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[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

  My mate Rob fits a double bass in his Dyane.

.. 😬

Shit, bet she's hurting!

[Will on Syros]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Was in a cab so couldn't stop, but sure I saw a red Peel on a trailer at a BP station at Willingdon. @Will on Syros?

Not my red Enfield...that's currently in Norfolk

[Split_Pin]

18 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

the hyrolastic and hydragas fella has been up again this afternoon to replace the failed o/s/f can on marvin the metro.

marvin is now sat level, and is not listing like something about to capsize.

which is nice.

now to have a look at the brakes, see if we get some more action outta them, and then, an MOT, which was last done in September 2019, in the "before times"

mini-marvin  approves.

it took them no time at all to change the failed can. but as it had all been apart early in May thats no shock.

i'm hoping that there wont be an issue with this one that has just been fitted. the last one they think that the gas diaphram has given way as there was very little fluid come out of it, and not much gas too, but the busted can was considerably heavier than an empty can should be! it is, apparently not something that they had seen before.

and this has been done with out any fuss, even if it did mean abit of a wait.

i'm wanting to get using the car again. even after 11 years it still makes me smile. and while its crusty in spots, its still a nice little car.

 

 

Not enough Metros on here I think. Love that. My mum had 2.

[High Jetter]

47 minutes ago, Will on Syros said:

Not my red Enfield...that's currently in Norfolk

Weird coincidence then. Been out (rarely) for drinks and a 5* meal. Am +ve it was a Peel tho

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Contemporary SE spec so you get black oak dash and ZT seats.

You forgot the asterisk after "oak".

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Pffft - amateur!  My mate Rob fits a double bass in his Dyane.

Just... 😬

Sticking out the roof, one assumes?

I discovered, during a visit to the Czech Republic in the mid '90s, that a full-size 'cello will just fit in the boot of a Škoda Estelle, if laid in diagonally.

[Lacquer Peel]

13 cylinders in the turquoise zone

[Six-cylinder]

10 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Not enough Metros on here I think. Love that. My mum had 2.

There are quite a few, just they are too small to see from where you are!

This is our MK1 MG Metro.

[chaseracer]

9 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Sticking out the roof, one assumes?

Nope - completely inside (calm yourself, @High Jetter! 😄)

Very definitely a one-seater, though.

[Jamie]

Just having some new tyres fitted to some wheels I've bought this heap is in my way... 

 

[Six-cylinder]

47 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Just having some new tyres fitted to some wheels I've bought this heap is in my way... 

 

It looks good to me.

Monaco?

[Jamie]

27 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

It looks good to me.

Monaco?

It's in Blackburn mate. 

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, Jamie said:

It's in Blackburn mate. 

Ok you had me looking for a Dodge Blackburn! I think I have caught up with the program now.

Do you have a front Photo you can show and on past form the car not you or your dog!

 

[Jamie]

11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ok you had me looking for a Dodge Blackburn! I think I have caught up with the program now.

Do you have a front Photo you can show and on past form the car not you or your dog!

 

Only pullin your leg

 

 

 

[Datsuncog]

15 hours ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said:

Turns out, the Mondeo boot is in fact big enough. 

 

14 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Pffft - amateur!  My mate Rob fits a double bass in his Dyane.

Just... 😬

 

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Nope - completely inside (calm yourself, @High Jetter! 😄)

Very definitely a one-seater, though.

• Double bass
• 3-ft metal stool (non-folding)
• 2x saxophones, in hard cases
• Music stands/ manuscript bag 
• Adult passenger

And the car...

A Mk1 Yaris.

In all seriousness, when MrsDC was choosing her first (new) car in 2005, the ability to fit in all of the above in was the key criteria. Bit of a squeeze, like, but it all fitted into the Yaris. Still does.

I'm still not sure the extent to which my Cortina estate was a factor in her agreeing to go out with me...

[Spurious]

Trains? Yes please 

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Jamie said:

Only pullin your leg

We need more of this magnificent beast, interior, engine?

[Jamie]

16 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

We need more of this magnificent beast, interior, engine?

It's a mate of a mate. He's only in his late 20s. He's got an Aston Martin vantage as a daily lol. He breaks bmws for a living. 

[Split_Pin]

Ooft a Dodge Royal Monaco Brougham. 

 

[Sunny Jim]

The 480 is road legal! The Central Electronics Module I was sent by somebody in the owners club has done the trick and I now have functioning indicators, electric windows and central locking. Just got back from a 40 mile loop of some of my favourite local driving roads and I'm absolutely smitten - it's a little cracker!

[Fumbler]

The white mark with the red line shows how much I turned the distributor. Car idle speed is better and started on the button. No telling if the good starting was if the car felt like it or not, so I've no idea if I've actually fixed anything.

[Sunny Jim]

Fingers crossed you have!

[stuboy]

Missus said earlier she wanted to buy a pressure washer... I said don't worry I got one.. not used it in 9 years as I don't live near enough for washing the car... machine is nicely in the shed, but the lance and hose are buried down the side with 5 million spiders and there eggs... if u hate spiders ud freaked... 

 

Bet misses complains its too powerful..

[Zelandeth]

11 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Missus said earlier she wanted to buy a pressure washer... I said don't worry I got one.. not used it in 9 years as I don't live near enough for washing the car... machine is nicely in the shed, but the lance and hose are buried down the side with 5 million spiders and there eggs... if u hate spiders ud freaked... 

 

Bet misses complains its too powerful..

If they don't like it I'm sure I could offer it a good home...Proper bit of kit those...

[Cord Fourteener]

22 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Nope - completely inside (calm yourself, @High Jetter! 😄)

Very definitely a one-seater, though.

There's a way you can get a double bass in any car, head in passenger foot well, seat wound back, seat belted in thus.

Apart from a Porsche 924 though!

The Mondeo, and the Passat for that matter, swallows it all with room for more and three adult passengers.

[artdjones]

This is why everyone needs an estate:-

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

This is why everyone needs an estate:-

True

[omegod]

I had the pleasure of an early morning visit from @worldofceri today dropping off something I have been chasing for many years and finally it's MINE, ALL MINE , excellent service and thanks again!

Reveal won't be for some time yet though  

 

[Bren]

22 hours ago, Jamie said:

It's a mate of a mate. He's only in his late 20s. He's got an Aston Martin vantage as a daily lol. He breaks bmws for a living. 

On a mission from God.

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, stuboy said:

Missus said earlier she wanted to buy a pressure washer... I said don't worry I got one.. not used it in 9 years as I don't live near enough for washing the car... machine is nicely in the shed, but the lance and hose are buried down the side with 5 million spiders and there eggs... if u hate spiders ud freaked... 

 

Bet misses complains its too powerful..

Jesus woman never happen... why have u brought it to my house, well u asked for a pressure washer, but not straightaway, so if u leave it 6 months/10 years or do it immediately u get it wrong, well its locked in her shed now.