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[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Renault 4, a Polski fiat, but no 2CV!

Not arrived yet, it'll be a while...😃

[reb]

[Fat_Pirate]

13 minutes ago, reb said:

Excellent!  I bought one of these in 1985 with my hard-earned YTS money, so I could play Elite on my Spectrum without fighting for access to the household TV.  Has it needed repairs?

[reb]

2 minutes ago, Fat_Pirate said:

Excellent!  I bought one of these in 1985 with my hard-earned YTS money, so I could play Elite on my Spectrum without fighting for access to the household TV.  Has it needed repairs?

No repairs needed so far, it was struggling with vertical hold when I first started using it but fiddling with the settings on the RF modulator seems to have cleared that up completely.

I have a colour Harwood(?) on the way that I'll probably use in place of this in the living room, and build a second streaming box to use this one in my bedroom.

[wuvvum]

14 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Renault 4, a Polski fiat, but no 2CV!

With a 2CV-shaped cushion I'd be worried about getting a headlight up the bum.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

With a 2CV-shaped cushion I'd be worried about getting a headlight up the bum.

 Where my wife used to work they were forever getting Patients that had "fallen on" an object ...

[Hawkeyethenoo]

[bramz7]

Just back from collecting this:.

It would probably never have appeared on my radar without @NorthernMonkeyoffering it to me, so thanks! It has gadgets beyond what I am used to, including a reversing camera, quite a step up from a rough 147. 

It also managed to do:

The drive back was remarkably free flowing, in fact the whole journey was without drama. My train to Waterloo did it non stop from Basingstoke in 39 minutes!

I'll have to keep this one for a while I think. 

[r.welfare]

Had this for over 3 months but have kept quiet as it’s been a bit of a project to fix up.  But as it passed it’s MOT today, it’s now ready to receive L plates in order for my daughter to start brutalising the clutch!

Like @bramz7 I’m not a massive MiTo fan but unfortunately my daughter loves the looks of it…and it was cheap.

[bramz7]

@r.welfare

The more I drove it, the more I liked it. But even a fairly unhappy 147 felt more like the familiar Alfa Romeo I love. 

What engine is in this one? 

The seats were fairly good at least, despite the ricochet esque ride quality. 

[r.welfare]

1.4 petrol @bramz7, the detuned one (78bhp).  Ride quality is…not great, but as you found, the a/c is excellent.  And the bodywork is spotless, as is underneath.

A full history until 2022 then lots of owners and neglect, my favourite fault (aside from the worn diff bearings) was a snapped-off dipstick which required a new tube as well!  Still, it was a fun project overall and hopefully my daughter won’t test the 5-star NCAP rating.

[Sunny Jim]

Cut the hedges at mine today which meant I needed to move the 480 that was blocked in by the Puma which won't start because of a knackered fuel pump which I haven't fixed yet as there's no access from inside the car so I'm going to have to drop the tank. The picture doesn't really show it but the slight incline meant I couldn't push the stricken Puma so I used the 480 and some old tyres instead.

[SiC]

Only thing left is to book a lesson. Need to speak to my manager when he's back next week and I'll take a day off to get an hour or two in during a week.

£235 p/h on a Cessna 152

 

[Marina door handles]

I think this is one for the new news thread.... Turns out nylon webbed ratchet straps are a bit slippery-er than I thought... I needed to transport some fairly long wooden shelves from the outlaws old house to mine. In theory they could go in the Forester but they would preclude me from taking a passenger and possibly be a bit restrictive. 

So I fitted some roof bars and gently whistled over to the other house with Mrs MDH as my co pilot (Jesus was busy)....

I carefully loaded the shelving planks on the roof and then spent ages trying to lash them down as tightly as the crap ratchet straps would go. After what felt like hours/days off faff I was reasonably confident and Mrs MDH seemed convinced I had tied the down as well, so we set off for home but not after some gentle brake/acceleration tests....

At the five mile mark, I started getting some slightly alarming noises from above, so I carefully pulled over, found the planks had shifted and spent a couple of minutes re arranging them and re securing, all good?

Next stop the farm shop for some scram, I eased up from about 40 mph and slowed right down to turn into the farm shop and whoosh one of the planks escaped, quickly followed by a second! Smacking the bonnet and then landing on the road ahead. Shit!

Fortunately Mrs MDH is a very laid back person and just laughed at the situation, could have been worse..

I hit the hazards and ran around hoisting the large planks onto the verge before hopping back in the car and completing my manoeuvre into the farm shop car park.  And then went and rescued the planks, sticking them next to the parked Subaru, I felt like a right plank after that.......

In the farm shop, we bought some nice pork and leak sausages, some Chatwin's bread rolls and some bread flour but that's not really important is it?

Anyway after our purchases we still had to figure out what to do with the planks. Then a brain wave, they will sort of fit in the car if my better half would sit in the back and if I don't try and change into second using the knob, have to hold the stick by the shaft (oooh errr) other wise I cant get my hand under the plank!) .

And then we drove all the way home and ate the sausages and they all lived happily ever after.......

Fin

 

 

[Bren]

3 hours ago, SiC said:

Only thing left is to book a lesson. Need to speak to my manager when he's back next week and I'll take a day off to get an hour or two in during a week.

£235 p/h on a Cessna 152

 

Do it. I had a lesson for my 50th - I thoroughly enjoyed it. The instructor told me it counted as one hour towards my licence. Sadly obtaining a licence is beyond the scope of mortals like me.

[barefoot]

Just been laughing at this,  which I wrote as a box out on the tail end of a feature about ten years ago...

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'That's a nice spot, where did you take those photos?'

'The pictures of the van were taken in the car park of The Priest House Hotel, a local hostelry I've been using as a backdrop since the eighties. On this occasion the General Manager; Michael Burn sent a pleasant bloke out to ask me to leave, because they were getting no publicity from it. No Publicity? Well let me sort that for you. The Priest House Hotel charge £15 for an individual cream tea, and just under £8 for a half of lager and a pint of bitter which comes from a bottle, because they don't have bitter on draught'.

[BorniteIdentity]

7 hours ago, Marina door handles said:

I think this is one for the new news thread.... Turns out nylon webbed ratchet straps are a bit slippery-er than I thought... I needed to transport some fairly long wooden shelves from the outlaws old house to mine. In theory they could go in the Forester but they would preclude me from taking a passenger and possibly be a bit restrictive. 

So I fitted some roof bars and gently whistled over to the other house with Mrs MDH as my co pilot (Jesus was busy)....

I carefully loaded the shelving planks on the roof and then spent ages trying to lash them down as tightly as the crap ratchet straps would go. After what felt like hours/days off faff I was reasonably confident and Mrs MDH seemed convinced I had tied the down as well, so we set off for home but not after some gentle brake/acceleration tests....

At the five mile mark, I started getting some slightly alarming noises from above, so I carefully pulled over, found the planks had shifted and spent a couple of minutes re arranging them and re securing, all good?

Next stop the farm shop for some scram, I eased up from about 40 mph and slowed right down to turn into the farm shop and whoosh one of the planks escaped, quickly followed by a second! Smacking the bonnet and then landing on the road ahead. Shit!

Fortunately Mrs MDH is a very laid back person and just laughed at the situation, could have been worse..

I hit the hazards and ran around hoisting the large planks onto the verge before hopping back in the car and completing my manoeuvre into the farm shop car park.  And then went and rescued the planks, sticking them next to the parked Subaru, I felt like a right plank after that.......

In the farm shop, we bought some nice pork and leak sausages, some Chatwin's bread rolls and some bread flour but that's not really important is it?

Anyway after our purchases we still had to figure out what to do with the planks. Then a brain wave, they will sort of fit in the car if my better half would sit in the back and if I don't try and change into second using the knob, have to hold the stick by the shaft (oooh errr) other wise I cant get my hand under the plank!) .

And then we drove all the way home and ate the sausages and they all lived happily ever after.......

Fin

 

 

Shelves in the car, woman on the roof rack.

[Hawkeyethenoo]

The Internet can fuck off.  MOT'd and taxed, yet MOT and tax exempt. That's belt and braces fur yeh! 

 

[Popsicle]

I'm an unashamed Mann filters fan, I don't buy any other filters. I'm also a sad twat that keeps details of what my vehicles cost. 

There's some good prices at GSF via Ebay at the mo on fuel filters, with an extra 20% off with the code JULYPAY20, I've just give £56.96 for 5 Mann fuel filters, £11.32 each. They're normally around the £22-£25 mark.

Should see the van right till next summer. Oddly air and oil filters are currently cheaper directly through GSF than via Ebay.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Had the pleasure of driving the Carina E here in France yesterday, attending local Sunday morning car meets:

Didn't quite qualify for entry to event #1 but did the next best thing and parked-up outside next to piece of battle-scarred, peeling Alfa angularity.

 

Good mix of stuff in attendance, with a few from the smaller meet we'd visited the previous weekend. Someone there told us about a larger get-together in another town just 10 minutes away, so as a number of others did we took our leave and headed across to event #2:

 

Due to the busy-ness we didn't take the Carina in, but we probably could have done. Very eclectic mix with 1930s cars up to modern hi-po/supercar stuff, with a lot of American muscle. Plenty of French tin too, like Renaults 9 and 21, Peugeot 404 and a cute simca 1000 plus Japanese things like a very clean, lowered Bluebird saloon on steel wheels with smooth hubcaps and a pop-up light Honda Prelude. I took a lot of photos, they can wait until after I've dealt with the main holiday finds. Going through them will brighten up a dreary autumn/winter day.

The Carina E was great to drive on the local roads, and the working A/C was most welcome. It also got used for taxi duty  last night, taking us out to a meal so I could have a drink for a change.

[SiC]

330i in for it's MOT 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Fiddled with the height height adjustment motors to unseize them so might fail on that. But should be an easy thing for them to sort if so. 

[Split_Pin]

Good luck! 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, SiC said:

330i in for it's MOT 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Fiddled with the height height adjustment motors to unseize them so might fail on that. But should be an easy thing for them to sort if so. 

Passed clean 🎉

[beko1987]

16 minutes ago, SiC said:

Passed clean 🎉

Now set a calendar reminder for 11 months 2 weeks to remind you to unseize them again 😂

I got rhe blue laguna I had through it's test by cable tying the broken xeon adjuster lever back onto the passenger side bottom arm, which lasted about 2 days before popping out again but enough for the mot (then the pass headlight dipped down and to the verge a bit, hence didn't blind oncoming traffic so I never bothered fixing it and didn't drive abroad/on the other side🤷)

[High Jetter]

Came across this pic after a bit more sleuthing today, from a FB post by the East Grinstead Museum:

I don't remember Longlife Accessories changing their branding, but that was probably after I moved on to pastures new.

[SiC]

34 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Now set a calendar reminder for 11 months 2 weeks to remind you to unseize them again 😂

I got rhe blue laguna I had through it's test by cable tying the broken xeon adjuster lever back onto the passenger side bottom arm, which lasted about 2 days before popping out again but enough for the mot (then the pass headlight dipped down and to the verge a bit, hence didn't blind oncoming traffic so I never bothered fixing it and didn't drive abroad/on the other side🤷)

They do the down and up sequence everytime you turn the lights on, even though they're not Xenon and manually adjustable. However they both decide to start sticking within a week of each other not long before the MOT! Giving the motors a helping hand when moving them got them going again.

Worse case it'll need the lights replacing - being non-xenon they're probably not even that expensive to replace.

[stuboy]

Popped too a car meet yesterday..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stuboy]

Like a knob i deleted one..

https://youtube.com/shorts/3VeRrRzk32Y?si=24k_72O9NnxcAWpS

[doug]

Went to France last week to the Le Puy Notre Dame Grand Prix. Here are my holiday pics.

 

[doug]

The old Guzzi needed a bit of TLC on return.