How much shite is too much shite? Starting Something

[Saabnut]

4 hours ago, Tetleysmooth said:

Love that GLT. Can I have it please?

No!

 

At least, not yet!

[Zelandeth]

Oooh... I'd totally forgotten you had the older Roller.  Photos please!

[Uncle Jimmy]

Two questions, how long have you had that 240GLT?

Secondly, you say you have a 92B, can we have a piccy or two? 

[Saabnut]

Time for a brief update, as the call away came and I was away for just under 10 weeks. Home for a week or so.....

Firstly, I only bought 1 whilst away and it is not here yet, so not adding it to the total, the Toyota Estima.

The new breaker arrived for my fuse box and the ramp goes up and down. Just need to finish bolting it down and then make soom access to it!

Tonight, this one left on its way to the bridge as the scrappies are open and my friend wanted to borrow the trailer so I said yes if you empty it

So, back to 59 for now......

 

[Saabnut]

Today was a blue day - as in starting, moving and washing the dust off the blue ones. The reason for the sudden burst of activity is I have a friend coming to look at the blue section, with a view to taking custody of one and doing a proper engine rebuild on the other. First this one

This one really needs a new home as the last time it was on the road was at SF18 when the clutch cable snapped. I eventually replaced it last autum, since when it has sat untouched in the corner of the shed. Today, I pushed it out, fitted its battery and it started first time. Drove it out of the shed, turned it round, washed it and put it back in. My friend (an ex F1 mechanic and the most meticulous mechanic I know) has been expressing interest in it for a while, to keep his Austin Gypsy and Westfield company.

Next for the drive it out, wash it and put it away treatment was this one

The engine on this one is getting a bit tired, not being as crisp as it was and using a fair bit of oil (a trip to France at sensible* speeds used over 4 litres each way) but is a bit of a specialist engine. My friend who is interested in the Fiat has said he is willing to take it on, so a deal is in the offing, hence he is visiting this weekend to check them both out.

To make inspecting the Fiat easier, this happened

The first time I have used the lift. Until my sparky mate gets around to wiring the ramp up properley, I am using a standard extension lead and 13A plug. I discovered it works fine as long as you start lifting when there is no load on it, trying to lift with the weight of the car on it blows the fuse but I can work around that for now.

The reason there is so much* room in the shed is this poor old thing has been thrown outside for a few days, still if it rains it will wash the dust off it!

[somewhatfoolish]

MoT exempt = RR cruising?

[Saabnut]

All 3 are MOT and tax exempt

[big_al_granvia]

Okay what kitcar is the cobra

[stripped fred]

You've got some interesting stuff there!

[Saabnut]

7 hours ago, big_al_granvia said:

Okay what kitcar is the cobra

It was made by a little known company called AC

It is the only RAM chassied, AC Autocraft alluminium bodied Continuation Cobra, with Shelby Chassis Number. I have a picture of Carroll Shelby driving my car!

[Mally]

That should put another 5k on the price.

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Crikey moses, imagine having that hidden in the bottom of your shed and casually mentioning it. 

My shed is not the same !

[big_al_granvia]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

It was made by a little known company called AC

It is the only RAM chassied, AC Autocraft alluminium bodied Continuation Cobra, with Shelby Chassis Number. I have a picture of Carroll Shelby driving my car!

Well fuck me up the arse with a 12" rampant rabbit. A real one, not a kit based on a sierra with a rover v8. Fucking wow dude. I doff my cap

[Saabnut]

Well a mainly good weekend, with the exception of my post in the Grumpy thread. My friend Jason arrived Thursday evening and  a bottle of wine opened at a respectable social distance and as we both live alone no rules were broken. Thursday the new fuse was fitted to my extension lead  and this happened

After a good look underneath, Jason took it for a test run. In true Fiat fashion, at the furthest away and after turning around, it promptly FTPed. After waiting a few minutes, it restarted and got most of the way home before a repeat performance. During checks it was discovered that the ignition coil was hotter than the engine, so the most likely culprit.  Again, after cooling down it restarted and made it home. In true AS style Jason declared it was for him! The rest of the day was spent looking over the Cobra and identifying work to be done. Friday night was spent in the company of another couple of bottles of wine!

Friday night we had a tremendous thunderstorm (I don't think it was related to the wine!) which at least washed the dust off the Royce. Saturday we decided to put the Royce away before I go away as we had finished needing the ramp so it was pushed in with the Kubota of much usefullness. Jason and I discussed why it was a none runner, and I explained it had not been started for 4 years and I suspected the points needed cleaning, and that the HT leads were old and one kept falling out of the cap. I told him that the last time I looked at it I discovered that the distributor cap had been repaired (a new one is £185) and the rotor arm was damaged.

We repaired the HT leads, managed to free off the rotor arm so we could remove it and cleaned the points. We got a spark at the points, but it still would not start and we found no fuel so a trip to the petrol station and 20 litres of finest* unleaded was purchased and put into the car, which made no difference at all. We suspected the Autovac system so started to investigate that. For those unfamiliar with these slightly* older cars, they do not have a fuel pump as such rather a vacuum pump, driven off the inlet manifold that creates a vacuum and sucks in fuel from the tank and fills the tank mounted below, which then runs to the filter then the carb. There is a float that rises in the Autovac unit so that the vacuum is released to prevent overfill of the tank, a simple and normally reliable system. The release valve was stuck so we freed that off but still no joy.

We dismantled the Autovac and found the taknk was full of rust and sediment, blocking the outlet pipe. An old towel and Jasons hand soon cleaned it out

Once all was cleaned, the tank was primed to save cranking and another try at starting was made

[Zelandeth]

I know of a certain Albion with that system...was fun the day the float stuck...

[Saabnut]

As anyone following my oilfield vessel shite thread will know, I am currently offshore and away from home where I have been since the beginning of April apart from a long week at home where the above fettling was undertaken. Being away for so long is usually a recipe for disaster as in my off time the bay of evil etc gets a darned good looking at and foolish* purchases are made. This time I made the decision that the fleet had to be culled, which is why Jason was up, and the Fiat is being rehomed. It has not gone yet, but the deal is done. During my last trip I stuck firmly to my guns and avoided ebat et al, but still managed to purchase a Toyota Estima when a friend sent me an email asking if I wanted it! It is still 400 miles from home, but one in, one out is OK right?

On to this trip. I have been very good, although I might* have looked at ebay occasionally and have been tempted with a few in this fine parish, but the important bit here is tempted, not succumbed. A few days ago, my brother was selling his Almera, and I decided for the price it would be far better at my place as a spare, so one up. Will probably now sell one of the other spares so that is OK, but that is for when I get back.

On to today Got an email from an aquaintance I last saw about 7 years ago when he gave me 2 end of life Saabs for parts, an old 900 and a 9000. The 9000 was parted out and bridged, the 900 is still providing spares for several cars although is also due to be bridged soon. He eventually got my email address via the Saab Owners Club as he remembered I was the Sonett registrar, but it took him a while to remember that. Turns out he has not been very well so his two project cars have sat in a corner of a field for the last few years., and the farmer who owns the land is now terminally ill so he has to remove the cars like now.  He wanted to know if I wanted the cars, but they have to be removed by the end of this week, if not they would be scrapped!

Now, being on a boat on the other side of the North Sea limits my ability to move chod, but I then had an enlightenment! When I came away, my friend Garry asked to borrow my big trailer, which of course he did, and at the time I told him to hang on to it until I got back. A quick phone call and Garry is going to collect the two cars and deliver them to my house for me. This is why you do not want to be my friend, a favour is often called in

Seriously Garry is happy to do it for me. Normally I would not have bothered for 2 rusty cars that are probably beyond realistic repair, but I could not resist. One is a late run out model Swedish beauty (I know what colour it is from the model name - there is a clue) and the other is a German "basketcase" - his words - but could be very interesting depending on which model it is (or a lump of low value iron ore replacement) and it would have been churlish to ask for more details! We will see.

[Supernaut]

When are you back, then?

Some bits for a 9000 can find a home with me...

[Saabnut]

11 hours ago, Supernaut said:

When are you back, then?

Some bits for a 9000 can find a home with me...

About a week or 10 days is my best guess. I have loads of 9000 parts you are welcome to rummage through......

[Justin Case]

Swedish beauty- Saab 96l souvenir model? If so I hope it is worth restoring as there can't be many of them still left.

[Saabnut]

Sadly not a 96 (though I have the dash plaque off a souvenir somewhere - all that remains of it!) - this is a later model IMO the last of the proper Saabs (not that there is anything wrong with the later ones, after all I have enough of them!).

[Justin Case]

Then it can only be 900 Ruby. I knew one or two folk that had them back in my Saabing days, the colour really suited it and the interior also looked a bit special. Again I hope that it is restorable 

[Saabnut]

After 4 months away from my shite, I am back. Not done much this week due to exploded phones/internet etc and catching up and paying bills. Today, I thought I would visit Kinkersaab of this parish then get stuck in. First hitch to my planning was a string of visitors who wanted to drink my tea and talk shite (2 of my favourite hobbies so all were welcome) then the constant rain! It dried up a while ago so went out, took pictures and unloaded my big trailer (which I need later this week) but the rain came back on so I am back inside with not much achieved.

First things first, the Toyota Yaris 1.0 has returned as the ticket has expired and it will not get another due to galloping rot including the subframe so it is for the bridge. If anyone wants any bits speak up pronto as it will be away soon. Yes, those are Renault alloys fitted....

So, what did my friend bring down for me whilst I was away? Two vehicles that have stood in a corner of a field for the last N years (where N is a value between 5 and then had to be fork lifted on to the trailers as they would not move. The current owner is coming down next week for a frank discussion regarding time they can stay here, future prospects and changes of ownership. I suspect I will gain them both to cover costs incurred in rewoving/storing them, but we shall see. First, the one I would actually like, though it is in a sorry state and a good look underneath will decide its fate..

The Saab fans will recognise it as a runout model 900 Ruby, of which 250 were made. A lot of the unique features including the unobtanium seats are present and correct, so I would like to save it if at all possible.

And finally, the religeous Veedub - well it is certainly holy! I know these things rust for fun, but long term storage in damp grass has helped*. Oh dear....

[Supernaut]

Well if the Saab doesn't live on, I know a car those alloys would look good on...

[Saabnut]

Just now, Supernaut said:

Well if the Saab doesn't live on, I know a car those alloys would look good on...

As they are the standard 15" ones, I have loads of those.....

[chadders]

If you do break the VW you might be pleasantly surprised by how much you can get for the sliding door, assuming it's as good as it looks in the pics. RHD sliders are pretty difficult to get hold of. That one looks like it's a replacement as it's the wrong style for that year of bus.

[Supernaut]

34 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

As they are the standard 15" ones, I have loads of those.....

Well I've been holding off on ordering tyres but now I know what size I need, as I know precisely what wheels I want!

[big_al_granvia]

aye that veedub bus does look a bawhair crispy underneath, quite sure some tarquin who likes all things retro and has a rich daddy will pay 3 grand for it and another 30 to some artisan to restore it before getting bored and flogging it for 10k to a sandal wearing, bearded veedub nut who can spot a tarquin at a 2 mile radius

[Zelandeth]

Wow, and I thought the T25 I had was crispy...

[somewhatfoolish]

A rusty Bay Window, worth eleventy twelve thousand presumably. You not fancy that Oirish narrow gauge peat-mining railway for Saabnut Towers?  Build a line to the pub so you can get there and back without being breathalised.

[dave j]

2 hours ago, chadders said:

If you do break the VW you might be pleasantly surprised by how much you can get for the sliding door, assuming it's as good as it looks in the pics. RHD sliders are pretty difficult to get hold of. That one looks like it's a replacement as it's the wrong style for that year of bus.

It has the same slider as mine, and mine is an L reg too. I think they changed in 74. I thought it looked OK until I saw the chassis pics! Roof gutters look OK though so just the standard bottom 6 inches to replace. Has it got an engine and interior?