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[Cord Fourteener]

I'm starting to wish I had chosen a witty username instead of my boring real name...

Like 'Chord for Tina' or something. 

[richardmorris]

21 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

I'm starting to wish I had chosen a witty username instead of my boring real name...

Like 'Chord for Tina' or something. 

I have no imagination, henceforth the user name.

[meshking]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Me or you returning Home? I don’t recall anyone waving ;-). Remind me of your transport and I may remember. Only cyclist I passed was a woman on a laden Brompton, and only thing out of the ordinary is the two coppers on the gate on the way into the estate.

I was driving through Windlesham you were coming the other way, so presume you were on the way home (I was also). I didn't wave - didn't get a chance and would have just looked like a loon since I was driving my family bus rather than anything interesting. 

[chaseracer]

40 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

I'm starting to wish I had chosen a witty username instead of my boring real name...

Like 'Chord for Tina' or something. 

Just say the word... 🙂

[PhilA]

20 hours ago, PhilA said:

I saw a car that's nice, for sale.

I lowballed the guy. He accepted my offer.

Going to go KOLLEKSHUN at the weekend hopefully.

Early teaser shot.

Phil

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, Tim_E said:

I'm starting to wish I had chosen a witty username instead of my boring real name...

Like 'Chord for Tina' or something. 

prancin-moose  ?

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, MikeR said:

on a happy note , I am in the dog house again .

got my first covid jab and my 2nd was booked some 11 weeks ago ....

today , her indoors splashes lots of sacks of dosh on a new static tin box and is ready to pick up the keys ...

except my 2nd covid jab is booked when the deal can be done ....

if I go for the jab ..I die

if I dont go for the jab ..... I die

its my fault

First in diary takes precedence. Anyway, you don't need her to hold your hand, shirley?

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, brownnova said:

Whereas I piloted the MX5 with the roof down both to and from work! 

rode the motorcycle in today

both cars all iced up (the 5 is a pita when its like that)

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

Early teaser shot.

Phil

yay its not european

 

[Asimo]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

Early teaser shot.

Phil

Mopar - 440?

[PhilA]

6 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Mopar - 440?

Sasly no, a 318.

[wuvvum]

9 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Sasly no, a 318.

Aah, the moped engine.  Disapoint.

[PhilA]

Just now, wuvvum said:

Aah, the moped engine.  Disapoint.

318 is still a good lump, all things said.

[vulgalour]

That colour... you've never gone and got yourself a 60s Chrysler have you?

[PhilA]

3 hours ago, vulgalour said:

That colour... you've never gone and got yourself a 60s Chrysler have you?

I have*!

 

 

*It's a Chrysler product, a Plymouth Fury 3.

[LightBulbFun]

Just now, PhilA said:

I have!

knowing the standard to which you do things and how well you do things and how methodical you are etc etc etc you get the idea!  

I am very much looking forward to the thread on this!

hell you could buy one of those Cheap and nasty small engine kits for strapping a cheap and nasty combustion engine to some poor unsuspecting bicycle and I know your thread on it would be very much worth looking forward to still!

[PhilA]

20 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

cheap and nasty combustion engine to some poor unsuspecting bicycle 

I already bolted a Chinesium copy of a Russian engine to my bicycle...

[wuvvum]

Ooh, I do like the shape of those.  What year is it?

Need to drop in a Hellcat engine m8.

[barefoot]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Need to drop in a Hellcat engine m8.

I'm not convinced that you'd be able to make it fit.

[Cord Fourteener]

7 minutes ago, barefoot said:

I'm not convinced that you'd be able to make it fit.

You'd find a way. 

 

[Split_Pin]

Got the Cav back.

Guy showed me some more pictures of the job and some extra fabrication which was required, all looks good. Price 

We chatted for a bit and it turns out he is a bit of a fan of these cars as his dad had a fair few of them. So I may be back, but not for welding.

The battery is on its last legs so he took it off to charge it for a bit. The immobiliser seems to have disarmed itself and the led is pulsing really fast. You don't seem to need the chip  in the dash to start it any longer. Weird.

Onwards this afternoon with a new distributor  and rotor arm. Its still not 100% happy and you can feel it want to misfire if you go up a hill.

[SRi05]

Sold a car 3 weeks ago, had the confirmation slip through that in no longer the keeper but the DVLA have kindly taken a direct debit for road tax for it. Does it refund automatically or will I have to crush my soul on the phone to them? 

[SiC]

14 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

The immobiliser seems to have disarmed itself and the led is pulsing really fast. You don't seem to need the chip  in the dash to start it any longer. Weird.

Is the immobiliser an aftermarket unit? I invariably rip out any aftermarket alarm or immobiliser where I can as they invariably cause problems and are shit. Almost always badly installed back in the day - whether professional in a dealer/dockside/shop or DIY.

[davehedgehog31]

16 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

Sold a car 3 weeks ago, had the confirmation slip through that in no longer the keeper but the DVLA have kindly taken a direct debit for road tax for it. Does it refund automatically or will I have to crush my soul on the phone to them? 

It should refund automatically. 

Apparently they can get a bit angry if you cancel Direct Debits. 

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Ooh, I do like the shape of those.  What year is it?

Need to drop in a Hellcat engine m8.

I said to the wife that it would fit. She said it was too expensive to do.

It's a '66

[Mally]

28 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

Sold a car 3 weeks ago, had the confirmation slip through that in no longer the keeper but the DVLA have kindly taken a direct debit for road tax for it. Does it refund automatically or will I have to crush my soul on the phone to them? 

Automatic refund I believe.

Goes quite fast that car if it's the same one.

[Fumbler]

Micra's rear wiper split this morning and the fronts are going the same way. Lucas wipers which are just over 1 year old too. Happily, though, the new brake pads have completely solved my cooked brake issue. Win.

[PhilA]

Modern rubber parts are terrible.

[Split_Pin]

38 minutes ago, SiC said:

Is the immobiliser an aftermarket unit? I invariably rip out any aftermarket alarm or immobiliser where I can as they invariably cause problems and are shit. Almost always badly installed back in the day - whether professional in a dealer/dockside/shop or DIY.

Yes its an old Foxguard item.

I'm not good enough at electrics to go ripping it out but apparently its an easy job for an auto sparkie to do. I don't really want to spend any more money on it until it gets an MOT so something for later perhaps.

[Fumbler]

10 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Modern rubber parts are terrible.

Definitely looks like it. Local motor factors is now using Napa for their parts and oil now, so we shall see how these ones hold up.