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[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Was far nicer prior to that, especially when they still had the old Olympians on the run... nothing like getting to sit in the back a foot away from a Gardner absolutely gunning it down the A96...

Much of the bus service in north Norfolk is contracted out to Sanders Coach Services, and back in the day they had a proper eclectic collection of old heaps, including two multi-coloured Olympians.  I used to breathe a sigh of relief when the one with the 5-speed 'box would turn up - the four-speeder ran out of revs at 43 which made for a very tedious run in to Norwich, with the 6LXB sounding like it would put a rod through the block at any moment.  The 5-speeder would wind up to about 53 before wind resistance got the better of it, and the soundtrack was more pleasant as the engine was working hard but not sitting on the limiter.

They also had a Van Hool-bodied Bedford 53-seater with a 500 non-turbo engine, so it looked pretty modern (this was back in the early 2000s) but wouldn't pull 6th gear into a headwind.  The last bus back in the evening was always a Plaxton-bodied 609D with a manual 'box, which must have been a right chore to drive down the little back lanes.

Sanders still do have a varied fleet, although with a few exceptions they're all painted one colour now.  They have a massive tri-axle double decker, another double decker which is just as long but only has two axles, and a variety of single deckers including an 03-plate Scania which sounds like it's going to fall apart every time it hits a bump but absolutely bloody flies.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This afternoon I have mostly been discovering another CX living near Tring, a 1985 Series 1 Pallas IE which has been living in a secluded garage in the middle of nowhere. It's off the road with - titter ye not - starting problems. Also has quite a bit of rust developing along the sills and in the driver's foot well.

Its owner was after a twin-sensor AEI injection ECU, which I happened to have in my little shed of CX spares. No cash changed hands, as he gave me a single-sensor AEI in return. He also owns a Volvo Amazon and other assorted modern shite.

Think I'll be going back up there if I  can find a starter motor in the next few days......

[SiC]

Crikey

 

[Jazoli]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

Crikey

 

2 massive crashes yesterday, God had his hand over Rossi yesterday that is for sure, huge crash in moto2 also 

 

[Supernaut]

On 15/08/2020 at 23:23, brownnova said:

Went for a drive this evening to settle the baby... rare thing happened on Rhos on Sea prom...

I found another 9000

[stuboy]

Had pleasure to drive this to return to a sick employee, felt heavy to drive, gears stiff and smelt oily headgaskety...but moved when required 

[richardmorris]

1945 according to the numberplate.

[barefoot]

Anyone remember me driving my T2 back under my carport with the pop roof still up on August 12th - last year?

Most of it was repaired quite quickly, but Dormobile ripped the headlining while fitting a new roof cap, and Corvid has led to further delays which has meant that the headlining has not been repaired until now! I retrieved it from the trimmer at lunchtime, but because my drive has had to be completely dug up at the moment, I've driven it down to store at a local VW repairer for a day or two. And it was raining, and I forgot my camera, but it looks bloody nice.  Pictures in a day or three when it comes back again...

[Out Run]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

1945 according to the numberplate.

[barefoot]

And when I took the T2 down, I saw one of these in the unit next door.

It looked really twatty - I'll take a real picture when I pick the van up.

[Christine]

On 8/16/2020 at 6:12 PM, stuboy said:

Stuboy junior car tyres are not the best, and few days ago I spotted a corsa wheel with new tyre for £20, well he moaned about spending money.. and did nothing about it , I couldn't miss this bargain so went got it myself..  bloody kids

Its 15 years old ...? 25 05 

[HillmanImp]

Yo, hows it hanging chaps? 

At my mums in Sussex and am looking through some old photos and found this one. 

Whats the blue car that looks like a Bond Bug but with a cloth hood. 

Also where the fook is this? We're not sure. 

Here's a bonus picture of me working on my car in Gretna, in the very early 80s.

[High Jetter]

You rolled it? (Sorry, have no answer to your questions)

[Mr_Bo11ox]

the blue thing is a motorbike sidecar is it not

 

[Out Run]

1 minute ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

the blue thing is a motorbike sidecar is it not

 

I’d say so. Given there is a motorbike attached!

[HillmanImp]

8 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

You rolled it? (Sorry, have no answer to your questions)

Probably smacked off me tits and in no state to drive being 1980s Gretna. 

3 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

the blue thing is a motorbike sidecar is it not

 

By jove I think you're right.

2 minutes ago, Out Run said:

I’d say so. Given there is a motorbike attached!

Yeah, thats probably a giveaway. I've got the actual photo here and hadn't spotted that. 

[High Jetter]

Bike on wrong side though? Which country are we in here - looks like UK.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

23 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Here's a bonus picture of me working on my car in Gretna, in the very early 80s.

Looks like your tracking is way out! 

Have you got a clearer version of this photo? Random question, but I can see the pedal car is a Sharna (Triang) brand and is of the same age as my childhood Sharna police pedal car. I've spent the last 12 months buying random bits to try and rebuild it as it was left outside since the early 80s...

I sm struggling to work out where the bar through the tops of the pedals were mounted onto the car itself as mine doesn't have any obvious locating points. I'm wondering if the original photo of yours may cast some more light on it? 

[HillmanImp]

2 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Looks like your tracking is way out! 

Have you got a clearer version of this photo? Random question, but I can see the pedal car is a Sharna (Triang) brand and is of the same age as my childhood Sharna police pedal car. I've spent the last 12 months buying random bits to try and rebuild it as it was left outside since the early 80s...

I sm struggling to work out where the bar through the tops of the pedals were mounted onto the car itself as mine doesn't have any obvious locating points. I'm wondering if the original photo of yours may cast some more light on it? 

Thats a photo of a photo on my phone. Can possibly get a clearer pic if I can find it again. 

The cars one of these. 

[HillmanImp]

12 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Bike on wrong side though? Which country are we in here - looks like UK.

Yeah all UK plates. Building looks forrin' though doesn't it. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

6 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Thats a photo of a photo on my phone. Can possibly get a clearer pic if I can find it again. 

The cars one of these. 

That's nuts. Your old car is a modified version of the same car as mine. They are rocking horse shit now- I've never, ever seen another apart from in the old online Argos brochures. Mine's at the top right. I assume yours is long gone?

Until now I've drawn blanks on how the underside should look due to no records or examples remaining that I can find. 

If you can find the other photo and get me a clearer version, I'd be eternally grateful fella.

[HillmanImp]

1 minute ago, Dick Longbridge said:

That's nuts. Your old car is a modified version of the same car as mine. They are rocking horse shit now- I've never, ever seen another apart from in the old online Argos brochures. Mine's at the top right. I assume yours is long gone?

Until now I've drawn blanks on how the underside should look due to no records or examples remaining that I can find. 

If you can find the other photo and get me a clearer version, I'd be eternally grateful fella.

Yeah, long gone. I remember being absolutely devistated seeing it left out by the bin one day. That was before 1983 too, so its definitely in a landfill somewhere in the Scottish Borders now. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

7 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Yeah, long gone. I remember being absolutely devistated seeing it left out by the bin one day. That was before 1983 too, so its definitely in a landfill somewhere in the Scottish Borders now. 

Gutted! Did the bootlid open on yours? Mine still works. Shame about the rest of it. 

If you can find that photo...

[HillmanImp]

21 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Gutted! Did the bootlid open on yours? Mine still works. Shame about the rest of it. 

If you can find that photo...

I've looked in the Asda bag (writing this for my own memory) and can't find it. Will try some of the other bags tomorrow. 

In the meantime have this. 

 

[vulgalour]

3 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Yo, hows it hanging chaps? 

At my mums in Sussex and am looking through some old photos and found this one. 

 

That's the Guildhall in Winchester.

[HillmanImp]

7 hours ago, vulgalour said:

That's the Guildhall in Winchester.

Well, apparently I've been to Winchester. 

[HillmanImp]

10 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Gutted! Did the bootlid open on yours? Mine still works. Shame about the rest of it. 

If you can find that photo...

My mum seems to think it had a boot that opened. 

Found the photo (in the frigging bag I'd checked last night which I checked again after looking through all the others) and its not much clearer I'm afraid. 

Must've been a cheap camera/film or a shit photographer or maybe a bit of all three. 

Does that bit just sit there though, is the frame attached elsewhere and thats kind of resting against the wheelarch to keep it in place rather than being attached? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

...Found the photo (in the frigging bag I'd checked last night which I checked again after looking through all the others) and its not much clearer I'm afraid. 

....

With a bit of work, that could recreate the full Fred Flintstone driving experience*

[Dick Cheeseburger]

2 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

My mum seems to think it had a boot that opened. 

Found the photo (in the frigging bag I'd checked last night which I checked again after looking through all the others) and its not much clearer I'm afraid. 

Must've been a cheap camera/film or a shit photographer or maybe a bit of all three. 

Does that bit just sit there though, is the frame attached elsewhere and thats kind of resting against the wheelarch to keep it in place rather than being attached? 

This is the underside of the front of mine. Still scratching my head...

 

Here's how a different model is set up. Completely different. 

 

And here's the boot! The shell is really tired and everything else was shot and ended up in the bin. The remains WILL be restored though. 

 

Edit: looking at it again, I wonder if the pedal top mounting bar had a 90 at each end and slotted through the hole at the top of each front plastic strut? Possibly retained on the back with some sort of toothed washer or something?

 

[BorniteIdentity]

Whilst chatting graffiti on @Microwave's amazing Trabant For Sale thread - I unearthed this.  

2016 - the glorious Volvo 343 I owned briefly.  Briefly because it's the one car that I've owned in the last few years that was too shit even for me.  It was stunning inside (and with 8,000 miles - so it should have been) but there were things I was always going to battle with.  The variomatic system for one, and the sunroof for another (a vital part of the mechanism was missing, and it needed someone who absolutely loved it to take it on)

Still.  Hope this brightens your day!