The new news 24 thread

[greengartside]

I prefer the Phase 1 as well, has the better alloys on it IMHO. I did have a Ph1 X-plate that was mildly barried, should never have sold it.

[alf892]

New welder advice please, what are the best brands?

 

Single phase MIG, something robust that will cope with working all day every day.

Didn't Ratdat find a nice pro type one that still ran off a domestic supply? Built to order for not too much iirc.....

[Cavcraft]

That Astra estate is class!  Someone buy it, please! 

[Lord Sterling]

Well, I've still got the Peugeot 106, Steve hasn't been getting on too well with the Merc, he jetwashed around the engine to get all the caked on oil off to see where it might be coming from, the car ran fine for a bit but then suddenly started revving itself upto 4k rpm and then hunting.

 

I'm sure it'll get fixed, the oil leak seem to have been finally traced to oil filter which looked like it hadn't been changed, there was much in the way of oil blasted around in there and the seal was seriously flat.

 

Not guilty!

Lol! No worries chap, I think you were the only one who ever gave this car any proper attention, I did say to Steve that I suspected it might be the owner before you or before him who might have tried to have bodge jobs done and gave up,

[Barry Cade]

My weeks holiday from work got cancelled today.. seemingly we are not allowed hols in March, because MOT. Goes in this morning to a 2011 Astra 1.4 with severe issues. Water pump humped, which had caused HGF. Started stripping it, and stripping and stripping. To get the head off, you have to remove the alternator, air con pump, sump,entire timing case,oil pump,water pump,inlet manifold and exhaust manifold/cat as well as the front pipe. Then have a load of special tools to lock the variable cams. Oil was totally emulsified so everything is minging. I reckon to have removed well over a hundred bolts to get the head off.

 

Oll Vauxhalls are shite.

[OwdChina]

Full tank of gas.........yup.

fluid levels all good.......yup.

SAT nav...................yup.

fist full of dolla's........yup.

 

IT'S CHOD TIME !

 

 

[EssDeeWon]

That Astra estate is class!  Someone buy it, please! 

 

essdeewon further inspection / additional photos / test drive / collection available.

 

This honey pot is sat no more than 2 minutes from my front door.

[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.