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[wesacosa]

One tiny step on the mojo recovery plan today.  I haven't looked at my cars since August.  I got depressed about the ULEZ, my half arsed attempts to sell some of them came to naught and 3 of them decide to break in a short space of time, closely followed by a 4th. I also started to feel a bit overwhelmed by having 6 needy cars (although I did buy a 7th last week but out of ULEZ/commuting necessity)I have hardly been able to look at them in months let alone do any work.

Anyway today I bailed the Estelle out which seems to have taken water onboard since I last looked at it. Finding out from where is for another day. Only a 15 min job but it feels significant and hopefully its a small step on the way to pulling myself out of it and not letting the fleet go under

[Zelandeth]

20 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Okay, I give up...What IS it?  Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

[Jenson Velcro]

4 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Okay, I give up...What IS it?  Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

[Zelandeth]

19 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

That must be one heck of a rarity these days...Must have been in its day, never mind today.  Very 80s/early 90s Jag XJ look to the tail lights.  Knowing what higher end Jap cars of that era were like it's probably just as if not more comfortable than the aforementioned Jag too.

Hopefully we'll see more of it, I'm curious now.  Definitely not a car I've ever seen before, or to be honest realised was a model that even went back that far.

[captain_70s]

This is a new one on me:

1971 Bedford MultiCruiser. Parked on a drive near the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. StreetView suggests it was in decent condition in 2008 but now it's had most of it's windows/lights smashed and all the loose bits like mirrors, the grille etc snapped off/nicked.

Certainly a weird one and I'm guessing unique and based a CF chassis.

[worldofceri]

39 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Hopefully we'll see more of it…

Here’s a bit more:

 

[captain_70s]

It gives me Japanese vibes

[brownnova]

Some wins today.

Wing mirror glass randomly fell off the XC90 on Tuesday. Amazon delivered a new one yesterday and fitted between rain showers.

Then I did a wheel swap on the 940, as one wheel was damaged and sporting a rather old tyre, whilst the spare was in good condition and had a younger tyre on. Four safe tyres again now, so back in action! 

Then jacked the 9000 up to try and find the source of the exhaust blow which has slowly been getting worse, and discovered two small holes which were gun gummed up for now whilst I locate a new section of exhaust…. Or more likely until they fall off again and I remember to locate a new section of exhaust. The 9000 needs a little bit of love as the brake discs need doing, and there is definitely a water leak somewhere too. 😕 

[dome]

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

 

[Matty]

1 hour ago, dome said:

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

 

Like a big beetle!

 

 

(Bloody glad you were doing it, not me 🫡)

[PhilA]

7 hours ago, DeanH said:

Is there not an equivalent in the United States of capitalist freedom?

The retailers want people to be able to come and use the parking lots.

Difference is the average Walmart parking lot is the size of Oxford.

[richardmorris]

[MJK 24]

19 hours ago, captain_70s said:

It gives me Japanese vibes

Ha!  I was about to say the front end looks very un Japanese to me!  The rear and side definitely Japanese however!

[MJK 24]

A few interesting cars moved this week.  Unlike all the usual modern boxes I’m usually stuck with.

The maroon and black Vauxhall dated from 1926 I think.  

 

[vulgalour]

20 hours ago, captain_70s said:

This is a new one on me:

1971 Bedford MultiCruiser. Parked on a drive near the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. StreetView suggests it was in decent condition in 2008 but now it's had most of it's windows/lights smashed and all the loose bits like mirrors, the grille etc snapped off/nicked.

Certainly a weird one and I'm guessing unique and based a CF chassis.

Looking for more on that Multicruiser (and only finding that one Multicruiser and shots of it when it was looking decidely healthier, which makes the current state of it very sad), stumbled across this photo.  I cannot think of suitable words to describe the action.

[GMcD]

Anyone hungry for some pudding?

Yummy. 

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, MJK 24 said:

The maroon and black Vauxhall dated from 1926 I think.  

 

Nah, it's newer than that.  Mid '30s I'd say.  Big fecker though!

[MJK 24]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Nah, it's newer than that.  Mid '30s I'd say.  Big fecker though!

Correct!  1936!

https://auctions.hampsonauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-42---1936-vauxhall-big-six/?lot=1446&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=21&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=96&pn=1&g=1

[richardmorris]

Brewery trip. 

[vulgalour]

@GMcD that's some impressive sculpting since they don't seem to have used any supportive material to help create the sheets of wob.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, GMcD said:

Anyone hungry for some pudding?

Yummy. 

Structural milk bottle? It looks like the previous engineer cut out the rot first before the deed was done? 

Underrated repair. 

What motor is it - 90s Swede? 

[Stanky]

3 hours ago, vulgalour said:

I cannot think of suitable words to describe the action.

"Aerodynamically questionable"?

[GMcD]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Structural milk bottle? It looks like the previous engineer cut out the rot first before the deed was done? 

Underrated repair. 

What motor is it - 90s Swede? 

Nailed it. Milk bottle used as infill/bridge then a sandwich of p38 and p40. It was stinking when breaking it up....I mean I knew it had a bit of clag in the arch, but I hadn't realised it was that much 😂. It's a Saab 900. 

[GeordieInExile]

Managed to drop the coolant expansion tank cap into the C6 engine bay earlier. Oops. And then in attempting to retrieve it it went further in and out of sight. Balls. 

New one ordered off Amazon, the old one will likely work its way down to sit on top of the undertray for later retrieval. Hopefully. 

[adw1977]

13 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said:

New one ordered off Amazon, the old one will likely work its way down to sit in a position where it produces an unbelievably loud rattle and will require engine out for retrieval.

FTFY

[GeordieInExile]

Won't be able to hear the rattle through the double glazing anyway tbf.

[stuboy]

Back in 1994 I stripped a mk2 cavalier cdi, knackered engine transferred all interior into my measly L Spec with keep fit frint windows so the door pouches where in the way.. but kept the pair for years until I moved again...always felt guilty...but I binned them... fast forward today.. boot fair with all manner of junk and there's this alone calling me saying u can't leave me... so moneys paid and taken home...lol

[alcyonecorporation]

Yesterday I went to Wales for the first time in ages to build a shelf in the Amazon's garage. 
I had purchased said shelf 18 months ago; with said garage rapidly resembling a shit tip, @Conrad D. Conelrad built it for me, owing to my destroyed back.

 

I backed the Amazon out to give him some space. The shelves had gone mouldy. 



Amazon is now behaving itself again thanks to @Pete-M.  The keener among you may have noticed that it now has an alternator. 
It was a mild enough night that we could head out around the local area - but not before the garage was tidied up. 



The handbrake is fine, I'm merely paranoid. 



I tried to recreate an especially shit version of Karma Police but then lost all the lights thanks to a ricked dim/dip floor switch. The garage lights then joined in unison. 
Eventually, normal service was resumed, and I pissed around with the choke linkage to stop it bore washing at 67,000 rpm. 



This completed shelf is marvellous. All the service items are separated out, the important/significant bits yet to be fitted are down below, and the shite that was all over the workbench has now been relocated. We filled three bin bags, plus a box of shite, and I dug out a few things to sell - an Intermotor sports coil (went with an Aldon Flamethrower in the end), a 140 Rallye/GT oil pressure gauge, and some 123GT style wing mirrors.

Just visible is my Noco battery reconditioner; after extensive tests on too many heaps, I can report that Noco, CTEK and Ring chargers are the tits, while Halfords' so-called 'Smart Chargers' are anything but. Avoid. 



One of these horn pushes has the pads on that will stop the horn connecting every time the car vibrates/turns right/hits a bump. 



Yes, the Itera and Amazon are room mates. I can't work out which one's the bigger twat. I can feel that fork flexing from the other side of Chester. 



Of course, a Philly Cheese Steak at McDonalds beckoned. The heater decided not to work, then did work, cooking us to tandoori oven levels. 



I tried to take some photos but they came out crap in town. @Conrad D. Conelrad's were far better. 



I was going to bring the Amazon or the SVX to the NEC, but low funds and MH meant I stayed at home. 

[Stinkwheel]

Good News, i think, kind of.

The mighty* Maestro diesel as spotted recently in the wild has passed its MOT

 

Both those rear wheel bearings are brand new FFS 🤣

[alcyonecorporation]

2 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Good News, i think, kind of.

The mighty* Maestro diesel as spotted recently in the wild has passed its MOT

 

Both those rear wheel bearings are brand new FFS 🤣

Quality wheel bearings.