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BorniteIdentity Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

BorniteIdentity

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Warmest of congratulations to you and yours. Love the name too!

Lord Sterling Rank: Isuzu Florian

Lord Sterling

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There was a firm ban issued by the wife on me buying any more cars after the saab turned up. Apparently the company car, the xj8 and the saab 9-5 is more than enough to be going on with.

I will spend this coming week trying a figure a plausable excuse/lie as to why another vehicle will be joining the fold.

Collecshun thread to come but in the meantime i'll leave this here.

Yes, welcome to the Rover 800 moaners club. May your ownership be less painful and expensive than mine.

Steve79 Rank: Renault 16

Steve79

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That dash lift says ROVER 800

Your not wrong. The gap ia soo big you can put your whole hand in there.

 

One more pic before collection and new thread.

bramz7 Rank: Lancia Gamma

bramz7

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Nice!

 

This past week of Rover ownership has made me pencil in one of these as the next crusier when the 200 inevitably fails it's next MOT. Or a plush 600. Dunno.

Steve79 Rank: Renault 16

Steve79

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That dash lift says ROVER 800

Your not wrong. The gap is soo big you can put your whole hand in there.

 

One more pic before collection and new thread.

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stuboy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

stuboy

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Just realized that Wobbler's Nippa is Maidstone registered, are the dealer stickers intact?

Maybe from here?

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Near tanners scrapyard?
stuboy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

stuboy

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It's a boy!

Austin Michael Raymond Harris was born at 2352 last night and home by 0400 this morning.

He's bloody ace, as was MrsH during the entire process and the entire staff of the Birthing Centre at Treliske hospital.ab7d4fd605eadbfec678c4adadf844b1.jpgfcbe2edfd987f4180b0dfb5f0cce4c12.jpg

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Seems to be new thing to have..lol

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Steve79 Rank: Renault 16

Steve79

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Is that Eddys Rover??

I've got it off a deceased estate. Family bought it for the old boy from somewhere up north back in january last year but he passed away in may and has been pretty much unused since then.

Brodders Rank: Citroen Ami

Brodders

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Nice!

 

This past week of Rover ownership has made me pencil in one of these as the next crusier when the 200 inevitably fails it's next MOT. Or a plush 600. Dunno.

Ha ha, you're one of us now.

 

A whole new world of pain awaits you, but you won't care because the intoxicating blend of wood, chrome and leather makes you believe it is worth it.

 

Welcome to Rover ownership.

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations by the way Fatharris.

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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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Keep finding pictures of basey 90s Holdens and I shan't lie, a wagon like this has STRONG appeal.

 

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Shep Shepherd Rank: Renault 16

Shep Shepherd

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Managed to get my ancient Pure Highway DAB car adaptor working after a long period of being in my box of discarded tech, due to it deciding not to pick up any stations one day; it simply needed a factory reset:

 

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Should go well in the waggins, especially as it has a mag-mount aerial :)

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MarvinsMom Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

MarvinsMom

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further mini tinkering..... and another fruitless day at the unit.

 

finally got both front hubs are finally off, we are going to fit new ball joints and bearings, but i think Goliath or Geoff Capes fitted the old ones.

 

with the ball joint splitter on it, the ball joints did not want to come apart, but some how we managed it. we have found that the outer cv boots are shot, and the track control arms are less than clever. great......

 

the previous owner had bought the car a moulded carpet set. i've trial fitted it, and while the colour is nice, it don't come anywhere near fitting properly cos its intended for an MPI,

 

so the carpet has a cut out for the fuse box next the the drivers door, cut out for the seatbelts in the wrong places and a mouded lump for the airbag ECU that my '74 doesn't have. so new carpet needs to be added to the list of stuff needed. along with drive shaft boots and new track contol arms, and i've no idea how on earth we are going to change those.... 

 

fuck.

 

you know those ideas you have that which seemd to be a good idea at the time,but infact are not?

 

yeap, buying that friggin' mini was one of those......

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panhard65 Rank: Renault 16

panhard65

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Had a succesful day yesterday selling stuff. I sold a mobylette that I brought back from France for a nice little profit then sold my lads MG Midget. It had sat around for 6 months when his insurance ran out. I have also got rid of the big heap of spares I had for the Midget and hopefully the bloke who bought my 204 is coming back today to collect all the spares that went with it. It will be nice to have some space in the workshop again. I must try not to fill it up with more crap though.

Christine Rank: Lancia Gamma

Christine

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Excited! A whopping  8 cylinders  :-D  :-D ,and less than 3 litres ... And i'm  and the only bidder , :shock: I don't think anyone else has seen it  8)

3hrs to go  and i'm still the only bidder @ 99p   :shock:  :shock:  fingers crossed no one else has seen it  due to crap title !! My wife ain't at all happy... :-(

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Angrydicky Rank: Lancia Gamma

Angrydicky

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Registered 500 miles away in Maidstone 18 years ago so quite long odds, I would say.

GA on the old registration system was Glasgow.

Angrydicky Rank: Lancia Gamma

Angrydicky

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I've driven past John Childs Perodua dealership, which is out in the Kent countryside not a million miles from Ashford. It's a fantastic looking old place, with lots of signage and lots of knackered Peroduas out back (and decent ones in the showroom). I reckon he would be a good source of hard-to-find parts.

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Six-cylinder Rank: Talbot Tagora

Six-cylinder

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3hrs to go  and i'm still the only bidder @ 99p   :shock:  :shock:  fingers crossed no one else has seen it  due to crap title !! My wife ain't at all happy... :-(

 

Ferrari do a  3 litre V8, but so do BMW!

egg Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

egg

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I've driven past John Childs Perodua dealership, which is out in the Kent countryside not a million miles from Ashford. It's a fantastic looking old place, with lots of signage and lots of knackered Peroduas out back (and decent ones in the showroom). I reckon he would be a good source of hard-to-find parts.

Not sure if I have or not, it's vaguely familiar, I'm sure me or other Kent shiter's would happily have a nose for our Perodua fans!

MorrisItalSLX Rank: Lancia Gamma

MorrisItalSLX

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Keep finding pictures of basey 90s Holdens and I shan't lie, a wagon like this has STRONG appeal.

 

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Apoligies in advance for pouring petrol on your desire fire  :-D

 

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Skizzer Rank: Isuzu Florian

Skizzer

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Excited! A whopping  8 cylinders  :-D  :-D ,and less than 3 litres ... And i'm  and the only bidder , :shock: I don't think anyone else has seen it  8)

  

3hrs to go  and i'm still the only bidder @ 99p   :shock:  :shock:  fingers crossed no one else has seen it  due to crap title !! My wife ain't at all happy... :-(

Two Vauxhall Corsas?

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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I've driven past John Childs Perodua dealership, which is out in the Kent countryside not a million miles from Ashford. It's a fantastic looking old place, with lots of signage and lots of knackered Peroduas out back (and decent ones in the showroom). I reckon he would be a good source of hard-to-find parts.

 

I did enquire about service parts when I first got the Nippa, but they seemed to be about twice the price of Ebay, so that was the end of that. Hard to justify splashing out on expensive bits for a £300 car.

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Six-cylinder Rank: Talbot Tagora

Six-cylinder

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Two Vauxhall Corsas?

 

Be carefull or you could end up with a 2 litre 6 cyl!

fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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It's a boy!

 

Austin Michael Raymond Harris was born at 2352 last night and home by 0400 this morning.

 

He's bloody ace, as was MrsH during the entire process and the entire staff of the Birthing Centre at Treliske hospital.ab7d4fd605eadbfec678c4adadf844b1.jpgfcbe2edfd987f4180b0dfb5f0cce4c12.jpg

 

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Congratulations

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DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Tagora

DodgeRover

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Keep finding pictures of basey 90s Holdens and I shan't lie, a wagon like this has STRONG appeal.

 

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Good news there is/ was at least one in the UK and it's in white too. The V6 isn't as bad on fuel as you would imagine either.

Jams Rank: Austin Maxi

Jams

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Had a lovely lie in this morning! Got up had breakfast saw it was a nice morning and decided to refit the interior on the civic.

 

Newly acquired front seats in all clips back went to pop back seat in and I got a wiff of what I’m trying to get rid of!

 

Two Alsatians that must of smoked 40 a day! Ha so back out with the seats soaked boot carpet rear seats and matts in cleaning solution and scrubbed them. Yuk

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