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[stuboy]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

There's a YouTuber called Flexiny who unearths long dead cars

i loved watching his videos

[DVee8]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I’m quite a paranoid person when it comes to security, have had a Ring bell for years but our new house is sort of a bend/corner plot so the the drive/garage is at the side of the house but still has a path going straight past it.

Wanted some sort of CCTV to cover the area so found a 360 degree camera on Amazon. Fitted it today and it seems brilliant. SD card based so don’t need to worry about paying for cloud storage (it does have that option too) decent day and night vision. Even has motion tracking which works well as it followed me from the car round to me going out of shot! 

Do you have a link to the one you bought?

[JJ0063]

5 minutes ago, DVee8 said:

Do you have a link to the one you bought?

ieGeek 2K PTZ Security Camera... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BBT72X33?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

its also got a colour night mode. Well impressed for the money 

[Spottedlaurel]

Feels like I've reached one of those moments in life.

Master SL passed his test first time yesterday (in a 66-reg Yaris diesel) and he's already got his Yaris* insured and went out to pick up his GF.

Got a photo from Miss SL, of her and the BF standing proudly beside his rather nice new LS400. They'd been ferrying his folks around the Peak District when they went up to visit. Mrs SL says it looks like a car that an uncle would drive.

Doesn't seem long since I was strapping them in child seats in my car.

 

*I suspect I won't drive it too often any more, but it's a great little thing and I would strongly recommend one to anybody needing everyday transport, let alone a first car. Roomy inside and still goes OK despite being just the 1-litre. Did really well over the last week or so, covering around 500 miles with 2-3 of us on board doing a complex 3-way commute to give him lots of pre-test practice. I find it remarkable that it's over a year older than he is - it would have happened occasionally, but would certainly have been unusual when I passed my test 35 years ago.

[hairnet]

13 hours ago, D.E said:

Out of winter hibernation. Starts and runs well, but brakes are a bit sticky.

lekker

[Lankytim]

20 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Oh my. RHD too. 

There’s a good chance it didn’t originally have RHD, also note the front wheels, I suspect it has a modern power unit and front suspension spliced in. Welding in a Mk1 Mondeo subframe complete with mechanicals is a common adaptation. 

[wuvvum]

Steering wheel looks '80s Peugeot.

[mat777]

2 hours ago, Lankytim said:

There’s a good chance it didn’t originally have RHD, also note the front wheels, I suspect it has a modern power unit and front suspension spliced in. Welding in a Mk1 Mondeo subframe complete with mechanicals is a common adaptation. 

Always still seems a tragic waste though, especially when they go out with unobtainable bumpers and trim still attached.

 

ION, went karting with some friends last night. I used to race for my uni but since having a grown up life now I rarely get chance to go. I'd forgotten that one of the visors for my helmet was repping for Autoshite, so I fitted that one to race last night 😅

[junkyarddog]

Just visiting my uncle in rural Co Tipperary,and took a wander around his field,found this located in the hedge,any guessing as to what it was?

I know because I remember my uncle driving it.

 

 

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting.. went to a car meet.. and at 915hrs it was well packed out.. almost all age of cars catered for.. if u want me to post slideshow I can.

 

Also the Missus treated the galaxy to a wash and brush up..

[chaseracer]

On 04/03/2023 at 14:08, HillmanImp said:

Oh my. RHD too. 

Mostly Citroen ZX underneath apparently, with Peugeot 205 engine/box.  Beyond rotten.

Still... 🥺

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Nothing exciting.. went to a car meet.. and at 915hrs it was well packed out.. almost all age of cars catered for.. if u want me to post slideshow I can.

 

Also the Missus treated the galaxy to a wash and brush up..

Every little helps

[wuvvum]

Got the new bonnet cable fitted to the Volvo today, between sleet showers.  It was a bit of a faff as the only way to get the assembly through the hole in the bulkhead was to remove a clip which really didn't want to be removed (and then once removed really didn't want to clip back on again), so at the moment I have to hold one part of the handle steady whilst pulling the other, but it works, and the bonnet is properly shut for the first time in probably 15 years.  I went to take it for a celebratory drive (I also wanted to make sure that the new rear brake discs had got rid of the knocking from the back end) but barely got out of the car park before it became apparent that something was badly amiss - a horrible grinding noise and vibration from the nearside rear.  I turned round at the end of the road and drove back onto the car park, where a brief investigation revealed that the nearside handbrake cable had broken away from its clip on the trailing arm (or rather the clip had disintegrated) and was rubbing against the inside of the tyre.  A quick application of a nice fat cable tie and I set off again, and this time all was quiet - the original knocking noise was gone as well which was a relief.  It still feels slightly loose at the back end, but that'll be the suspension bushes that were an advisory on the last MOT in about 2006...  I ran out of time to take it for a proper run, and the roads weren't in an ideal state for it anyway, but next time we have a dry weekend I'm going to take it out onto an NSL road and get it wound up above 40 for the first time in a very long time.

I got the other front hub most of the way off the MG yesterday - it put up a bit more of a fight, the top ball joint nut actually came off more easily than the offside, but the bottom ball joint bolt took a great deal of belting with a lump hammer before it'd come loose, and the ball joint itself had to be attacked with a splitter and the aforesaid lump hammer.  In theory though it should now be a 10-minute job to get both hubs the rest of the way off - I'm going to try to take them into the garage on Friday as that'll then give me the weekend to put the car back together without leaving it sitting for ages with no front wheels.

Took the Visa up to Tesco and stuck a tenner of E5 in the tank.  The fuel gauge still hasn't moved so I assume that's broken - I'll need to have a look at some point.  I'm also going to ask the garage when I take the Rover in if they have any part worn tyres in the correct size for the Visa - the fronts are currently 165/70R13 which are too big (and on their last legs anyway).  I got the headlining fixed up at the back - ended up drilling two holes at either end and using self tappers with washers on to hold the headlining up.  It means I can now see out the back properly, which is a bonus.  I do need to have a look at the brakes though at some point - they work OK (and they're non-servo'd so they're never going to stand the car on its nose like a hydro Citroën) but there's too much pedal travel for my liking.  I seem to remember Lankytim saying something about it having the wrong wheel cylinders on the back, so that's going to be my first port of call.

[GMcD]

On 04/03/2023 at 17:58, GMcD said:

Am offski.

21 hours in two tin cans await...Joy! 

 

My view for the next few weeks. 

Some spots in the car park

[mat777]

9 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Just visiting my uncle in rural Co Tipperary,and took a wander around his field,found this located in the hedge,any guessing as to what it was?

I know because I remember my uncle driving it.

 

 

Calapst - that's what it is 😂

 

4 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Mostly Citroen ZX underneath apparently, with Peugeot 205 engine/box.  Beyond rotten.

Still... 🥺

Neither of those are getting any more common either! 

[stuboy]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Every little helps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chaseracer]

7 hours ago, mat777 said:

Neither of those are getting any more common either! 

Good point, well made...

[MJK 24]

There’s every possibility this will be a truly momentous week…

[goosey]

Sat eating my lunch in sainsburys car park earlier and this Mondeo parks next to me

[AnnoyingPentium]

56 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

There’s every possibility this will be a truly momentous week…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9J4vEVDr5w

[MJK 24]

15 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9J4vEVDr5w

The other truck is 40% of the way around its second lap!

[MrGTI6]

21 minutes ago, goosey said:

Sat eating my lunch in sainsburys car park earlier and this Mondeo parks next to me

This is why changing MOTs to every two years is a terrible idea. 

[angle]

On 3/4/2023 at 7:23 PM, Nev said:

I don't know where he finds his stuff, has had loads of rae-ish old shite. 
Normally utterly fucked though, he's a braver man than me, considering that if you've got something out of the ordinary, you might as well tie a target to your arse.

Isn't he the guy on the blue forum that built and raced a 309 estate? If its him, pretty sure he's raced a Ferrari Mondial, a DS Safari and an Alfasud estate before...

[Zelandeth]

38 minutes ago, goosey said:

Sat eating my lunch in sainsburys car park earlier and this Mondeo parks next to me

Anonymous call to 101 or online report to the police would be the response from me.  There's no excuse for that, you can't "not notice" it being worn for that long.  Fact the thing must do a passable impression of a hovercraft every time it rains should be a clue...

[goosey]

44 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Anonymous call to 101 or online report to the police would be the response from me.  There's no excuse for that, you can't "not notice" it being worn for that long.  Fact the thing must do a passable impression of a hovercraft every time it rains should be a clue...

Just out of interest, why would you try to call 101 anonymously? 

[Zelandeth]

52 minutes ago, goosey said:

Just out of interest, why would you try to call 101 anonymously? 

I wouldn't bother about it personally, but some people can be really wary about giving their details to the police.  Was just meaning that for road safety reports of stuff like that they won't insist on taking any details from you.

Poor wording on my part.

[RoverFolkUs]

4 hours ago, goosey said:

Sat eating my lunch in sainsburys car park earlier and this Mondeo parks next to me

You know it's bad when the stones stuck to it are the only source of traction 🤣

[Fumbler]

24 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

You know it's bad when the stones stuck to it are the only source of traction 🤣

Studded M8

[stuboy]

38 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Studded M8

snow tyres....

 

people just dont check there tyres..

[RoverFolkUs]

In contrast to that Mondeo tyre, I've just changed an almost brand new continental tyre this afternoon because it had a gash in the sidewall down to the cords..

I think I was just as gutted lobbing it in the scrap pile (after slashing it for good measure, because you never know) as the lady who owned the car!