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[Shite Ron]

I think the top one is for an Anglia:

[artdjones]

35 minutes ago, stuboy said:

No dash I'd time..

1. Red fluffy... mini?...70's

2. Dunno

Also is this a plate from side of a train?

I think the railway item is a wagon building plate, Shildon was a NER/LNER/BR wagon works.

[Cord Fourteener]

So, again I find that it's been a few weeks since I've engaged with stuff here. It's not that I don't like you, I do, it's just I'm working flat out and don't have time or energy to browse social media. 

Apart from the family, I have been working  my self employed gardening business, which is mostly a joy, but also since xmas I've really been pushing my bagpiping.

The aim is to live mostly from bagpipes, earning enough to be able to pick and choose my garden jobs. After all, i don't want to be crawling in the dirt on my knees all the way into old age, I'd rather dabble in gardening to top up my income rather than rely on it. 

So I've been really practicing hard, every day where possible, for as long a possible. This is giving me results and much joy! I've been playing my Welsh, Breton and English style pipes and I've just ordered some Highland pipes, because I love punishing myself apparently. 

Unfortunately it means going on Facebook to promote me but it's working and I'm getting loads of good gigs for better and better money. 

But it is leaving me with little time and energy, so that's why I've missed you all!

As for the cars, I've been farming out the work and using them sensibly...

[chaseracer]

16 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

...I've really been pushing my bagpiping...

At first, I thought this was a euphemism...

Welcome back!

[Cookiesouwest]

10 hours ago, SiC said:

How was it?

I meant to go to it today but I forgot and ended up in Devon instead!

It was a decent turnout with a good spread of cars.

Never been before, but will make it a regular appointment from now on

[andyberg]

46 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

It was a decent turnout with a good spread of cars.

Never been before, but will make it a regular appointment from now on

Is it annual or monthly mate?

[RoverFolkUs]

4 hours ago, LabRat said:

It was indeed, we took a punt on it- "how bad can it be with 8 months test?"

Turns out the answer is grim. Very fucking grim indeed. But it's got her about, which has been the main thing... I'd be tempted to keep it for work, if it was just scruffy, but I can't justify spending the money it needs to get it through a test... Noticed both rear tires are going bald on the inside edge, so something's not well at the back either. 

They seem to sell end of life sheds close to scrap money, very odd business model! Their reviews are quite amusing

[SiC]

57 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Is it annual or monthly mate?

Monthly during the summer 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057568895364

This is a smaller midweek meet that's every week:

https://www.facebook.com/ChewValleyClassicCarMeet/

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

No dash I'd time..

1. Red fluffy... mini?...70's

2. Dunno

Also is this a plate from side of a train?

2 is Fiat or Lada.

[Cookiesouwest]

1 hour ago, andyberg said:

Is it annual or monthly mate?

Monthly.

Think its last Saturday of every month.

[dome]

Got the Jag out of hibernation today. 

Stuck a battery on it, checked the fluids and started it for the first time in 6 months.

Nae bother🙂

I gave it a wash and then took it a drive and it's running very well(he says hesitantly as we're not home yet.)

Sadly for me it's time for someone else to enjoy this fine beast, look out for a for sale ad soon. 

[vulgalour]

Been working on the wiper motor for the Lanchester this weekend.  Lots of weird and wonderful smells as I gradually clear away 70 years of dirt, oil grease, and bad paint.  Dry fit demonstrated it's moving a lot smoother than it was so I'm hopeful that when the new paint dries, it will actually work properly.

Been trying to record the process as I go, as with everything else on the Lanchester project, so there'll be a video on this at some point in the future. I never intended to strip this down so far, I was only going to clean out the old grease and put fresh in and then one thing led to another and now I know what's inside a Lucas SW4 wiper motor.

[richardmorris]

7 hours ago, chaseracer said:

At first, I thought this was a euphemism...

Welcome back!

He’s just been looking at tractor websites could be a new euphemism!

[wesacosa]

do you even start a job you really wish you hadn't.  Trying to find source of a wet footwell in the XM and took the brake doseur valve off to check the rubber gaiter there.   After about an hour of trying to get the bloody bracket back on I set the torque wrench wrong and sheared one of the bolts clean off.  Stupid idiotic mistake I am kicking myself for.  Not sure how to sort this one.  Don't trust myself to drill and tap and think it too small for a stud extractor.  After the stupid amount of hours I have spent on this car I just want to cry

[stuboy]

FIL has a display at the faversham show ground and ask if mini stuboy junior wanted to stay last night... oh and could we take home his new purchase from the show... a trailer.... the missus said she wasn't driving with a trailer.. so I did it.

[brownnova]

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

And what a traffic jam it was!! 

 

It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

[DVee8]

Facebook tells me,well MrsV8 actually  that I bought this from, Station  once of this parish. This weekend 2015.

The DVLA says it's no more.

[vulgalour]

It works!  Runs really smoothly, especially compared to how it was with all the old grease in it.  Looks just right too, I was worried the cleaning and fresh paint would have made it look too restored, but I think I managed to tread the cosmetic line there on it.  Well chuffed about this job, never rebuilt something like this before.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

And what a traffic jam it was!! 

 

It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

That reminds me that carter’s steam fair is up for sale. Family is retiring and looking for a permanent home for the attractions and engines. Price of coal cited as a factor.

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

And what a traffic jam it was!! 

 

It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

As soon as I saw the first pic, I thought "Llandudno!"  The Owd Giffer and the Mothership grew up there and I lived there until I was two.

[horriblemercedes]

I was overtaken by a Morris Ital

[Dyslexic Viking]

Every spring when the cold has subsided, a truck comes and washes the road and it happened today. Another sure sign of spring.

[stuboy]

On 4/30/2022 at 6:36 PM, Shite Ron said:

I think the top one is for an Anglia:

any idea on the other one?

[reb]

I just did an MOT check on my old 850, not expecting much since last I heard of it it was bouncing around various people who didn't seem to give much of a shit about it. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it now has an MOT! Whoever has it now has obviously fixed the airbag light or has a friendly tester.

[Zelandeth]

23 minutes ago, stuboy said:

any idea on the other one?

Either 60s/70s Fiat, or Lada 2103 (etc).

Image courtesy of Google.

 

[trigger]

Today was the Ipswich to Felixstowe car run, always a well subscribed event, so much so that I couldn't get booked in this year so instead I dragged the family along in the daily to take a look. 

I didn't take many photos as I was too busy chasing children and chatting to people but I got these of probably some of the best cars there! 

The boot rack can obviously get in the sea. 

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

And what a traffic jam it was!! 

 

It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

It's very OK. I passed one earlier on it's way back from a show. The fragrance it left behind was...special.

[Metal Guru]

On 30/04/2022 at 12:58, High Jetter said:

You've previous experience with them?

I’ve had one go with them. A lot of the cars looked a bit rough especially the movie cars some of which were very bad mock ups . They do have modern Ferraris, McLarens, Porches etc which are obviously genuine if well used.

Main trouble is the sheer number of people there ( you queue for a hour or so to register, then passed to another queue that is mainly to sell you more insurance , some cars have a £5k xs ), and hence the number of cars on tracks that (mostly) really aren’t suitable ( very short laps etc you hardly get out of 2nd gear), and the experience is somewhat disappointing .

[kirton]

Following on from BrownNova's post:  on Saturday I went to Camborne for Trevithick Day, the first for two years.

The Trevithick Society were running their replica of Trevithick's 1801 Puffing Devil up a street in the old fashioned way;  no barriers with pedestrians walking on the road and cars parked on one side.

The replica looks like the only change from 1801 spec is a better pressure gauge and I would imagine a modern safety valve - just as well at 100psi and the redline at 120psi.

Boy did it shift;  you'd neeed an Olympic sprinter in front of it with the red flag, made some wonderfull noises as well.  I had a big grin on my face.  Beats a sedate trundle by of traction engines.

 

 

 

[wesacosa]

18 hours ago, wesacosa said:

do you even start a job you really wish you hadn't.  Trying to find source of a wet footwell in the XM and took the brake doseur valve off to check the rubber gaiter there.   After about an hour of trying to get the bloody bracket back on I set the torque wrench wrong and sheared one of the bolts clean off.  Stupid idiotic mistake I am kicking myself for.  Not sure how to sort this one.  Don't trust myself to drill and tap and think it too small for a stud extractor.  After the stupid amount of hours I have spent on this car I just want to cry

Well I'd done a right good job of snapping it off

despite not being able to get great access (surprise surprise) I managed to tap it around with a center punch and a drift enough to just get enough thread exposed to get the grips and then standard pliers on it.   Thankfully because I snapped it whilst tightening and not trying to undo it didn't fight too much.  now just got to try and find replacement, as no doubt they are obsolete from PSA