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[richardmorris]

Pics of the finished items. I now have two spare wheels with ageing tyres to play painting skills with. Also, as @Stanky wrote earlier, the ride this morning was very smooth with no comedy tyre squeal around roundabouts. 

[MarvinsMom]

Kerry and I took Rodney Mini down to the Riverside in 'Boro for the first meet of Teesside Retro Cars.

and it was a very nice run out too, though the warm sunny weather made it.

we stopped to a bit before heading off to B & Q for some turps, as there is still some painting needed at home.

and while there we saw these, rather fabulous cars.

[omegod]

I've just bought some cheap " Magic erasers" which just appear to be blocks of some form of foam , the ability to remove  ingrained grime from light coloured textured interior trim is nothing short of astonishing !  

No I didn't take any pictures sadly !

[MarvinsMom]

As well as the cars above, these too were also on show at The Riverside, an eclectic mix to say the least, from a Rover Metro to Escort Cosworth, and an Sierra Cosworth with many ,many shiny things added under the bonnet, to a Ford XL which was almost the size of an aircraft carrier!

Rodney mini is currently running about bob on too, just as well since we have bought tickets to the Mini and Metro show next week at Gaydon. So that will be a 180 mile (one way) road trip in a car i don't quiet trust. Though saying that its just the indicators that keep playing silly buggers, with oddly the drivers side more prone to working only intermittently!

Old cars, doncha just "love" them!

[High Jetter]

24 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

and while there we saw these, rather fabulous cars.

Some strong contenders for the parking thread there!

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, omegod said:

I've just bought some cheap " Magic erasers" which just appear to be blocks of some form of foam , the ability to remove  ingrained grime from light coloured textured interior trim is nothing short of astonishing !  

No I didn't take any pictures sadly !

Yes, they're very good for removing marks on painted walls.

basically melamine foam I think. 

[richardmorris]

Having felt dreadful the last couple of days ( no, not one of the kinky dwarfs), I seem a lot better today and making the most of warmer weather,

[camryv6]

On 5/28/2021 at 7:38 AM, yes oui si said:

Poo count: one

Accidental kicks in the spuds from toddler: two

And how many kicks on purpose ?

[Yoss]

I'm not going blind am I? There is no centre cap on this wheel is there? 

It was a Peugeot (obviously) 208, I think. How do you balance it if there's no hole in the middle? Does anything else have wheels like this? 

[Skizzer]

39 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I'm not going blind am I? There is no centre cap on this wheel is there? 

It was a Peugeot (obviously) 208, I think. How do you balance it if there's no hole in the middle? Does anything else have wheels like this? 

Yup, my Espace and the R25 it shares its wheels with, for starters.

You need an adapter for your balancing machine that goes through the bolt holes.

Bienvenue en France.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Having felt dreadful the last couple of days ( no, not one of the kinky dwarfs), I seem a lot better today and making the most of warmer weather,

Is it pastis season yet?

[Yoss]

21 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

Yup, my Espace and the R25 it shares its wheels with, for starters.

You need an adapter for your balancing machine that goes through the bolt holes.

Bienvenue en France.

So I'm guessing you have to bolt the wheel to the adaptor then put the adaptor on the machine or vice versa. Either way it sounds like a palaver, I bet tyre places love it when they come in, though it must be a tiny percentage of all vehicles. If all cars were like that it would cost a lot more to get your wheels balanced. 

[richardmorris]

28 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Is it pastis season yet?

No, not in the 20’s yet. Maybe Monday?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

No, not in the 20’s yet. Maybe Monday?

I suddenly feel the need for another bottle of Pernod...

[plasticvandan]

I have today been doing car and have fitted new drop links to my Yaris Verso,went for polybush as the standard ones perish very quickly,and I can't be arsed doing it more than once! Mot in two weeks 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

We received an SD card, not in any packaging, in the post loose in a Special Delivery bag.

Its got what looks like a private name and address on the bag.

In these days of inventive scams could this be a scam?

Our computers all run Linux, so I think we have little danger from malware?

[Cord Fourteener]

4 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

As well as the cars above, these too were also on show at The Riverside, an eclectic mix to say the least, from a Rover Metro to Escort Cosworth, and an Sierra Cosworth with many ,many shiny things added under the bonnet, to a Ford XL which was almost the size of an aircraft carrier!

Rodney mini is currently running about bob on too, just as well since we have bought tickets to the Mini and Metro show next week at Gaydon. So that will be a 180 mile (one way) road trip in a car i don't quiet trust. Though saying that its just the indicators that keep playing silly buggers, with oddly the drivers side more prone to working only intermittently!

Old cars, doncha just "love" them!

Some lovely cars!

Though I do wonder what sort of person drives around with a Confederate flag on the underside of their bonnet! 🤨🤣

[richardmorris]

20 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

We received an SD card, not in any packaging, in the post loose in a special delivery bag.

Its got what looks like a private name and address on the bag.

In these days if inventive scams could this be a scam?

Our computers all run Linux, so I think we have little danger from malware?

Your name and address or someone else’s? I’d chuck it in the bin after cutting in half.

[brownnova]

Good long run (150ish miles) in the Pontiac today. It was even more comfortable than expected and just ate up the miles! Having auto in the usual M6 car park was rather nice too... 

Actually really do like this mad old bus!

My mum was telling me how nice my brothers new (to him) 69plated Merc A Class is. I think that’s her way of showing her disapproval 😂

[Cord Fourteener]

25 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Your name and address or someone else’s? I’d chuck it in the bin after cutting in half.

Its our address, no name though.

[Cord Fourteener]

10 minutes ago, brownnova said:

My mum was telling me how nice my brothers new (to him) 69plated Merc A Class is. I think that’s her way of showing her disapproval 😂

Apart from the fact that I'd drive any car if I was given it, a 68 plate A class Mercedes is my idea of ultimate polished turd on wheels. 

Apologies if any of you have one.

[Spurious]

Out of idle curiousity

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

We received an SD card, not in any packaging, in the post loose in a Special Delivery bag.

Its got what looks like a private name and address on the bag.

In these days of inventive scams could this be a scam?

Our computers all run Linux, so I think we have little danger from malware?

Out of idle curiousity I'd probably plug it into my old Linux box to see what's on it. Disconnect it from the web. 

Cant see it doing any harm* if you load it through the terminal with minimal services loaded. 

 

*maybe not. 

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

I'm not going blind am I? There is no centre cap on this wheel is there? 

It was a Peugeot (obviously) 208, I think. How do you balance it if there's no hole in the middle? Does anything else have wheels like this? 

Citroen were notorious for this. My c5 had centreless wheels, and were a real pain .

[Spurious]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

I'm not going blind am I? There is no centre cap on this wheel is there? 

It was a Peugeot (obviously) 208, I think. How do you balance it if there's no hole in the middle? Does anything else have wheels like this? 

Old renners did too. Because French. 

They couldn't balance my tyres on my C5 when I got them off Blackcircles. 

[richardmorris]

29 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

Its our address, no name though.

chuck it.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Out of idle curiousity

Out of idle curiousity I'd probably plug it into my old Linux box to see what's on it. Disconnect it from the web. 

Cant see it doing any harm* if you load it through the terminal with minimal services loaded. 

 

*maybe not. 

It may contain images no one would want to see. I’d bin it.

[EightMegs]

 

At least they didn't take issue with my welding.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

Its our address, no name though.

I seem to recall this unsolicited SIM thing is some sort of scam, but I can't remember if it involves infecting your mobile phone....

[HMC]

Chelsea cruise here I think

[HMC]

Donuts and general misbehaviour 😆