The new news 24 thread

[Six-cylinder]

A beautiful sunny afternoon saw me go topless!

 

[JohnK]

Just bought another recovery truck on the dreaded bay of e. That's 3 of the fuckers I have now. Need to buy a scrapyard I think.

[cobblers]

A beautiful sunny afternoon saw me go topless!

 

 

Is this an Audi?

[Six-cylinder]

Is this an Audi?

 

How did you guess, it was the previous owner who is in his 70s who put them on and I will take most of them off.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Ha!!!! If I had to guess the age of the sticker-applier I would have said either 15 or maybe 70+.

[Ghosty]

There's one Fiesta I always liked that you never see any more - Mk3 Si. No go, but looked great. Those bumpers:

[OwdChina]

First clue

[OwdChina]

and the second clue

[Ghosty]

I want to say Dolomite...

[OwdChina]

third too............it's late here, so I'm gonna stop with this till tomorrow...........it's a HOOT.......I can't believe how fast these things were !

[OwdChina]

Not a Dolly

[OwdChina]

For you Ghosty

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Triumph 2000/2500?

[panhard65]

I was thinking more TR6 or Stag. Probably a spitfire though

[OwdChina]

Triumph 2000/2500?

Nope........but your close....................Panhard...........One is correct.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Must be a stag!

[OwdChina]

[OwdChina]

LOL the cobwebs are great. It sat in a garage for 5 years after a body off rebuild. The chasis, engine and transmission are all like new.............then they lost interest and the body is cack. Not a straight panel.

[alf892]

TR6...........in nice order underneath with loads of new bits that has been stood a while?

 

Lets have more pics of the whole thing

[alf892]

I love to see suspension bits painted like that........looks like each part was cleaned/repaired as required before being assembled with cleaned or new bolts. Proper job

 

Loads better than the whole lot being splashed over with chassis black or nasty underseal

[OwdChina]

SWMBO is in China for two weeks. "Get me another car..............I'm sick of that Ondah"......OK. Job done.

[cort16]

It's good they kept it in a giant cardboard box.

 

If I had to pick a triumph it'd be a tr6.

[OwdChina]

Will take more pics tomorrow when it's off the deck.

 

[OwdChina]

It's good they kept it in a giant cardboard box.

 

If I had to pick a triumph it'd be a tr6.

The cardboard is for when the truck needs work...........leaks more oil than the Amoco Cadiz

[OwdChina]

 

 

   

 

[DeeJay]

That looks the Dogs Danglies, 

Stag with BL badges. Well you learn something new everyday.

James Mays favourite classic convertible.

(Don't quote me on that).

[theorganist]

Just took the Princess for the second MOT under ownership.

 

All it needs are two brake pipes and a CV gaiter plus a rebound strap under advisory.

 

Very pleased.

[dugong]

Went and collected this thing last night in the C4 for the workshop. A 'Sixties Grundig Mondello 6GB radiogram. The legs were on the passenger seat [fnarr]. It has a DIN out for a tape and or phono deck, so the appropriate jack will allow me to run a phone or CD player through it. The (built in) turntable needs a new belt, and other than a frosted screen, the whole unit runs brilliantly (and loud). I've seen these go in raging hipster shops for £500+ so it was a bit of steal at £20, even if it meant a trip to Guildford to pick it up, very close to the McLaren works.  

It's a long time since I've driven the C4 any kind of distance (or any long run at night since my accident, for that matter). Compared to the MGF and MX-3 it feels like a truck on stilts (with incredibly numb steering). 

I forgot how miserly it was on fuel, and how comparatively decent the stereo was. It's still rather useful. 

Have a bonus shot of the GHETTO_PHONE_CHARGER in action:

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Please stop posting this picture, it looks too much like some sort of device for giving Lord Sterling pleasure when he's away from the 1987 Rover all models brochure.

[HillmanImp]

Mrs Imp just got offered £5,200 for her Mazda 2 that was written off last week. It was a 2010 car with 50k on the clock and in very good condition (all the scratches and dings were repaired last year) although the interior was a bit grim with a couple of holes in the carpet and some broken switches plus it was pretty grubby like girls cars often get.

 

Looking online that pretty much seems to be a good valuation. Similar cars within 50 miles of here are up for sale online for between £4,500 and £5,500. I was exepcting to get offered £4k and have to fight our way up to a fair settlement but this seems spot on to me.