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How the fuck did I manage that?!??

 

There was two brown envelopes on the mat when I left for work. I'll have a look when I get in tonight and give you a ring dude.

I've filled in the form and sent it back. The lass at Doovla I spoke to was very helpful, problem easy fixed.

 

Also I have a new number as ye olde Samsung died a horrible death do best to PM first

[Jim Bell]

Wondered why you wernt replying to my texts like.

[saucedoctor]

You may remember I posted a pal's Voxhall Monaro on here. Well, the chap is a confirmed Vauxhall nut, and his just got himself this. 1983 1600S, 1 previous owner, 30 odd K miles. Aside from the missing alloy centrecap, it is pretty much as perfect as it looks in the (crappy phone) pics.

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

VERY NICE

[trigger]

That's lovely!

[Angrydicky]

Are those alloys original? Maybe it's because usually the well-preserved examples are giffer spec ones, but it looks like it should have steels. Needs some correct font plates too, obv. It does look amazing though!

[HillmanImp]

There is something about those Disastras that makes me go a bit funny inside. I think (although cannot confirm due to a mind ruined by drugs and alcohol) that I really wanted one of them as my first car. Obviously I would have wanted to lower it, black out the windows and make it look totally shit etc but it was never to be and I ended up getting a Hillman Imp.

 

I could be sat here writing this now with the username Vauxhall Astra. Makes you think.........

[HillmanImp]

Also is that rear plate metal, plastic or sticker?

[derskine]

Been working on the mk1 cortina today.

Amazing how many people stop to talk and say "My dad had one of those", good but not when you want to get work done!

 

[saucedoctor]

Plates are pressed H.I.

[bub2006]

My mate is a jammy twat. Buys in mot failures and scrap cars as well as cars to do up and sell. He just told me he has had a phone call from a woman who's car has failed its mot and would he be interested in it. Apparently she said its had new brakes but failed mot on sills needing welding. She said she wants scrap value for it as its just sat doing nothing. Mark 5 ford cortina for the grand sum of £150 quid. He said it needs some body bits tidying and not too clean inside but starts and runs. He is unsure whether to keep it or do up and sell. Problem is he is a vw man so if he keeps it it will probably end up slammed to the floor with silly alloys.

 

 

Edit. Not too good. Been to look at it and matey boy was severely disappointed. Was actually a mk5 escort. How the woman on phone was confused ill never know

[gordonbennet]

Well finally after weeks of watching and waiting i've managed to bag three bloody magpies, two yesterday one today, a nest of the bleeders just down the road a couple of houses away, they've had dozens of our songbird fledglings over the spring, these have been the most awkward bastards to catch in my trees yet, but at last i've got the buggers on the run, all quiet now...funny how the songbirds seem to know its relatively safe again, they've started singing again where they've been keeping schtum for weeks apart from the blackbird's distress calls when their nests were attacked by those now late maggies..

 

In other news SWMBO cooked a lovely leg of pork today, my favourite dish, she doesn't like crackling so i scoffed the bloody lot, she salts it and crisps it up beautifully whilst still on the joint, could stuff me face with fresh piping hot crackling all day long, just enough fat stuck to the underside for that exquisite yummy bloody gorging sensation, roast taters cooked in the pork fat, yum yum....i love this woman.

[dave21478]

I swallowed a 32 gig microSD card. Dont ask me how, Im not even sure myself.

[saucedoctor]

You swallowed that much data storage, and you can't remember? Eat a couple of 4GB DDR3 DIMMs and a SIM card, and then phone yourself to find out what happened.

 

 

dave21478 is now known as Johnny Mnemonic.

[ShiteRider]

Epic collection thread tomorrow!........actually that's a fucking lie.

I'm picking up my mk5 estate from a mates factory where it's been in covered storage since february last year. The reason for the italics is, when i bought the car my mate told me i could keep it in his factory for as long as i want, for nowt, it sounded too good to be true?...... it was.

I found out yesterday that a week after i tucked it up on axle stands under a sheet, he got his lads to roll it outside to free up some space. Which is where it's been sat ever since. This is entirely my fault, i should of got my arse in gear and done something with it sooner rather than thinking i could just leave it tucked up indefinitely.

So tomorrow i'm going armed with a fresh battery, easy start, a couple of gallons of juice, and a beavertail.

Expect pictures, expect tears, expect rust!

[holbeck]

I seem to have bought a BMW Baur cabriolet.

[HMC]

Bit of an e30 man then holbeck? Didnt you have the ex Robt 325i?

 

Fleet news- said goodbye to the old jag and have done a part ex with my neighbour for a little triumph GT6 mk1.

 

[michael1703]

Love the plate!

[steve_earwig]

Oh! Sweet Nice plate too.

[dollywobbler]

OMG! UR GONNA DIE! Swing axle mayhem. (looks lovely though!)

[holbeck]

bmw01 by holbeck251, on Flickr

 

Curse you Mr Scooters, I hadn't even considered owning one until you disposed of yours.

 

Yep, I had Rob's one off him. Selling it was a big mistake. I considered asking Philibusmo to sell it back to me when he was trying to raise cash recently!

[The Moog]

Came out from work earlier to find the fans running on peugeot. Popped bonnet and removed the grill. Looks like one of the relays is already fucked and constantly open. Swapped them around and it is fine

 

I think i need to redo the wiring and move the relays to into the engine bay, perhaps inside a tupperware box or similar to protect them. Bollocks.

 

Also now need to change glowplugs and check injectors not leaking.

[wuvvum]

The Mk1s are the best looking of the GT6s (imho).  Never driven one so can't comment on whether their reputation for OMGLIFTOFFOVERSTEER is deserved or not.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I swallowed a 32 gig microSD card. Dont ask me how, Im not even sure myself.

 

Don't worry, soon it will C: and you'll get it back. 

 

*takes a bow*

[mrbenn]

I swallowed a 32 gig microSD card. Dont ask me how, Im not even sure myself.

 

You'll download it soon.

[Jim Bergerac]

That Triumph looks well fit. I demand more pics.

[michael1703]

The Mk1s are the best looking of the GT6s (imho).  Never driven one so can't comment on whether their reputation for OMGLIFTOFFOVERSTEER is deserved or not.

Wet roundabouts at speed are a challenge

[philibusmo]

Collecting my new chod today - I'll write it up on here when done but for LIVE CHOD COLLECTION FEED keep an eye on my twitter account today @PMozzy

 

https://twitter.com/PMozzy

[HillmanImp]

This would be a GR8 day to go outside and do the welding on the GT6 but it is also a GR8 day to go to the pub.

 

The prospect of waking up with a steaming hangover tomorrow and the missus being upset with me for something I can't remember saying or doing seems like the better option for some reason. Odd how my mind works. No point fighting it though.

[richardmorris]

Just fitted Visa door pockets to the 2CV - bought at last month's French National.

 

Then going for a drive into work in it overtook a 63 plate bmw 5 series that was doing 25 mph and about to be overtaken by the guy on the bike I had just passed. Queue flashing of lights and beeps on the horn - why? The limit is 50 and nothing coming the other way. I waved anyway - friendly wave, not Vulcan hello. What is it with owners of new bmws and audis - are their man bits so small they can't stand being overtaken by a 2CV (or a bicycle)?