arranged and I agreed I would deliver it in May. It is now May so it is about to happen. As with all these things, the destination is nice and handy* being a mere 470 miles and 3 countries away in south Wales. As it would be a waste of diesel to travel back with an empty trailer, I am collecting a new toy on the way back. I would make this a live thread but being Billy No Mates I am travelling on my own so will just update everytime I stop so you can enjoy* the journey and tomorrow this will turn into a collection thread!

This is the state of play as I prepare to set out at 6:30 am on a Sunday  

[Saabnut]

First fuel stop at Asda Dundee 177.7 litre

[hairnet]

Nutter

Hope the windaz work so you can let the snack farts out

[3VOM]

18 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

The only place my hair comes off is at the hairdresser!  That Cobra would probably call for a headscarf, however.  

A short one please. No Isadora Duncan outcomes on AS please.

[Saabnut]

Next fuel stop Tesco Carlisle 177.9

lost some time as the A9 was closed 

[Daviemck2006]

You must be madder than I am! I delivered my 205 from Macduff to Sunderland a few weeks ago. That must have been a walk in the park at 275 miles there. I came back with an empty trailer as I was on a mission to make space.

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[Saabnut]

Accident on the M^ at Birmingham saw a 45 minute delay on the boards, but the faithfull old TomTom took me around it. I think I may have upset a few people on Walsall High Street but it saved me 20 minutes!

Saab dropped off in Monmouth in deepest darkest Wales, no pics as a fairly recognisable location. Now at my digs for the night at Michaelwood Services, with the excitement building for a collection tomorrow! Distance to Saab drop off point 484 miles with the diversions, and from there to my digs 48 miles. Tomorrows collection point is showing as 36 miles so a reasonably early start should see me on my way to get loaded and head home. Did I mention I was doing a collection tomorrow?  

The view from my bedroom window:

[hairnet]

ceri in disguise ken?

[N Dentressangle]

You're just down the road! Could've put you up if I'd known.