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[oldcars]

You may be familiar with the place already, the good* stuff is tucked away in the bottom far corner - I'd been loads of times before I discovered it.

 

http://www.scbvehicledismantlers.co.uk

 

SCB at newbridge, so near the airport the planes fly right over your head and scare the crap out of you when you have your head buried in an engine bay

 

 

The reliant a were in a bad way but you may find some useful bits. I suspect the owner is a sentimental old sod who is reluctant to cube these cars, he's never going to make any money off them

Thanks, did'nt know about them. Are you free to walk around and have a look? Might pop buy soon, couple of things i need and would be much easier to get them local.

[dollywobbler]

Top 'finger over lens' action there CMS.

 

Seems a steal for £500. Sadly a bit big for our community transport needs (though we are looking for new minibuses). Actually, I'm a bit miffed about our buses. One is a 55-plate Sprinter with 80k miles on it. Sounds like the rear axle is absolutely knackered! I suspect the centre prop bearing is goosed as well. I keep seeing these things with stellar mileage on them. How?! It also has rot breaking out all over the body (though thankfully not underneath). Oh well. I used one of our VW Crafters to help an old lady move a chair today. Nice buses, though it's just had new shockers up front as  the bushes were all totally borked. At 52k miles.

[gm]

Thanks, did'nt know about them. Are you free to walk around and have a look? Might pop buy soon, couple of things i need and would be much easier to get them local.

Just say hello the the friendly* chap on the desk and wander round to your hearts content, bring your own tools and sturdy footwear - it's a bit boggy underfoot in some areas

 

Prices can vary depending on who is on the desk, the older chap is "best value" in my experience

[gm]

I just noticed you can see my little red mazda parked up in the background of the 924/944s photo - I hope no one thinks I was there to scrap it

[Alan_Green]

Excellent, it's all Kia and Citroën now. Do you know where the dealer was? I might try to pap it if it isn't too far north.

• Sorry, don't know where in Shetland the Reliant dealer is/was.
• I spent Summer of '86 in Shetland (for some strange reason) and found myself surrounded by Robin Reliants.  I was interested because the family car at the time was the Bond Bug below. 
• There was also an issue with return car ferry tickets being non-transferable preventing people from popping down to Aberdeen in one car..trading it in...and going back in the new car.  People had to buy 2 x single ferry tickets = expensive, so they just kept patching up the old cars they already had (bit like Cuba).
• All those Reliants will still be up there (not) rusting away in people's gardens.  The guy who has the Reliant breakers should go up there with a transporter and mop them all up. Or relocate there.

[Keymaster]

Me and her are off to look at a potential new house tomorrow. It looks alright, probably a bit overpriced

 

I'm more excited about looking at whats parked on the massive drive...

[dollywobbler]

Crikey. Someone who really does like their oddball Renaults.

[cort16]

Oof, Java green Avantime!

[fordperv]

"Andy, we're off to collect a new bus" - and with that the boss's 180k mile Rover 75 diesel whisked us to an industrial estate...

 

 

MOT til November, six good Bridgestone tyres, most of a tank of diesel and it pulls like a train - not bad for £500...

You really need to spray pi in front of the coach company name, i reckon pikey coaches would be a roaring success

[oldcars]

Just say hello the the friendly* chap on the desk and wander round to your hearts content, bring your own tools and sturdy footwear - it's a bit boggy underfoot in some areas

 

Prices can vary depending on who is on the desk, the older chap is "best value" in my experience

Thanks for the info mate, will pop along soon for a couple of bit.

[plasticvandan]

i have several reliant dealer lists at home from the 60s and 70s,will see if i can find out

[michael t]

Day off today so I've been busy flicking through the RTE archives, some fantastic stuff including tonnes of chod...  

 

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0115/672875-snow-and-hazardous-conditions-1985/

[cms206]

Jetwashed the bus. Forget Key painted in emulsion.

 

[catsinthewelder]

A dubber would kill for a bumper like that

[plasticvandan]

Because I is awesome,I can tell you that in 1972 at least,the Shetlend Reliant dealer was Eric Brown,7 commercial road,lerwick.

And it would appear the company still exist as a cycle shop today.

[M'coli]

Jetwashed the bus. Forget Key painted in emulsion.

 

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Great work!  That's probably knocked a monkey off the value...

[Alan_Green]

Because I is awesome,I can tell you that in 1972 at least,the Shetlend Reliant dealer was Eric Brown,7 commercial road,lerwick.

And it would appear the company still exist as a cycle shop today.

So in another few years will it be a unicycle shop?

[M'coli]

Me and her are off to look at a potential new house tomorrow. It looks alright, probably a bit overpriced

 

I'm more excited about looking at whats parked on the massive drive...

I believe I spy a v6 Clio!

[Ghosty]

Today started like this:

 

 

and ended like this:

 

 

 

15,000 miles from new, it's like a new car. It's actually really, really nice.

[mat_the_cat]

/\ Brace yourself...

 

Actually, that reminds me; tomorrow I'll be changing the wheel bearing on her MINI, annoyingly for the second time in just over a year/25k miles. You have to buy the whole hub assembly as well, so not cheap although easier to fit. She's gone for a FAG bearing this time, rather than the Unipart last fitted - time will tell whether this lasts better!

[captain_70s]

As of Monday I'm moving out of my parent's place and into my own gaff. A 19th century cottage located under a viaduct that I'm renting from a country estate, only thing it lacks is a garage so my shite is going to clutter the driveway and no doubt annoy people.

 

I was hoping to keep the Dolly 1300 in my parents garage but they've decided they want another car, preferably a convertible. So it looks like I'll end up renting a barn or something to stop it from dissolving away and filling with water when it rains...

[Jim Bell]

The Number and destination of that scotch bus, sounds like half a football score.

 

Johnstone Centre and Castle 1. Roath Ravers Nil.

[Angrydicky]

Well, yesterday went well. My dad gave me a lift over to Thame in Oxfordshire to collect my new tat. Loaded up the spares, signed the paperwork, exchanged cash, checked levels and we were off!

Just a mile outside Thame it started misfiring like a bastard, which the previous owner had warned me about. I found that it only misfired under light to medium acceleration, so most of the way back I was accelerating, then coasting, then accelerating again, to stop the thing misfiring! Impossible to keep a constant speed with it!

 

I can confirm it goes very well indeed, my dad couldn't keep up in his Rover 618 and I made it back home to Southend 10 minutes before he did! It starts and idles fine, so the misfire is quite unusual.

 

Right now I'm going to go down to the post office and attempt to sweet talk them into letting me tax the car with just the new keeper supplement (PO lost the MoT certificate).

 

Do you know what it is yet? Dollywobbler will almost certainly recognise it!

 

 

[dollywobbler]

Oooh, Ed Morley's beast! Look forward to seeing how you get on with it. Mr Bollox will be pleased I think.

[dollywobbler]

Tax shouldn't be an issue. They check MOT online I think so you don't need the certificate.

[skattrd]

You can tax online using the new keepers bit, and MOT is checked online. I'm not sure if they still want paper at the PO though.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Well, yesterday went well. My dad gave me a lift over to Thame in Oxfordshire to collect my new tat. Loaded up the spares, signed the paperwork, exchanged cash, checked levels and we were off!

Just a mile outside Thame it started misfiring like a bastard, which the previous owner had warned me about. I found that it only misfired under light to medium acceleration, so most of the way back I was accelerating, then coasting, then accelerating again, to stop the thing misfiring! Impossible to keep a constant speed with it!

 

I can confirm it goes very well indeed, my dad couldn't keep up in his Rover 618 and I made it back home to Southend 10 minutes before he did! It starts and idles fine, so the misfire is quite unusual.

 

Right now I'm going to go down to the post office and attempt to sweet talk them into letting me tax the car with just the new keeper supplement (PO lost the MoT certificate).

 

Do you know what it is yet? Dollywobbler will almost certainly recognise it!

The shiny high spec wood combined with the sparse instrumentation and 2 spoke wheel lead me to deduce it's either metallic (Starmist?) blue or green with a red pinstripe.

[barrett]

I have no idea what that is. Maxi?

 

I spent yesterday messing about with this, which was nice.

 

And because life's too short and I'm never gonna have a Pegaso of my own, I found a wayto borrow some money to facilitate the purchase of yet another broken rubbish old car.

[trigger]

Is that a Vauxhall Victor FE Rich?

[EssDeeWon]

Well, yesterday went well. My dad gave me a lift over to Thame in Oxfordshire to collect my new tat. Loaded up the spares, signed the paperwork, exchanged cash, checked levels and we were off!

Just a mile outside Thame it started misfiring like a bastard, which the previous owner had warned me about. I found that it only misfired under light to medium acceleration, so most of the way back I was accelerating, then coasting, then accelerating again, to stop the thing misfiring! Impossible to keep a constant speed with it!

 

I can confirm it goes very well indeed, my dad couldn't keep up in his Rover 618 and I made it back home to Southend 10 minutes before he did! It starts and idles fine, so the misfire is quite unusual.

 

Right now I'm going to go down to the post office and attempt to sweet talk them into letting me tax the car with just the new keeper supplement (PO lost the MoT certificate).

 

Do you know what it is yet? Dollywobbler will almost certainly recognise it!

 

I know what it is, but only because I have just seen him driving it, and its a BEAUT!