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[stuboy]

1 hour ago, Slartibartfast said:

Toyota Corolla Verso, and it has the worst auto gearbox of any car

the one where you still have too move the gearstick?

[SiC]

I have the day off tomorrow.

But can't decide if I should spend the rest of the day either:

 - welding up the Midget 

 - visiting Moretonhampstead Motor Museum

First option gets on with a job that needs doing (nearly finished now!) but it's going to be hitting 28c here.

Second option is because the museum is closing at the end August but I have been before.

 

Decision decision.

 

What would you choose?

[Ghosty]

 

3 minutes ago, SiC said:

What would you choose?

Sounds a bit hot for welding.

I've got quite a few jobs to do this coming week...

[Jenson Velcro]

4 minutes ago, SiC said:

 

 

What would you choose?

I went and visited the MMM for the first time a couple of weeks ago, as like you I had heard it was closing. I certainly enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The weather forecast is good for tomorrow and probably too hot to be working in PPE inside a garage so take the Spitfire, drop the roof and have a leisurely cross country drive down to Moretonhampstead.

[SiC]

TBF there is a lot of alignment and cutting to do first before I get the back panel on. Some grinding too. But wearing a fire resistant boiler suit in this weather is quite unpleasant.

I guess my aim wasn't to weld it on completely but at least get it tacked into place.

It's this back panel.

I think I've welded in hotter weather and of course there are people out there doing it for a living this whole week without much choice.

I really want to make progress on it. But I don't want to bugger it up from not concentrating.

[wuvvum]

I tried a 0-60 run in the Merc.  Just flooring it in Drive (without holding it on the brakes or anything fancy like that) it did it in 7.5 seconds.  Given that the "official" time is 6.9 I think it's safe to say that the majority of the original horses are still present and correct, which is reassuring. 

[richardmorris]

Saw what I think was a Talbot Solara this morning at BP in Bagshot. B reg HAW possibly.  Golden brown colour naturally.

[Slartibartfast]

54 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Saw what I think was a Talbot Solara this morning at BP in Bagshot. B reg HAW possibly.  Golden brown colour naturally.

My first car was a red Solara Minx. My girlfriend's dad sold it to me (this would be about 98). I never got to drive it because I hadn't passed my test. In the end it went to the Taronis. Pretty sad

12 hours ago, stuboy said:

the one where you still have too move the gearstick?

It's one of those auto manual things. I don't mind it when it works properly, but it has a horrible habit of jumping out of gear. At which point you have to pull over, shut the whole car off, wait an amount of time that could be anything from 30 seconds to two hours on one memorable occasion and then restart and it might go back into gear.

Not ideal on a fast A road with no shoulder

[wuvvum]

Sounds almost as good as the Citroën Sensodrive gearbox I've had the misfortune to experience a few times.

Don't you need something a bit bigger than a Verso anyway to accommodate your 87 children?

[Slartibartfast]

Two of em have flown the nest. One of them can even drive (got their first car off this here parish). And I've still got my Leaf

[reb]

Something has arrived.

No collection thread as @aldo135kindly dropped it off for me.

A big thank you to @RetroShitefor being an unexpected angel investor in the transaction!

[aldo135]

16 minutes ago, reb said:

Something has arrived.

No collection thread as @aldo135kindly dropped it off for me.

A big thank you to @RetroShitefor being an unexpected angel investor in the transaction!

We can have a reverse thread. My Volvo has literally “gone to live on a farm”

 

@reb took me on the bus back to Cupar where I got the train I’m still on! 

 

the shows are on at Burntisland, will have to remember not to tell the kids 😂

 

Now crossing the Forth bridge looking at the other 2. Been a lovely day for a drive to Fife and train ride back to Edinburgh! 
 

 

As Robin said thanks to @RetroShite Scott for his help in getting this deal done 👍 a lovely gesture. 

[reb]

One small addition:

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, aldo135 said:

Now crossing the Forth bridge

 

Looks like it could do with a lick of paint.

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[reb]

Now to find the paperwork for these plates!

[reb]

Ok, now the universe is just fucking with me.

I thought I'd completely lost the retention certificate for the M plate, but here it is in the place I thought the one for the N plate was.

No physical plates for this one, and I want to put it on the 205 anyway...

Back to raking through paperwork I suppose!

[Marshall2810]

Unsticking some calipers on a beetle. Like the colour it's scorchio 🔥 

[richardmorris]

The new car on the neighbours bit isn't a Ford gt. It's a race spec gt40 or replica.

 

edit: I suspect it's one of these...Gallery of some of our Tornado sports cars replica Ford GT40's (gt40replica.co.uk)

[reb]

Plates fitted.

The drill I keep in the house decided it didn't want to work anymore, so precision application of a lump hammer and pointy screws made the holes in the cheap ally plates.

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, reb said:

Plates fitted.

The drill I keep in the house decided it didn't want to work anymore, so precision application of a lump hammer and pointy screws made the holes in the cheap ally plates.

It's so nice to see one of these in a nice color and not the usal gray and black.

[reb]

41 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's so nice to see one of these in a nice color and not the usal gray and black.

I seem to have accidentally got one with the same paint code as my friend's P2!

[reb]

I got bored of the internet for a moment, so decided to do something useful. 

Before:

After:

The difference?

Magical place to keep cups of overpriced coffee!

[adw1977]

Looks like this Scimitar was lucky to survive the riot in Southport yesterday. 

[Talbot]

Car interiors can be absolutely disgusting places...

No detergent, just 4l of water run through a vax on two front seats and the driver's side carpet.

Absolutely black water, with about an egg-cup full of mud/sludge at the bottom.

Ewwwww.

[reb]

Fitted a somewhat period correct accessory 

[plasticvandan]

Have a pic of me and my dad's Berlingi for your enjoyment 

[Snake Charmer]

6 hours ago, Talbot said:

Absolutely black water, with about an egg-cup full of mud/sludge at the bottom.

Carpet juice, an aquired taste. The sediment dried resembles a truffle.

[stuboy]

Forgot to post this monday night, Collegue at work said her exhaust was upside down and could I look, I found the rear box completely detached and hanging on its 2 rubbers swinging about, just been mot'd on the Friday...hmm.., she recently paid a garage near where she lives to check out a banging noise, surprisingly nothing found except a £200 bill, cheating bastards somewhere in deal, well where we based I use great chart motors ( @Peter C ) she popped round said there need to make a few calls, ok OK lads I go round hour later saying she needs new back box, its broken of the weld and sleeve and rusty clamp still there...makes a call.. says next day supply and fitted £103.. sorted one happy young lady.