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[Tadhg Tiogar]

59 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Vandals have attacked Llangollen railway.

Not the first time. 

[Aston Martin]

I saw a Musso pickup... Which is a thing apparently.

 

However, I swear this fucking thing I saw on the M6  was a homemade version of a regular Musso.

 

*normal pickup pictured.

[Royale80]

Range Rover picked up and home after a bit of work (over 2 years!).

 

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Vandals have attacked Llangollen railway.

and use of deadly force is best to deal with these idiots

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, stuboy said:

and use of deadly force is best to deal with these idiots

Start by spraying them with their own paint.

[Spottedlaurel]

A lot of stuff been going on here recently:

Camrys off for scrap/export/possible repair of the estate. A bit of a moment for me there, I bought my first one 15 years ago and it's tailgate was still doing a good job here. Sorting the ABS light was just one thing too many, and even if I'd got it sorted I would have no room to keep it (assuming the house we're going for works out, which isn't a foregone conclusion at present thanks to last-minute legal issues).

1200 leaving my custody, collected by its new owner on Sunday.

A chap came on Saturday and collected a load of Datsun parts off me, still got three engines and a gearbox to go.

Container filling-up. The ex-Woolworth's shelving is dismantled and in here, all my timber shelves were removed tonight. I look forward to getting it all set-up again, one day......

[HillmanImp]

Who's got that shopper bike with the bike engine on it these days, that was doing the rounds on here a few years ago? It was quite local to me but not sure if it still is. 

Its the Harley Davidson weekend where I live, where hundreds of bikes ride through the village and I fancy borrowing it and suddenly pulling out of a side street and being the leader of the gang as they come through. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

16 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Who's got that shopper bike with the bike engine on it these days, that was doing the rounds on here a few years ago? It was quite local to me but not sure if it still is. 

Its the Harley Davidson weekend where I live, where hundreds of bikes ride through the village and I fancy borrowing it and suddenly pulling out of a side street and being the leader of the gang as they come through. 

@flat4alfa won it in a roffle hosted by @Mrs Spart.

[HillmanImp]

9 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

@flat4alfa won it in a roffle hosted by @Mrs Spart

Ah, that's miles away. However I'm in Slough at the minute so could pick it up on my way home but sadly doubt I could fit it in the Mazda, even if it folds like my mums shopper did. 

I've probably mentioned it before but Des Lynam used to live in East Preston. A mate of mine used to live down Golden Avenue near him. One day, we'd all been picking tomatoes from 6am (piece rate, great wages for 3-4hrs a day) and had then all headed to Daves after work to get pissed at about 10am. 

At some point someone sees Des riding a brown fold up shopper bike with a basket at the front past the house. Everyone leans out the window and starts shouting 'DESSSSSSEYYYY! DESSSSEEEEY'. 

Des just raised his arm, gave a little wave and said 'Ello there boys' which was FUCKING COOL AS FUCK! 

Anyhow, I've gone off on a right fucking tangent there haven't I. Christ. Probably enough booze for tonight. 

[loserone]

52 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Camry

I hope you had permission!

 

@jamescarruthers?

[omegod]

2 minutes ago, loserone said:

I hope you had permission!

 

@jamescarruthers?

You beat me by 30 seconds,   

[High Jetter]

54 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Ah, that's miles away. However I'm in Slough at the minute so could pick it up on my way home but sadly doubt I could fit it in the Mazda, even if it folds like my mums shopper did. 

I've probably mentioned it before but Des Lynam used to live in East Preston. A mate of mine used to live down Golden Avenue near him. One day, we'd all been picking tomatoes from 6am (piece rate, great wages for 3-4hrs a day) and had then all headed to Daves after work to get pissed at about 10am. 

At some point someone sees Des riding a brown fold up shopper bike with a basket at the front past the house. Everyone leans out the window and starts shouting 'DESSSSSSEYYYY! DESSSSEEEEY'. 

Des just raised his arm, gave a little wave and said 'Ello there boys' which was FUCKING COOL AS FUCK! 

Anyhow, I've gone off on a right fucking tangent there haven't I. Christ. Probably enough booze for tonight. 

Yeah. What age were you to think Des Lynam was cool?

[Ohdearme]

Actually did a car thing for the first time in ages...battery had died on the Espace and buggered if I could find the radio code.

Turns out you can pay Renner £10 or much better, just register with your reg number for their 'My Renault' app/account and you can get the code for free, although it insists on fat too much personal info for my liking.

No doubt I'll now get a gazillion piles of marketing guff through the door although the postman might wonder who the hell Mr Twatoff Pinkterton* is... (Don't tell 'em your name, Pike)

[dozeydustman]

Demonstrator vehicle in.

 

For the refuse vehicle fans it’s a DAF 45 LF 12t with a rotary body designed for bio waste.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Demonstrator vehicle in.

 

For the refuse vehicle fans it’s a DAF 45 LF 12t with a rotary body designed for bio waste.

One thing I've always wondered about these dustcarts: do any of them ever get an internal washout during their service lives, or does that rotting smell just get progressively worse over the years? 🤔

[richardmorris]

[Kiltox]

8 hours ago, Ohdearme said:

Actually did a car thing for the first time in ages...battery had died on the Espace and buggered if I could find the radio code.

Turns out you can pay Renner £10 or much better, just register with your reg number for their 'My Renault' app/account and you can get the code for free, although it insists on fat too much personal info for my liking.

No doubt I'll now get a gazillion piles of marketing guff through the door although the postman might wonder who the hell Mr Twatoff Pinkterton* is... (Don't tell 'em your name, Pike)

https://github.com/Joyez/renault-radio-code-list

 

[egg]

New board added to my trigger's broom of a shite shed. The day when I just have to say 'we need a new shed' is coming ever closer. Particularly as some rats had a right good chew through it last Winter. 

[danthecapriman]

Took the Volvo for its MOT first thing this morning. Don’t know why but I dread MOT’s!

Phone call an hour later - ‘it’s passed no problem, ready for you to collect!’

Nice! Not bad for a nearly 34 year old car. All sorted for another year.

[omegod]

I had an independent Vaux guy round last night to replace the cambelt and water pump on my Omega V6, looked an absolute twat of a job that ran on till 21:45. I wasn't able to start it as I'd done some of the prep removing the masses of air pipes which I will reinstall later. I've seen that the timing was absolutely spot on prior to the covers going back on but have still had a growing anxiety and worry sweats  all day about it's first start tonight....top tip ......don't ever do things this way  

[brownnova]

Nissan fwend! 

Pub lunch with bonus Micra action… 

[tooSavvy]

Not in 'sales/parts' threads... cos I don't know!

A guy looks to be breaking TWO. XJS in his front garden 🧐

*Jag spot is now 2nd XJS.

Station Road, Wallsend - just north of coast rd rbt.

No idea if these are anywhere on t'Web, as parts....

[EightMegs]

Fiesta's gone.

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting whilst doing the exhaust last Sunday I thought the lambda didn't look in its first flush of youth so splash out out on a new one, post cat, price was good..and no idea if make any improvements but hey ho..

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

Nissan fwend! 

Pub lunch with bonus Micra action… 

Fuck me where did they go so wrong? 

Your numberplate says woof to me as well... 

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Fuck me where did they go so wrong? 

Your numberplate says woof to me as well... 

It’s definitely the woof wagon! 

[High Jetter]

Flasheart lives!

[wuvvum]

I spent a few days visiting my parents earlier in the week and my Mum was going through a load of old photos.  She found a couple of the Sandglow Marina estate we had from early 1982 until the autumn of 1983 when Dad gave up and replaced it with a 4 year old Renault 6.

Here is a rare photo of it actually working - this was taken at my grandparents' bungalow in Devon in July 1982.

Bonus Series 1 Beta and 2002 Touring background chod.

[Asimo]

But what is the white car, bottom left?

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Asimo said:

But what is the white car, bottom left?

GS?