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[stuboy]

7 days not driving due too surgery thought id go check my mota's are ok, they covered in bird poo and sandy rain rubbish, did ask miss stuboy  to take the mondeo out but came up with excuse can see out the back, reverse camera upside down etc etc... i said dont worry guess ill sort it when driving again next week 

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, stuboy said:

7 days not driving due too surgery thought id go check my mota's are ok, they covered in bird poo and sandy rain rubbish, did ask miss stuboy  to take the mondeo out but came up with excuse can see out the back, reverse camera upside down etc etc... i said dont worry guess ill sort it when driving again next week 

I washed the 2cv after the storm on Friday. Since when it has seemingly been strafed by a passing albatross with severe intestinal problems. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Beyond paradise or has that finished?

Wifey will be traumatised if that trite shite is over. Midsomer in heat.

[Lord Sterling]

Watching below the "Momentous Legacy of Goodness Gracious Me" on YouTube and behind the lady being interviewed, there.is, for reason a large picture of a drawing of a Mk3 Astra!

Which appears to be this picture:

Someone on the show either loves Astras or trying very badly to make the window look like there is a car outside. 

[Joey spud]

Now showing 176,856 kms and nearly 29 years old the Toyota has just walked yet another MOT.

You've got to admire Toyota's engineering skill.

[Yoss]

I've been doing MOTs too. I had shite company when I arrived too. 

 

I'm always relieved when this bit goes to plan. I won't have to mess about with any brakes then. 

Spot on. 

 

So it's a shame he poked a hole in the back of the sill! The other side was almost identical. 

But on the plus side it's small, on a flat surface and easy to get at so it could have been worse. And the Mondeo needed welding too. To be expected I guess. It's the third MOT in my ownership and the first time I've had any welding, so again I can't complain. 

[taxi paul]

Spotted this sports car in Whiston village today. Didn't get reg because I was at the  lights and no time sadly. It did have the go faster grille on the rear window. He was probably at the motor factors getting some new points. Or whatever. 

[IronStar]

38 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I've been doing MOTs too. I had shite company when I arrived too. 

 

I'm always relieved when this bit goes to plan. I won't have to mess about with any brakes then. 

Spot on. 

 

So it's a shame he poked a hole in the back of the sill! The other side was almost identical. 

But on the plus side it's small, on a flat surface and easy to get at so it could have been worse. And the Mondeo needed welding too. To be expected I guess. It's the third MOT in my ownership and the first time I've had any welding, so again I can't complain. 

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it again. That colour! Those wheels! The whole package! 😍😍😍

Makes me want to go out and buy a Favorit. 

[Yoss]

2 minutes ago, IronStar said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it again. That colour! Those wheels! The whole package! 😍😍😍

Makes me want to go out and buy a Favorit. 

Thanks. I think you might have enough on your plate with your Zastava though. 

[IronStar]

Just now, Yoss said:

Thanks. I think you might have enough on your plate with your Zastava though. 

Which one out of 3? 😂

[Yoss]

1 minute ago, IronStar said:

Which one out of 3? 😂

Ah. I've just been following the trials of the new one. What are the other two? I assume at least one will be what we call the Yugo 45?

[IronStar]

2 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Ah. I've just been following the trials of the new one. What are the other two? I assume at least one will be what we call the Yugo 45?

Yugo Cabrio, and Yugo 65. All three powered by the same 1.3 engine. 
 

Story of the Cabrio here.

I’ll get to writing up the third car’s story at some point, honest. 😅

[stuboy]

Thought I'd go check they still start... they did..

[richardmorris]

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

What car is this one tho?

[Stinkwheel]

21 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

What car is this one tho?

Looks like a 308 GTB (possibly GTS) to me

I nearly bought a cheap one once that came in part ex where i worked. Sense prevailed, but it was close

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said:

Looks like a 308 GTB (possibly GTS) to me

I nearly bought a cheap one once that came in part ex where i worked. Sense prevailed, but it was close

Not the 308 - the photobombing thing (bottom right) with some sort of sub-windscreen vent a-la-series land rover?

You should have bought your one -- sense only comes with maturity (and hindsight.....)

[Stinkwheel]

Oh, thats Richards 2CV

And yes, i should have bought the 308, it was offered to me at 10K in 1999

[richardmorris]

58 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Not the 308 - the photobombing thing (bottom right) with some sort of sub-windscreen vent a-la-series land rover?

You should have bought your one -- sense only comes with maturity (and hindsight.....)

I think it's a 512BB. with a wiper set-up to give @dollywobbler palpitations.

[Stinkwheel]

Just now, richardmorris said:

I think it's a 512BB.

Ooooooo now thats a bit rarer than when i thought it was 308. I like being proved wrong on this  

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

What car is this one tho?

512BB (hand your badge in)

2cv doh ❤️

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

512BB (hand your badge in)

2cv doh ❤️

Here it is - asking £230,000.

1979 Ferrari 512 BB | Private Sales | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

[chadders]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Oh, thats Richards 2CV

And yes, i should have bought the 308, it was offered to me at 10K in 1999

Quite a while ago I was offered a Daytona, in good condition, for 5k.

The garage had 3 of them and was willing to discount for volume.

Living in a 2 up and 2 down in a rough area of Leeds, with no garaging available, even if I could have found the money they'd be scrap within a year.

Now I could look after it but 350k plus would result in me waking up with my balls in my mouth, even though my missus is pretty even tempered.

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Here it is - asking £230,000.

1979 Ferrari 512 BB | Private Sales | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

330GT please

i started looking at them when they were 30k

much like dino theyre 10x that now

[grogee]

RIP

[brownnova]

Seems there was a spate of AS MoTs yesterday… the XC90 went through ok. 

Advisory for track rod end which I was expecting…

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, grogee said:

RIP

Wasn't he a 14, a 7 and a 131 as well?

[Joey spud]

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

[Stinkwheel]

8 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

I do like a dodgy bodge done well, nicely played that man 

[junkyarddog]

38 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

Approved!!